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First Nations the circle unbroken Cover Image DVD DVD

First Nations [videorecording] : the circle unbroken / produced by Face to Face Media and the National Film Board of Canada.

Bob, Gerladine. (Added Author). Eriksen, Svend-Erik. (Added Author). Henderson, Mary. (Added Author). Marcuse, Gary. (Added Author). Nyce, Deanna. (Added Author). Williams, Lorna. (Added Author). Face to Face Media (Firm) (Added Author). National Film Board of Canada. (Added Author).

Summary:

Twenty-three short programs about contemporary First Nations perspectives on history, culture, spirituality, education, the role of women in the family, justice, the environment, racism, colonialism and Aboriginal title to land.
Grade level: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, i, s, t.

Record details

  • ISBN: 077220490x (teacher's guide1)
  • ISBN: 0772207550 (teacher's guide2)
  • Physical Description: 4 videocassettes, 2 videodiscs (ca. 510 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. (DVD) + 2 teacher's guides (ill. ; 28 cm.).
  • Publisher: Montreal, Que. : National Film Board of Canada, c1993-1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Guide[1] covers videos 1-4; guide[2] covers videos 5-7.
Teacher's guide writers: Lorna Williams, Mary Henderson, Gary Marcuse.
V.1-4 on videocasette. V.5-6 on DVD.
Videos 1-4, were released in 1993; videos 5-7 were released in 1998.
Formatted Contents Note:
v. 1. Cree hunters, Quebec Dams ; Standing alone ; The last mooseskin boat ; Kwa'nu'te' (23 min.) -- v. 2. Hunters and bombers ; Magic in the sky ; Voyage of rediscovery (67 min.) -- v. 3. Potlatch ; Time immemorial ; Uranium (67 min.) -- v. 4. Education, as we see it ; Last days of Okak ; Commandos for Christ (66 min.) -- v. 5. 'Qátuwas : people gathering together ; O'Siem ; Mi'kmaq family : Migmaoei Otjiosog ; The mind of a child (102 min.) -- v. 6. Laxwesa Wa, strenght of the river : fishing on the Fraser River ; Laxwesa Wa, strength of the river : fishing of the coast ; Blockade : who owns the land (74 min.) -- v. 7. Coppermine ; For Angela ; Lord of the sky (67 min.)
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Series directors: Geraldine Bob, Gary Marcuse, Deanna Nyce and Lorna Williams ; producers: Gary Marcuse, Svend-Erik Eriksen.
System Details Note:
DVD-R.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
No ILL.
Language Note:
Closed captioned. cc

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Subject: Indians of North America > Canada > Government relations.
Indians of North America > Canada > History.
Indians of North America > Canada > Land tenure.
Indians of North America > Canada > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > Canada.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Vancouver Island University Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus E 78 C2 F57712 GUIDE2 (Text) M011436638 CURRIC-LAB Volume hold Available -
VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus E 78 C2 F57712 GUIDE2 (Text) M011437073 CURRIC-LAB Available -
VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus E 78 C2 F57712 VIDEO5 (Text) M011436972 CURRIC-LAB Volume hold Available -
VIU Library - Nanaimo Campus E 78 C2 F57712 VIDEO6 (Text) M011437022 CURRIC-LAB Volume hold Available -

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