History and Origins

The film excerpts in this theme look at the creation myth of the Wendat, the life of the Mi’kmaq before European settlement, the origin of the word “Canada,” and the question of territory under the English and French regimes.

Excerpts

Our Nationhood

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Canada Vignettes: Trading Post, 1978
Chiefs, 2002
Coppermine, 1992
Daughters of the Country 1, 1987
The Days of Whiskey Gap, 1961
Diary for a Place in Time, 1981
Explorers 1, 1987
First Journey, Fort William, 1987
How the Fiddle Flows, 2002
Images Stone B.C, 1977
In Celebration of Nunavut - Life in the Settlements - Volume 2, 1999
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