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• Kayak to Klemtu

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  A 14-year-old girl and her family undertake a kayak trip along the shores of the Great Bear rainforest to protest oil tanker traffic.

• Keepers of the Game

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  Members of an all-Native American girls lacrosse team try to prove the game is their rightful inheritance, putting more than just a championship on the line. Official Selection at the **Tribeca Film Festival**

• Smoke Signals

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  Based on stories from the book, "The lone ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven" by Sherman Alexie.

• Once Were Warriors

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  A husband's battle with alcholism causes him to have frequently terrifyingly erratic outbursts in front of his children and violent beatings to his wife.

• Rhymes for Young Ghouls

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  "Guided by the spirits of her departed mother and brother, an Aboriginal teenager plots revenge against a sadistic Indian Agent"--www.imdb.com.

• The Lesser Blessed

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  An eye-opening account of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in the modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, comes the story of three unlikely friends isolated in a small rural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lesser Blessed

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  An eye-opening account of what it is like to be a vulnerable teenager in the modern world. Through the eyes of Larry Sole, a First Nation teenager filled with bravado and angst, comes the story of three unlikely friends isolated in a small rural…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Samson & Delilah

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  Samson and Delilah are two teens living in an isolated Aboriginal community in the Central Australian desert. When tragedy strikes, they turn their backs on home and embark on a journey of survival. Lost, unwanted and alone, they discover that life…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• N. Scott Momaday

  Words From a Bear

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  "The mysterious life and mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet N. Scott Momaday, a formative voice of the Native American Renaissance in art and literature."--www.imddb.com

• Atanarjuat, the fast runner

  Atanarjuat, la légende de l'homme rapide

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  "The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace."--www.imdb.com

• Angry Inuk

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  An Inuk filmmaker takes a close look at the central role of seal hunting in the lives of the Inuit, the importance of the revenue they earn from sales of seal skins, and the negative impact that international campaigns against the seal hunt have had…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rumble

  the Indians Who Rocked the World

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  This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America.

• Indian Horse

  Cheval Indien

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  An adaptation of Richard Wagamese's award winning novel, this moving and important drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada's Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of Indigenous people.

• Indigenous Voices and Reconciliation from the NFB

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