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Mistress Madeleine
Aaron Kim Johnston, 1986, 57 min 1 s
Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the ...
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Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this film, set in the 1850s, unfolds against the backdrop of the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly of the fur trade. In protest, some Métis engage in trade with the Americans. Madeleine, the Métis common-law wife of a Hudson's Bay Company clerk, is torn between loyalty to her husband and

Places Not Our Own
Derek Mazur, 1986, 57 min 10 s
Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this dramatic film set in 1929 depicts how Canada's West, home ...
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Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this dramatic film set in 1929 depicts how Canada's West, home to generations of Métis, was taken over by the railroads and new settlers. As a result, the Métis became a forgotten people, forced to eke out a living as best they could. At the forefront is Rose, a woman determined to provide he

Ikwe
Norma Bailey, 1986, 57 min
Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this dramatic film features a young Ojibwa girl from 1770 who marries ...
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Part of the Daughters of the Country series, this dramatic film features a young Ojibwa girl from 1770 who marries a Scottish fur trader and leaves home for the shores of Georgian Bay. Although the union is beneficial for her tribe, it results in hardship and isolation for Ikwe. Values and customs clash until, finally, the events of a dream Ikwe onc

Across Arctic Ungava
Douglas Wilkinson, 1949, 19 min 10 s
This documentary follows four scientists and their Native guides into the unmapped wilderness of the Ungava Peninsula, in northern Quebec ...
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This documentary follows four scientists and their Native guides into the unmapped wilderness of the Ungava Peninsula, in northern Quebec. Crossing this territory in large canoes, they collect samples of Arctic flora and rocks, take readings of soil temperature and record the correct bearings for rive