Aboriginal Health
Video Catalogue
2005
Compiled by Janice Linton & Thomas Pruden
Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library
University of Manitoba
Aboriginal Health Videos
This video catalogue was created to provide a list of current videos on the health of
Inuit, First Nations and Métis people. Ordering information is included. Videos may
be purchased by contacting the distributors directly. Prices and availability were
current at time of publication.
Additional copies and new editions of the video catalogue are available on our
website at: www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/health/aboriginal/index.php
Videos listed were selected from the University of Manitoba’s Aboriginal Health
Collection located at the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library. New videos are
being added to the collection on a regular basis. Please contact us if you are looking
for a video or topic not listed here. Videos and books located in the Aboriginal Health
Collection are available for loan to University of Manitoba Libraries’ patrons. Visitors
to the Neil John Maclean Library can view the videos in the library.
Suggestions for books and videos to be added to the Aboriginal Health Collection are
welcome. Please contact Janice Linton, Aboriginal Health Librarian
([email protected]) if you have developed videos, books, manuals,
websites or other resources.
Contact us or check out our website for more information about the library.
Additional resources on Aboriginal health are also available on our website.
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Students and faculty from other post -secondary institutions may also be eligible to
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information.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Contents
Addictions Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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AIDS/HIV Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Diabetes Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Elders Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
FAS Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Inuit Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Maternal & Child Health Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mental Healing Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mental Health/Suicide Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Misc. Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Sexual Abuse Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Social Life and Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Directory of Distributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Addictions Videos
Title: Inside and out [videorecording]: a tobacco video education project /
presented by Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute; Night Song
Pictures.
Published: Edmonton: Nechi Training, Research and Promotions Institute, 2003.
Description: 1 videocassette (38 min.)+ 1 video guide (93 p.: ill.; 30 cm.)
Annotation: This video is designed as a teaching tool that is aimed at First Nations
groups from ages 15 to 35. The video is meant to act as an awareness tool, and to
assist in the development of community programming concerning tobacco usage.
The manual includes information on how to properly use the video to achieve
maximum results.
Call Number: HV 5746 I57i 2003 AV
Ordering Info: Nechi Training, Research & Health Promotions
PO Box 34007 Kingsway Mall
Edmonton, Alberta Canada, T5G 3G4
Ph: (780) 459-1884
Fax: (780) 458-1883
Web Site: http://www.nechi.com/healthpromotions/main.php
Cost: $40.00 Cdn.
Title: Messages on Tobacco and your health [kit] / National Indian & Inuit
Community Health Representatives Organization ; Film Director, Andre Roussil;
Research/Writer, Heidi Kuran.
Published: Kahnawake, QC: National Indian & Inuit Community Health
Representatives Organization, 1999.
Description: 1 videocassette (6 min.) + 1 audiocassette (6 min.) +1 discussion
guide.
Annotation: These Public Service Announcement (PSA) videos are intended for
community broadcast for local Aboriginal cable & television stations. It is hoped that
the PSAs and booklet will serve as a jumping off point to create open dialogue, group
discussions and workshops on the non -traditional use of tobacco by Aboriginal People
on-reserve.
Call Number: WM 290 N277m 1999 AV
Ordering Info: National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives Org.
Box 1019, Kahnawake, Quebec J0L 1B0
Ph: (450) 632-0892
Fax: (450) 632-2111
Email: [email protected]
Cost: $60.00 Cdn. (Includes video, audiocassette, and discussion guide)
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Pills, one too many? [videorecording] : making choices for the future.
Published: Ottawa: Health Canada [distributor], c1997.
Description: 1 videocassette (47 min.).
Annotation: Interviews with Band chiefs, RCMP officers, doctors and pharmacists
explore the reasons for prescription abuse and its impact on aboriginal communities,
especially youth. Topics include how to avoid drug abuse , and programs that could
be implemented. Included is a dramatized account of a woman who is addicted to
prescription drugs. The death of her young son from a drug overdose helps her to
eventually overcome her addiction.
