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The Indigenous Studies Collection

Films from the Docuseek2 collection that cover the history, culture, and contemporary experience of indigenous people around the world. Films range from reports of initial contact between Europeans and Africans and South Americans to contemporary challenges of First Nations people to maintain their identity, spiruality and territorial claims.

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The Indigenous Studies Collection includes the following titles:

Footprints of Sorrow - imageFootprints of Sorrow
Guatemalan war widows fighting for human rights.
Bullfrog Films | 1996 | 10 minutes | 7-12, College, Adult
For John - imageFor John

The story of John Diabo, cherished member of a tight-knit Mohawk family, tortured by drug addiction.

National Film Board of Canada | 2003 | 52 minutes
Fort McMoney: Vote Jim Rogers! - imageFort McMoney: Vote Jim Rogers!

Something of a follow-up to the online game/film Fort McMoney, Vote for Jim Rogers continues to explore if democracy is soluble in oil through the impact of the oil sands industry in Alberta, Canada.

National Film Board of Canada | 2014 | 52 minutes
Game Over - imageGame Over

Explores the changing face of conservation in Kenya.

Bullfrog Films | 2009 | 44 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult
Gene Boy Came Home - imageGene Boy Came Home

Eugene "Gene Boy" Benedict left the Odanak Indian Reserve at the age of 15; adrift at 17 he joined the U.S. Marines on a dare, and ended up in the midst of the Vietnam War. This moving film from Alanis Obomsawin traces his journey there, and back to Odanak.

National Film Board of Canada | 2007 | 25 minutes
Great Falls - imageGreat Falls

Professional, Native and antiquarian researchers combine to investigate the archaeological history and modern legacy of Eastern Native civilization in Turners Falls, MA.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 83 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Gyaangee - imageGyaangee

Gyaangee: Beyond Being Silenced is a beautiful, entertaining, must-see for anyone looking to gain a keener understanding of the magic within the magnificent world artform of the totem pole.

Bullfrog Films | 2022 | 14 minutes | 7-12, College, Adults
Haida Modern - imageHaida Modern

Explores the life and work of renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson.

Bullfrog Films | 2020 | 80 minutes
Heart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth - imageHeart Of Sky, Heart Of Earth

Six young Maya present a wholly indigenous perspective, in which all life is sacred and connected, as they resist the destruction of their culture and environment.

Bullfrog Films | 2013 | 98 minutes | 10 - 12, College, Adults
Hi-Ho Mistahey! - imageHi-Ho Mistahey!

Fourteen-year-old Shannen Koostachin launched a campaign to build a suitable school for the children of the Cree community of Attawapiskat in 2008.

National Film Board of Canada | 2013 | 99 minutes

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