Sovereignty and Resistance
This theme offers film excerpts on land claims, management of natural resources, ancestral rights and recovery of Aboriginal cultural artefacts. It also presents images showing the resistance of Aboriginal peoples to repression by non-Aboriginal culture.
Excerpts
Dancing Around the Table, Part One
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Our Nationhood
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5
Riel Country
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Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
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Riel Country
1996, Director: Duckworth, Martin
excerpt 3 3 min 57 s
Description
A Metis elder woman has a discussion with a small group of Aboriginal students. They exchange thoughts on Metis identity, discrimination, their pride in being who they are, language, and the feeling of belonging to Canada.
Questions
1. What insights into the early days of Métis life are passed on when we listen to the stories told by the Métis Elder?
2. According to the Métis Elder in the film, what vision did Louis Riel have for all the people of Canada?
2. According to the Métis Elder in the film, what vision did Louis Riel have for all the people of Canada?
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Short Description
This film juxtaposes the minority status of Aboriginal students in a high school in Winnipeg and French-speaking students from a school in Saint-Boniface. Putting on a play serves as the springboard for a discussion about problems encountered by the two groups.