Call Number: WM 270 P642p 1997 AV
Ordering Info: The Publication Resource Centre - First Nations and Inuit Health
Branch - Business Planning Management Directorate - Information Management &
Administration Services Division - 20th Floor, Jeanne Mance Bldg. - Tunney's
Pasture, Postal Locator 1920A - Ottawa, ON K1A 0L3
Fax: (613) 954-8107
Web Site: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/bpm/prc/
Email:[email protected] Cost: Free
Title: I am alcohol [videorecording]: healing the wounded warrior by Don Burnstick
and Jan Marlow.
Published: Edmonton: Duval House Pub., c1996.
Description: 1 videocassette (33 min.) + 1 teacher's & resource guide.
Annotation: Portrays a man's painful journey as he battles his loneliness and fear
with alcohol. The drama demonstrates the importance of surrendering the masks of
alcohol, drugs, sexual promiscuity, peer pressure and falseness in order to reclaim
true spiritual destiny.
Call Number: WM 274 B967i 1996 AV
Ordering Info: Ph: 1-877-8 NATIVE (1-877-862-8483)
Web Site: http://www.goodminds.com/
Cost: $70.00 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: One breath at a time [videorecording]: Aboriginal people, tobacco and
change / produced for the B.C. Aboriginal Tobacco Working Group, in association
with Penticton Indian Band.
Published: Vancouver, B.C.: Gryphon Productions, 2003.
Description: 1 videocassette (29 min.)
Credits: Written & directed by Peter von Puttkamer; produced by Sheera von
Puttkamer.
Annotation: One breath at a time is a smoking prevention and community
empowerment video. It focuses on First Nations communities who are using
progressive approaches in dealing with tobacco misuse. The video recognizes the
sacred role tobacco has played in First Nations communities for thousands of years,
as well as social pressures affecting Aboriginal people; the program acknowledges
that getting people to "quit" often means empowering whole communities. The video
provides advice, solutions and examples of how communities can best approach
smoking and chewing of tobacco in their area, and create positive steps to get people
on the road to good health.
Call Number: WM 290 O58o 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Gryphon Productions Ltd.
P.0. Box 93009, 5331 Headland Dr.
West Vancouver, B.C. V7W 3C0
Ph: 604-921-7627
Fax: 604-921-7626
Email: [email protected]
Cost: $172.20 Cdn .
Title: Problem gambling [videorecording ]: the healing circle.
Published: Edmonton: Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, c1995.
Description: 1 videocassette (13 min.).
Annotation: This video examines the high incidence of problem gambling among
native people in Alberta. Possible reasons for this are discussed, as are the reasons
that traditional non-native programs don't seem to work for this group. Programs
that reflect the cultural and spiritual traditions of First Nations people are examined.
Call Number: WM 190 P962p 1995 AV
Ordering Info: Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC)
3rd Flr., 1177-11th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2R 0G5
Ph.: (403) 297-3071
Fax: (403) 297-3036
Web Site: www.aadac.com
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: The red road to sobriety [videorecording].
Published: San Francisco, Calif.: Kifaru Productions, c1995.
Description: 1 videocassette (90 min.).
Annotation: In this video, American Indian health practitioners and traditional
medicine people reveal the importance of tribal values and spiritual awareness in the
alcohol recovery process. The historical segment of the program explains how
substance abuse must be understood in the historical context. Alcohol was used by
North American governments to destroy indigenous culture and acquire Indian lands.
The devastating effects were compounded by the "Drunken Indian" stereotype.
Faced with the loss of their religion, land, freedom, and pride, Indian families
experienced a syndrome known as intergenerational trauma, similar to the
experiences of many families of European Holocaust survivors. The driving message
of this documentary is the positive spirit of the Aboriginal people interviewed who
have revived ancient traditions, renewed hope, and gathered strength to recover
from substance abuse.
Call Number: WM 274 R312r 1995 AV
Ordering Info: Kifaru Productions PMB 766 - 23852 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, Ca. 90265
Ph: 1-800-400-8433
Web Site: http://www.kifaru.com/
Cost: $39.95 US
Title: The red road to sobriety video talking circle [videorecording].
Published: San Francisco, Calif .: Kifaru Productions, c1995.
Description: 1 videocassette (120 min.).
