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.
The Indigenous Studies Collection includes the following titles:
The story of John Diabo, cherished member of a tight-knit Mohawk family, tortured by drug addiction.
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.
Explores the changing face of conservation in Kenya.
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.
Professional, Native and antiquarian researchers combine to investigate the archaeological history and modern legacy of Eastern Native civilization in Turners Falls, MA.
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.
Explores the life and work of renowned Haida artist Robert Davidson.
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.
Fourteen-year-old Shannen Koostachin launched a campaign to build a suitable school for the children of the Cree community of Attawapiskat in 2008.
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