by admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Project Update |
We are proud to present our new documentary “Fox Chaser: a winter on the trapline”. It’s a story that will take you into the harsh winters of northern Alberta where a young Cree trapper struggles to protect his childhood dream of living off the...
by admin | Jul 10, 2018 | Project Update |
We’re proud to present a short documentary that you’ll be able to use in your classrooms in the new year. While Elder in the Making took you to the hot summer prairies of the south, our CBC short “The Land is the Teacher” takes you to the wintry boreal forest of the...
by admin | Jun 1, 2018 | Project Update |
After filming the Dene Hand Games, we planned to meet up with Dene Tha’ Elizabeth Enfeld to talk about her perspective of the land. Unfortunately she had her hands full with meal preparations for the Dene gathering, and before you know it our crew found themselves...
by admin | May 31, 2018 | Lesson Plan Examples |
Residential Schools were first introduced to the Canadian West in 1883, and the last Residential School closed its doors in 1996. The ubiquitous phrase, “killing the Indian in the child” has been used to describe the Canadian government’s goal in creating the...
by admin | May 31, 2018 | Project Update |
Our crew led by Cree Director Alex Lazarowich drove into Cold Lake to film with the famed Indigenous artist Alex Janvier. It had taken months to schedule time with this celebrity. Even then he was a very private person and asked us not to film his home. We had just a...