Annotation: This video features many Native American therapists and traditional
healers talking about substance abuse recovery. Consisting of eight 15 minute
segments, it is designed to be used as a prevention and recovery tool by individuals,
clinics, recovery programs, schools, and youth groups. Segment topics include:
introduction to the talking circle; wisdom of the elders; women of the circle; fetal
alcohol syndrome; healing the youth; men of the circle; Native ways of treatment;
and the Red Road approach.
Call Number: WM 274 R312r 1995b AV
Ordering Info: Kifaru Productions, PMB 766
3852 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, Ca. 90265.
Ph: 1-800-400-8433
Web Site: http://www.kifaru.com/
Cost: $39.95 U
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Aboriginal Health Videos
AIDS/HIV VIDEOS
Title: IV positive [videorecoding] : an educational documentary about living
positive / produced and directed by Denis Paquette & Carmen Henriquez.
Published: Vancouver: Crossroads Productions, c1999.
Description: 1 videocassette (42 min).
Annotation: IV Positive is an educational resource made by injection drug users to
increase HIV awareness in their own community. The documentary tells the stories
of four active addicts living in the downtown Eastside (of Vancouver) whose
experiences convey vital information on HIV, the development of AIDS, and harm
reduction.
Call Number: QW 168.5 H6 I93i 1999 AV
Ordering Info: Crossroads Productions
320 East 5th Avenue
Vancouver, BC Canada V5T1H4
Ph.: (604)-709-0970
Fax: (604)-709-0971
E Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.crossroadsproductions.com
Title: The long walk [videorecording] / Bibby Productions Ltd. and National Film
Board of Canada co-production; directed by Alan Bibby.
Published: Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1998.
Description: 1 videocassette (48 min).
Credits: Prod ucers, Alan Bibby and Jerry Krepakevich.
Annotation: Presents the story of Ken Ward, the first native to go public with HIV
diagnosis, as he visits jails, schools and communities across the Prairies promoting
prevention and treatment. He works mainly among Indians, where the epidemic is
often compounded by isolation and poverty, and where he hopes to enable
communities to accept and help their members with the disease.
Call Number: WC 503.7 L848L 1998 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Use) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Price).
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: I will not cry alone [videorecording] / by Ken Ward.
Published: Edmonton: Duval House Pub., c1998.
Description: 1 videocassette (25 min.).
Annotation: I Will Not Cry Alone is a video about HIV/AIDS and the crisis facing
Aboriginal communities in Canada. Education and awareness are the keys to
combating this epidemic. The video produced by Duval House Publishing is one tool
to increase awareness and understanding. The video focuses on Aboriginal AIDS
activist Ken Ward as he tells his story to teens, adults, and prisoners. Through a
series of structured clips designed to encourage dialogue, Ken Ward uses humour in
his moving talks about his personal experiences. A young woman and her baby who
both are HIV positive discuss their challenges with family members.
Call Number: WC 503.7 I11i 1998 AV
Ordering Info: Ph: 1-800-267-6187
Fax: (780) 482-7213
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.duvalhouse.com
Cost: $60.00 Cdn
Title: HIV/AIDS [videorecording] / presented by Bernadette Christmas; CineReal
Pro-Video
Published: Ottawa: Health Canada [distributor], 1997.
Description: 1 videocassette (115 min.).
Annotation: Presentation from the Aboriginal Nurses Association's First National
Teaching Conference "Keeping our children safe".
Call Number: WC 503 H676hb 1997 AV
Ordering Info: The Publication Resource Centre
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Business Planning Management Directorate
Information Management & Administration Services Division
20th Floor, Jeanne Mance Bldg.
Tunney's Pasture, Postal Locator 1920A
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L3
Fax: (613) 954-8107
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/bpm/prc/
Cost: Free
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: HIV/AIDS support [videorecording]: strengthens unity / produced by
Lockwood Films with Ontario Aboriginal AIDS Educators Working Group for the Chiefs
of Ontario.
Published: Toronto, Ont.: Chiefs of Ontario, 1995.
Description: 1 videocassette (20:45 min.).
Annotation: Looks at HIV/AIDS through personal stories of infected and affected
people, and through education and awareness workshops facilitated by the Ontario
Aboriginal AIDS Educators Working Group. The video uses traditional concepts to
describe the HIV continuum at child, youth, adult, and elder stages.
