Today the Native Peoples of North America are living with two different Medical and Healing systems. This video looks at these different approaches. The Program is designed to improve understanding between non native health care workers and native people.
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One hundred years ago, the Fraser River gold rush opened the door for thousands of Euro-Americans seeking their fortune. For the Indigenous people of British Columbia, this overnight stampede triggered the ebb of the Native way of life...
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.looks at the suicide issue amongst First Nations from a historical and cultural perspective and presents positive examples of native-run programs. We see aboriginal groups who incorporate traditional teachings and cultural values, raise suicide awareness
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A Lifetime of Caring looks at the difficult issues facing many seniors in aboriginal communities and the changing roles of First Nations Elders. The video examines ways of providing high quality care to seniors. This program is designed for health profess
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Living deep in the Canadian wilderness, the Lac La Croix band of Ojibway have fought to maintain their tradition of living in harmony with the land. This program looks at their dispute with U.S. game wardens who have denied them the right to guide fish...
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A Matter of Respect portrays modern Alaska Natives expressing and passing on their culture and identity, honoring their ancestor's way of life and managing to construct meaningful lives in a western society and economy. In this stereotype-breaking...
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A Mother's Choice examines the root causes of F.A.S. from the perspective of aboriginal mothers. The video focuses on a FAS support group whose members provide strong messages about consuming drugs or alcohol while pregnant.
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A fifteen-minute video about the benefits of home and community health care programs in First Nations communities. Today, in many aboriginal communities persons with illnesses or injuries may have to leave families and friends behind to receive treatment
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A View From the Rez is a fine collection of video works produced by young Native artists. The tape spans a ten year period and represents a diversity of personal expression through the art of video.
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A tribute to the occupation of Alcatraz in 1969. Presented as a "series of still hotos" that is carried by a background of AIM songs, alleviating the need for narration. The songs and photos carry the feeling of the event.
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Four teenagers explore the consequences of mixing alcohol and boating. The film is based on a real incident and subsequent rescue effort. The video includes interviews with family members of a person lost in the accident.
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Sculptor Allan Houser won international recognition for his depiction of the stoic, powerful figures of his Chiricahua Apache and Navajo families in wood, stone, and metal. This program follows Houser also acclaimed for his murals and paintings...
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The mysteries of the Anasazi culture from America's southwest desert unfold through their myths and legends. Sun baked ruins, broken pottery shards, elaborate road systems, ceremonial great houses, and kivas weave an amazing tale of the spiritual life...
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Forced onto the sprawling prairies by woodland tribes in the east, the Sioux Indians did more than adapt- they ousted rival tribes, seized the best hunting grounds, and became known as fearsome fighters.
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Our anger can create a lot of trouble for us when we don't know how to manage it properly. It can have a negative impact on our health and adversely affect our relationships with other people. Learn what causes anger and understand why our bodies react...
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Personal demons have landed Elijah Brooks squarely on a city bench. He's one of those tortured souls that every city spawns, a drunken vagrant whose turbulent past helped create his tormented present. In segmented flashbacks, a young Elijah's already...
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On August 29 Hurricane Katrina swept ashore on the Louisiana coast. Among those communities devastated by her impact were the smaller Houma Indian settlements in lower Plaquemines, lower St. Bernard, and lower Jefferson parishes.
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The drum is the heartbeat of mother earth. To beat the drum is to match the heartbeat. As we sing our songs to the drum we "talk to the spirits". This is an upbeat, fast-paced program featuring four "high profile" Canadian First Nations musical performer
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Beating the streets traces six years in the lives of Marilyn Brighteyes, and Lance Marty, two inner-city Aboriginal teenagers struggling to turn their lives around. And it is the story of Joe Cloutier, the teacher and former dropout determined to help...
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Between Two Worlds looks at different programs available to single mothers, including urban support networks, traditional values and Culture as well as friends and family. It presents two half-hour documentaries depicting four young single aboriginal moms
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A 28 minute documentary about the far-reaching and emotionally devastating effects of residential and boarding schools on native Indians in Canada. Few people today know about the widespread sexual and physical abuse which native people in both the U.S...
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Steve Jones investigates what constitutes Native American blood, then follows three individuals as they use DNA matching of a female gene to attempt to confirm a genetic link between themselves and their Pequot ancestors.
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Suffering from hunger, extreme cold, sickness, alcoholism and poverty, Qu bec's Inuit had become the victims of a government policy supposedly designed to return them to their native state.
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Charles Loloma was one of the first Native American jewelers to use gold instead of silver and diamonds and other precious gems in addition to turquoise, coral, and shell. His innovative designs, so sculptural in quality, were internationally acclaimed.
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Once in prison, many Aboriginal inmates are introduced to the Native Brotherhood. It is within the Brotherhood that many begin their journey on the Red Road. The good road. The road to healing.
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Over 70 percent of wild land firefighters are Native American, and they have not, until now, received the recognition and honoring that they deserve. This documentary film does just that, while exploring the history and culture of firefighting...
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Alwyn Morris, a Mohawk from Kahnawake , Quebec, won the Gold Medal in kayaking at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles . On the podium, Alwyn held an eagle feather high to honor a promise he had made to his grandfather, that one day he would be an Olympic...
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Fred Sasakamoose took up hockey at the Duck Lake Indian school where his playing was first noticed in 1948 when Joe Primeau who was scouting for the Toronto Maple Leafs. In 1953, Fred was offered a contract with the Chicago Black Hawks and played his...
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Roger Adolph got into a fight playing basketball at the Kamloops Indian Residential School . If you want to fight, he was told, get in the ring. Roger did, but the coach told him that he didn t quite have what it takes. Those words empowered him...
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Tracing the birth of lacrosse back to his ancestors from Six Nations, Ross Powless was encouraged to play fair and enjoy the game. He was a great talent built on hard work and determination. During his illustrious career, he received just about every...
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