Bones of Crows
Removed from their family home and forced into Canada’s residential school system, Cree musical prodigy Aline and her siblings are plunged into a struggle for survival. Bones of Crows is Aline's journey from child to matriarch, a moving multi-generational epic of resilience, survival and the pursuit of justice.
Indian Horse
An adaptation of Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, this moving and important drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s boarding schools or Indigenous Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of aboriginal people. INDIAN HORSE stars Canadian newcomers Sladen Peltier and Edna Manitowabi, as well as Ajuawak Kapashesit (Indian Road Trip, Once Upon A River), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant, The Miseducation of Cameron Post), Michael Murphy (Away From Her), Michael Lawrenchuck (Tokyo Cowboy), Johnny Issaluk (Two Lovers And A Bear) and Michiel Huisman (The Age Of Adaline).
In the late 1950’s Ontario, eight-year-old Saul Indian Horse is torn from his Ojibway family and committed to one of the notorious Catholic Residential Schools. In this oppressive environment, Saul is denied the freedom to speak his language or embrace his Indigenous heritage while he witnesses horrendous abuse at the hands of the very people entrusted with his care. Despite this, Saul finds salvation in the unlikeliest of places and favourite winter pastime -- hockey. Fascinated by the game, he secretly teaches himself to play, developing a unique and rare skill. He seems to see the game in a way no other player can.
His talent leads him away from the misery of the school, eventually leading him to the Pros. But the ghosts of Saul’s past are always present, and threaten to derail his promising career and future. Forced to confront his painful past, Saul draws on the spirit of his ancestors and the understanding of his friends to begin the process of healing.
The Grizzlies
In a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students' lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse.
An unflinching and uplifting story of how northern youth transformed a town. From the producers of Angry Inuk and Beginners.
Practicing Active Allyship in the TRC's Calls to Action
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) invites you to join us for this national learning webcast. Speakers will share perspectives on future actions to build trust (to de-colonize programs, policies, and services in non-Indigenous spaces), strengthen our relationships and partnerships that are necessary to advance Reconciliation and support economic prosperity, and lead to better health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
The overall objective of the learning webcast is to:
Increase cultural awareness, knowledge and understanding of the ongoing tragic legacy of Residential Schools, and the TRC’s Calls to Action – a roadmap set out for Canada by the TRC to achieve Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Learn how to practice allyship, with practical, tangible examples of what you can do, to address the TRC’s Calls to Action, including how to help overcome barriers including racism, for Indigenous Peoples.
Gain knowledge of what future actions we can take both in our personal and professional lives to build trust (to de-colonize our programs, policies, and services), strengthen our relationships and partnerships that are necessary to advance Reconciliation and support economic prosperity, and lead to better health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
The Lake Winnipeg Project: Camp Morningstar
The Lake Winnipeg Projectis a four-part documentary series that calls attention to stories of ingenuity and resilience in four diverse communities surrounding Lake Winnipeg, at a time when many external forces are imposing change. Anishinaabe/Cree director Kevin Settee takes an “own-voices” approach to storytelling that gives Lake Winnipeg communities and peoples the opportunity to tell their own stories and speak to the challenges and successes they experience.
This film shares the story of Camp Morningstar, a sacred camp established on the east side of Lake Winnipeg that was erected in response to the proposal of a silica sand mine project.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
On August 9, 2016, a young Cree man named Colten Boushie died from a gunshot to the back of his head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property with his friends. The jury’s subsequent acquittal of Stanley captured international attention, raising questions about racism embedded within Canada’s legal system and propelling Colten’s family to national and international stages in their pursuit of justice. Sensitively directed by Tasha Hubbard, nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up weaves a profound narrative encompassing the filmmaker’s own adoption, the stark history of colonialism on the Prairies, and a vision of a future where Indigenous children can live safely on their homelands.
94 in 94
Reconciliation Thunder and Circles for Reconciliation are jointly launching a social media campaign to encourage all Canadians to read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action. Everyday for the 94 days leading up to Orange Shirt day one of the Calls to Action will be posted. You can support the campaign by following Circles for Reconciliation and Reconciliation Thunder, sharing each post, and decided which call you can act on!
To Wake Up The Nakota Language
“When you don’t know your language or your culture, you don’t know who you are,” says 69-year-old Armand McArthur, one of the last fluent Nakota speakers in Pheasant Rump First Nation, Treaty 4 territory, in southern Saskatchewan. Through the wisdom of his words, Armand is committed to revitalizing his language and culture for his community and future generations.