Call Number: WC 503.6 H676h AV
Ordering Info: Health Office
Union of Ontario Indians
General Delivery
Curve Lake ON K0L 1R0
Ph: (705) 657-9383
Fax: (705) 657-2341
Title: Keepers of the earth [kit]: women, health & HIV/AIDS / created by Susan
Judith Ship, Laura Nort on with the assistance of Doreen Sterling and Andre Roussil.
Published: Kahnawake, Que: National Indian and Inuit Community Health
Representatives Organization , 1999.
Description: 1 manual, 1 sound cassette, 1 videocassette.
Annotation: This video puts Aboriginal women’s faces on HIV/AIDS statistics. Based
on a diversity of Aboriginal women’s perspectives, concerns and experience living
and caring for people with HIV/AIDS, this video serves as a forum for common issues
in prevention, treatment and care for women. This video is intended for educational
use only. As it raises many sensitive issues, it is strongly recommended that this
video only be used in conjunction with the accompanying manual.
Call Number: WC 503 K26k 1999 AV
Ordering Info: National Indian & Inuit Community Health Representatives Org.
Box 1019 Kahnawake, Quebec JOL 1B0
Ph: (450) 632-0892
Fax: (450) 632-2111
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.niichro.com/
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Diabetes Videos
Title: Choosing the right path [videorecording]: the moccasin trail to a healthy
life.
Published: London, Ont.: Kem Murch Productions, 1996.
Description: 1 videocassette (17 min. 38 sec.)
Annotat ion: Walpole Island First Nation Health Centre's plan to encourage exercise
and healthy eating as a means of controlling and preventing diabetes.
Call Number: WK 810 C548c 1996 AV
Ordering Info: Tunney's Pasture, Postal Locator 1920A
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L3
Fax: (613) 954-8107
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/bpm/prc/
Cost: Free
Title: Diabetes and ageing in aboriginal communities : a resource manual /
created by Susan Judith Ship with the assistance of Brenda Chaddock ... [et al.] ;
artwork by Star Horn.
Published: Kahnawake, Que: National Indian and Inuit Community Health
Representatives Organization, c1998.
Description: 1 manual, 1 videocassette.
Annotation: In 1998, in response to the high rates of diabetes among the Aboriginal
Elder population, the National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives
Organization (NIICHRO) developed a training package entitled "Diabetes and Ageing
in Aboriginal Communities". At that time, NIICHRO found that resource materials
encouraging active lifestyles and fitness among Elders were lacking. In this project,
NIICHRO will develop an active living program for Elders, create an awareness of the
benefits of active living to the broader Aboriginal community, and complement its
earlier diabetes project.
Call Number: WK 810 S557d 1998
Ordering Info: National Indian & Inuit Community Health Representatives Org.
Box 1019 Kahnawake, Quebec JOL 1B0
Ph: (450) 632-0892
Fax: (450) 632-2111
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.niichro.com/
Price: $60.00 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Rez-robics: the exercise tape.
Published: Navajo Health Promotion, 2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (30 min.)
Annotation: A discussion of diet and exercise, with particular attention to the
development of diabetes, in the lives of Native Americans. Includes sample aerobic
exercises.
Call Number: QT 255 R467r 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Dreamcatchers Inc.
23852 Pacific Coast Highway #766
Malibu, CA 90265
Ph: (310) 457-1617
Fax (310) 457-2688
Web Site: http://www.dreamcatchers.org/
Cost: Reasonably priced with discounts given to Native communities. See the
Website for details.
Title: Rez-robics for couch potato skins.
Published: Navajo Health Promotion, 2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (30 min.)
Annotation: This video features Elaine Miles, famed for her portrayal of Marilyn
Whirlwind in the hit TV series Northern Exposure, and White Mountain Apache
comedian, Drew LaCapa. The video includes discussions on ways to improve lifestyle
to help prevent or manage diabetes. This companion video is designed for those
who’d never watch an exercise program.
Call Number: QT 255 R467ra 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Dreamcatchers Inc.
23852 Pacific Coast Highway #766
Malibu, CA 90265
Ph: (310) 457-1617
Fax (310) 457-2688
Web Site: http://www.dreamcatchers.org/
Cost: Reasonably priced with discounts given to Native communities. See the
Website for details.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Elders Videos
Title: Our nation's elders speak [kit]: unwanted isolation experienced by elders in
First Nations, Inuit and ethnocultural minority communities, a resource manual /
created by Susan Judith Ship and Reaghan Tarbell.
