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- The Justice Department forms a task force to uncover the truth behind the tomb of indigenous bodies discovered under the city, while the divide between the Tribal and Metro Police departments escalates.
- For over 130 years till 1996, more than 100,000 of Canada's First Nations children were legally required to attend government-funded schools run by various Christian faiths. There were 80 of these 'residential schools' across the country. Most children were sent to faraway schools that separated them from their families and traditional land. These children endured brutality, physical hardship, mental degradation, and the complete erasure of their culture. The schools were part of a wider program of assimilation designed to integrate the native population into 'Canadian society.' These schools were established with the express purpose 'To kill the Indian in the child.' Told through their own voices, 'We Were Children' is the shocking true story of two such children: Glen Anaquod and Lyna Hart.
- TV SeriesA young Inuit woman in a tiny Arctic village strives to forge her own path, defying societal expectations and gossip in her tightknit community.
- This 8 part series tells us about indigenous peoples of the Americas before the Spanish explorer Columbus arrived. Each episode shows us via re-enactments about a particular subject. We learn about their art, architecture, archaeology, Science and Technology etc.
- Soraida is a Palestinian woman living in Ramallah, in the occupied territories. In this city under siege and a strict curfew, she fights her own battle: despite the military occupation, violence and oppression, she is determined not to lose her humanity.
- GOING NATIVE is a light hearted and occasionally comedic Canadian documentary series hosted by Drew Hayden Taylor. It debuted in early 2021 on APTN (Aboriginal People's Television Network). Season One consisted of 13 half hour episodes. The series focuses on presenting Indigenous culture as a living, evolving way of life. Stories range from covering traditional Native and Inuit concepts that have impacted contemporary life in ways that people may not be aware; to discovering cutting Indigenous people and ideas that are changing the world and challenging mainstream ideas about founding cultures. Each episode contains 3-6 fast paced segments. On the strength of the first season in test screenings, the show was renewed for a second season in September 2020, several months before the first season debuted.
- With moving stories from a range of characters from her Kahnawake Reserve, Mohawk filmmaker, Tracey Deer, reveals the divisive legacy of more than a hundred years of discriminatory and sexist government policy to expose the lingering "blood quantum" ideals, snobby attitudes and outright racism that threaten to destroy the fabric of her community.
- Jordan River Anderson spent the first five years of life in hospital. He could have been home at two.
- Following in her ancestors' footsteps a young woman of mixed Cree, Iroquois and European descent goes on a journey of over 4000 km from the asiniwaciya (Rocky Mountains) to the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake. She seeks to find out more about Ignace Nowaniouter and Louis 'Karhiio' Kwarakwante. As she follows the river system back across Turtle Island she listens to the oral stories and archival accounts of how her Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) relatives moved out West. She also meets up with relatives along the way and makes new connections. Seeking answers in Kahnawake she wonders will anyone remember the stories of her relatives leaving and never returning?
- Two Indians Talking is a comedic drama about the conflicting opinions of two First Nations men as they prepare to set up a roadblock. Each man wants fiercely to do the right thing, but struggles with the question, "When you do something for the right reasons, does that make it the right thing to do?"
- It tells the story of Tony Chachai, a Indigenous person trying to find his identity.
- Mohawk high steel workers have a special place in North American history. The iconic New York skyline - with its great monuments to modernity - is the fruit of their labour.
- An Indigenous rights movement few saw coming is the subject of this 2-part documentary. In 2012, Idle No More exploded, challenging what Canadians thought they knew about Indigenous Peoples, and changed what Indigenous people think of themselves.
- Dolkar is the only one in her family who has been given a chance to study. She studies at the Secmol School. The director of the boarding school supports the girls wish to play ice hockey. When the next year's tournament is approaching the girls make a new attempt to enter. They have to solve problem by problem: Thin Ice, bad equipment, no coaching. Finally when they find the American coach Deb, they travel over the mountain to the Muslim village Kargil and create a joint team. Side by side the Buddhist and Muslim girls challenge the men in charge. When they finally are allowed to take part in the competition, they still have to fight for their rights both on the ice and beside the rink. The men don't like Dolkar and her team, so they change the rules and push the girls around. Due to the injustices there is chaos with boycott and new wild protests. Dolkar is risking her education and reputation by leading the protests. But then she also becomes the important bridge between the Buddhist and the Muslim society in Ladakh.
- Art takes Dan to BC's Northern Rockies to hunt moose; the iconic Canadian symbol and staple of many First Nations for countless generations. Dan learns a bit about what it takes to hunt moose and is miffed to learn this is the "easy" way.
- Art takes Dan to a Northern BC community to hunt beaver. It's all a culture shock for Dan. He is taught to skin a beaver by an Elder, learns about edible plants, and participates in a friendly cook-off with community-minded women.
- Dan takes Art to a formal UK style pheasant hunt in the Lincolnshire countryside in a 17th century manor. The local gamekeeper explains how the landscape has been transformed as the two attend a pheasant shoot.
- Art and Dan go hunting on a Vancouver Island farm where deer have become a pest to local farmers. Art teaches Dan to track and what signs to look for as they build a hunting blind in the rain.
- Art and Dan head to a small organic farm, which supplies some of the finest grass-fed beef in Canada. The boys wander through the Mill Bay Farmer's Market for ingredients before heading to the Oak Bay Beach Hotel to cook their meal.
- After witnessing a bison harvest Art teaches Dan to give thanks "Cree style". Art talks about traditional ethics, respect and belief systems around hunting. The boys head to the legendary Rolla Pub and end up offering a bison barbecue.
- Art and Dan explore British countryside pub culture and all of the culinary delights of UK's Somerset region. They visit the Natterjack Inn where the owners are treated to Dan's upscale version of bangers and mash.
- Dan and Art learn how to catch salmon in the Sooke River. They find that this Salish technique takes all of the patience they can muster. The two are then taken to the T'souke smoke house to learn a local smoke barbecuing fish technique.
- Dan takes Art on a journey to his London roots and to his early days under the tutelage of his master chef in the heart of Chelsea. This is Dan's element, and Art's nightmare - an extravagant, five-star restaurant.
- Dan takes Art to the English county of Devon to stay at a refurbished medieval farm and partake in the region's culinary gifts. Art and Dan are invited to cook a lamb dinner in the medieval kitchen.
- Art shows Dan where he grew up eating wild snowshoe hares in a Northern BC community near Cowichan River. Dan learns how to snare wild rabbits and forage for plants with a local medicine woman.
- It's all about the expensive roe from giant, prehistoric fish as Dan leads Art on a fascinating journey through the entire rearing, harvesting and canning process as they get into tanks with the powerful sturgeon and help harvest.
- Art and Dan create a modern version of a West Coast pit cook in the Nuuchanulth community of Estowista near Tofino. With the beautiful backdrop of the Pacific's long sandy beaches, our hosts are taught to harvest shellfish.
- Dan takes Art on an excursion just 20 minutes outside of Victoria BC to get everything they need to make an absolutely exquisite goose lunch. Bon Appétit.