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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Riel Country
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Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole
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Our Nationhood
2003, Director: Obomsawin, Alanis
excerpt 3 4 min 31 s
Description
Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin explains the difference between a hereditary chief and an elected chief.
Portrait
Alanis Obomsawin’s biography and filmography can be consulted by visiting www.nfb.ca/portraits.
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Interview with Alanis Obomsawin