Published: Kahnawake, Quebec: National Indian & Inuit Community Health
Representatives Organization, 1997.
Description: 1 manual, 1 videocassette.
Annotation: A 28-minute video produced by NIICHRO celebrating the lives of
elders from First Nations, Inuit and ethnocultural minority communities.
Call Number: WT 104 O93o 1997 AV
Ordering Info: National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives Org.
Box 1019 Kahnawake, Quebec J0L 1B0
Ph: (450) 632-0892
Fax: (450) 632-2111
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.niichro.com/
Price: $60.00 Cdn.
Title: Through the eyes of the elders [videorecording].
Published: Winnipeg, Manitoba: Meeches Video Productions : distributed by Maple
Lake Releasing, 2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (22 min.)
Performers: Hosts Lisa Meeches and Ted Nolan.
Series: The sharing circle; vol. 16.
Annotation: Elders Alma Prettyyoungman, Narcisse Blood and Alan Pard tell the
history of the Blackfoot People of Southern Alberta and the last treaty signed in
1877.
Call Number: E 99 S64 T531t 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Meeches Video Production Inc.:
The Sharing Circle
509 Century Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
R3H 0L8
Ph: 1-800-772-0368 ext.34
Web site: http://www.thesharingcircle.com/order_tape.html
Cost: $22.75 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Urban elder [videorecording]: the story of Vern Harper, an urban-based
Cree spiritual elder. Directed by Robert S. Adams, produced by Robert S. Adams,
Peter Starr
Published: Montréal: National Film Board of Canada, c1997.
Description: 1 videocassette (28 min.).
Credits: Producer/director, Robert S. Adams; producer, Peter Starr; executive
producer, Louise Lore; produced by Four Directions Studio Limited in co-operation
with the National Film Board of Canada.
Annotation: Cree Indian Vern Harper tells how he reaches into the past to integrate
traditional Native culture into city life, including the tradition of elder. The camera
follows Vern as he leads a sweat lodge purification ceremony, watches his 11-yearold daughter at a classical ballet rehearsal, conducts a private healing ceremony,
marches in a political march and counsels Native prisoners at Warkworth Federal
Prison.
Call Number: WB 50 DC2 U73u AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage)
FAS Videos
Title: David with F.A.S. : [videorecording] a story of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome /
produced by Kanata Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of
Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; written & directed by Gil
Cardinal ; producers, Dorothy Schreiber, Gil Cardinal, Jerry Krepakevich.
Published: Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, c1996.
Description: 1 videocassette (44 min.).
Annotation: This personal story, using video footage shot by David himself, along
with the experiences of members of his family, is a hard look into the serious
consequences of a little-known, but widespread, health problem.
Call Number: WQ 211 D249d 1996 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage).
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Different directions [videorecording] : understanding fetal alcohol syndrome
Published: Toronto: Breaking the Cycle; Ontario's North for the Children, c2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (22 min.).
Credits: Produced and directed by Luis Garcia and Laura Heller; Frameline
Productions.
Annotation: This video looks at two children with FAS; one five-year old girl and
one young adult man and their remarkable mothers. One a birth mother, and one an
adoptive mom. Topics include how to help, early diagnosis, interventions, prevention,
and making a difference.
Call Number: WQ 211 D569d 2000 AV
Ordering Info: Ph.: Kirkland Lake (705) 567-5926
Fax: (705) 567-2466
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://comeover.to/FASDAY/ABCDEFG/buyvideos.htm
Price:$50.00 Cdn.
Title: Journey through the healing circle [videorecording]: a training series for
foster parents / Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Division
of Licensed Resources
Published: Washington: The Dept., 1999.
Description: 2 videocassettes (100 min) + 4 books + 4 discussion guides.
Series: Journey through the healing circle: a training series for foster parents.
Contents: Video series I: The little fox (birth to age 5); Little mask (ages 6-11) -Video series II. Sees no danger/Wander afar (ages 12-17); Travels in circles (ages
18-22).
