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1) Bee nation
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Looks at the first-ever First Nations Spelling Bee held in Saskatchewan in 2016.
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Recent stunning discoveries are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that flourished there for centuries. Dense settlements indicate populations in the millions, supported by sophisticated agricultural systems, while huge geometric earthworks and roadways bear witness to complex religious ideas and social networks.
3) Oyate
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In the wake of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, Indigenous people are using their newfound platform to shed light on the wide array of injustices committed against them in an effort to embark upon the process of decolonization.
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"In 2001 a surveying team in Canada discovered a massive underground deposit of chromium, a metal essential to industrial society. Properly exploited, the find named the Ring of Fire would make Canada one of the largest chromium producers in the world. The only problem: the Ring of Fire is located on First Nations tribal land in northern Ontario, a wilderness area so remote that a billion-dollar transportation network would be necessary in order to...
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"Story of old loves, language, and the intersection of language, nature, and ancestors...in what would be today Oaxaca. In fact it deals with issues that conflict with modern religion, and Catholicism, and the old religion. The writer makes a special ancient language to represent his own Grandmothers Zapotec culture."--www.amazon.ca.
7) Mystery road
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"An indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl"--www.imdb.com.
8) Bootlegger
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Résumé: Deux femmes radicalement opposées divisent rapidement une communauté autochtone en deux parties qui doivent alors se retrouver face à face pour déterminer la meilleure voie vers l'indépendance.
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This Native-directed series reveals the beauty and power of today's Indigenous communities. Smashing stereotypes, it follows the brilliant engineers, bold politicians, and cutting-edge artists who draw upon Native tradition to build a better 21st century. Each hour explores a core tenet of Native American heritage: the power of Indigenous design, how language and artistry fuel the soul, the diverse ways Native women lead, and the resilience of the...
10) The searchers
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"The searchers": John Wayne and John Ford's 12th collaboration, perhaps their finest, is an epic story of a former Confederate soldier in search of his niece, who's been captured by Comanches who masscred his family.
"Jeremiah Johnson": Robert Redford and director Sydney Pollack teamed up on this box-office hit shot entirely in Utah. Jeremiah Johnson "gets back to nature" in a way no film has before or since
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A series of 5 short documentary films that are designed to educate and encourage frank conversations about the reality of the life and history of Aboriginal peoples in Thunder Bay and across Canada, addressing subjects such as history, racism, treaties, violence against women, and the way forward. Includes interviews with people from Thunder Bay and Fort William First Nation of various ages and backgrounds (indigenous and non-indigenous) to listen...
15) Warrior spirit
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A feature length documentary film about the first native american UFC champion Nicco Montano. Montano is on a quest to defend her UFC title. The film lifts the veil on the dark world of extreme weight cutting in the UFC and how the multi billion dollar UFC company exploits their fighters for millions of dollars.
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The dramatic story of America’s national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of extinction, before an unlikely collection of people rescues it from disappearing forever. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world––and the unforgettable characters who pointed the nation in a different direction.
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