Annotation: A video training series for foster parents and families with children who
have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or fetal alcohol-related conditions. Each kit has a
video, accompanying book and discussion guide.
Call Number: WQ 211 J86j 1999 AV
Ordering Info: Washington State Alcohol/Drug Clearinghouse
6535 5th Place South
Seattle, WA 98108
Ph.: (206) 725-9696
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.clearinghouse.adhl.org
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Precious gift [videorecording] / written and directed by John Ogresko ;
executive producer, Saskatchewan Institute on Preventi on of Handicaps.
Published: Saskatoon, SK: University of Saskatchewan, Division of Audio Visual
Services, 1997.
Description: 1 videocassette (16 min, 48 s).
Annotation: This video deals with the issue of drinking during pregnancy through a
real life portrayal of a young Aboriginal woman. Good for prenatal or health class;
includes cultural traditional message from an Elder.
Call Number: WQ 211 P923p 1997 AV
Ordering Info: Saskatchewan Institute on Prevention of Handicaps
1319 Colony Street
Saskatoon , Sk S7N 2Z1
Cost $15.00 Cdn.
Inuit Videos
Title: Coppermine [videorecording] / director, Ray Harper; producer, Jerry D.
Krepakevich.
Published: Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, c1992.
Description: 1 videocassette (55 min.).
Annotation: This documentary story of the Inuit of Coppermine, Northwest
Territories, describes the consequences of contact with southerners (fur traders,
police, miners, missionaries) and the occurrences of 'ship's illness' or 'boat cold'
(tuberculosis) after each visit, culminating in the epidemic of 1929. This is a story
unearthed from government files and recorded in archival films and photos and in
the stories passed down in Inuit families.
Call Number: WF 11 DC2 C785c AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage).
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Ikajurti [videorecording] = the helper: midwifery in the Canadian Arctic. /
produced by the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation and Pauktuutit, The Inuit Women's
Association.
Published: Ottawa: Pauktuutit, [c199-?].
Description: 1 videocassette (51 min.).
Annotation: Discussion by Inuit women of the role of midwifery and other forms of
medical care in the Northwest Territories related to childbirth. Filmed in the Baffin
Region of the Eastern Arctic [now known as Nunavut].
Call Number: WQ 160 i26i 199- AV
Ordering Info: Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association
131 Bank Street, 3rd Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5N7
Ph: (613) 238-3977
Fax: (613) 238-1787
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.pauktuutit.on.ca
Maternal and Child Health Videos
Title: Holding our own [videorecording] : strategies during p regnancy &
motherhood to stop smoking / produced collaboratively with Walpole Island First
Nation Council ... [et al.] ; produced by Kem Murch Productions Inc. ; director,
writer, Kem Murch.
Published: Toronto: Magic Lantern Communications, c1998.
Description: 1 videocassette (24 min).
Annotation: The video features First Nations, Inuit and non-Native women,
teenagers, elders and health care providers who share their personal stories about
trying to stop smoking, and some of the positive strategies that worked for them.
Diverse cultural perspectives on tobacco, healing and self-esteem are examined by
women in three smoking cessation groups at: a Public Health Unit; The Kick Butt for
Two Program for Pregnant Teens and Youth; and Walpole Island First Nation s Health
Centre.
Call Number: WM 290 H726h 1998 AV
Ordering Info: Kem Murch Productions Inc.
330 Central Ave.
London, Ontario N6B 2C8
Ph: (519) 673-3342
Fax: (519) 673-6005
Email:[email protected]
Web Site: http://www.kemmurchproductions.com
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Restoring dignity: responding to child abuse in Canadian institutions.
Published: Ottawa: Law Commission of Canada, c2000.
Description: 1 manual (455 pages) + 1 executive summary (37 pages) + 1
videocassette (24 min.).
Call Number: HV 6626.54 DC2 L415r 2000 AV
Ordering Info: Law Commission of Canada
222 Queen St. Suite 1124
Ottawa, Ontario - K1A 0H8
Ph: (613) 946-8980
Fax: (613) 946-8988
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.lcc.gc.ca/en/ress/ord er/order.asp
Cost: Free
Title: Reducing the risk in the circle of life.
Published: Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, 2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (17 min).
Credits: Producer/Director, Fred Fountain, narrator, Graham Greene.
Annotation: This video states possible factors that may influence sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS). Traditional ceremonies of the First Nations people may help
the grieving process.
Call Number: WS 430 R321r 2000 AV
Ordering Info: The Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
Suite 308 586 Eglinton Avenue East
Toronto, ON M4P 1P2
Ph: (416) 488-3260 Toll-Free: 1-800-END-SIDS
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.sidscanada.org
Cost $35.00 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Seeing the possibilities [videorecording] : making a difference / narrated by
Adam Beach, produced under the authority of the Minister of Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada
Published: Ottawa: Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (11 min.).
Notes: Issued also in French under title: Des horizons plus vastes faire une
difference
Annotation: This video describes how First Nations are utilizing National Child
Benefit (NCB) reinvest ments to develop community-based projects to improve the
lives of the children.
Call Number: HD 4925.5 DC2 S451s 2000 AV
Ordering Info: INAC Public Enquiries Contact Centre
10 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H4
Ph: 1-800-567-9604
Toll Free: 1-866-553-0554
Facsimile: (819) 953-3017
Facsimile (toll-free): 1-866-817-3977
E-mail: [email protected]
Title: Self esteem / presented by Christine Metallic; CineReal Pro-Video.
Published: Ottawa: Health Canada [distributor], 1997.
Description: 1 videocassette (45 min.).
Annotation: Presentation from the Aboriginal Nurses Association's First National
Teaching Conference "Keeping our children safe".
Call Number: WS 105.5 S3 S465s
Ordering Info: The Publication Resource Centre
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Business Planning Management Directorate
Information Management & Administration Services Division
20th Floor, Jeanne Mance Bldg.
Tunney's Pasture, Postal Locator 1920A
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L3
Fax: (613) 954-8107
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/bpm/prc/
Cost: Free
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Teen pregnancy / presented by Faye North-Peigan ; CineReal Pro-Video.
Published: Ottawa: Health Canada [distributor], 1997.
Description: 1 videocassette (70 min.).
Annotation: Presentation from the Aboriginal Nurses Association's First National
Teaching Conference "Keeping our children safe".
Call Number: WS 462 T258t 1997 AV
Ordering Info: The Publication Resource Centre
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Business Planning Management Directorate
Information Management & Administration Services Division
20th Floor, Jeanne Mance Bldg.
Tunney's Pasture, Postal Locator 1920A
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L3
Fax: (613) 954-8107
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/bpm/prc/
Cost: Free
Title: When babies leave the circle.
Published: Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, 2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (21 min.).
Credits: Director/Producer, Fred Fountain, narrator, Graham Greene.
Annotation: When a baby dies suddenly - sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Native cultural beliefs are discussed to overcome the grief.
Call Number: WS 430 W561w 2000 AV
Ordering Info: The Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
Suite 308 586 Eglinton Avenue East
Toronto, ON Canada M4P 1P2
Ph: 416-488-3260 Toll-Free: 1-800-END-SIDS
Fax: 416-488-3864
Email: [email protected]
Web Site:http://www.sidscanada.org
Cost $35.00 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Mental Healing Videos
Title: Native American healing in the 21st century [videorecording]
Published: Dallas, Tex.: Rich-Heape Films, c1998.
Description: 1 videocassette (34 min.)
Series: Circle of life series
Annotation: This video looks at the ancient health, and healing methods of
American Indians, comparing and contrasting their techniques for maintaining their
health with those of China and India. The video discusses the invaluable
contributions the Native Americans made to our early frontier heritage and shows
how many of those same healing plants and herbs are an important source of today’s
modern methods of maintaining health.
Call Number: WB 50 AA1 N278n 1998 AV
Ordering Info: Rich-Heape Films, Inc.
5952 Royal Lane, Suite 254
Dallas, Texas 75230
Ph: (214) 696-6916
Toll Free: 1-888-600-2922
Web Site: http://www.richheape.com/preorder.htm
Cost: $24.95 US
Title: The medicine wheel [videorecording]
Published: Vancouver: Motion Visual, c1995.
Description: 1 videocassette (24 min.)
Performers: Writer/host, Renae Morriseau
Annotation: A story of First Nations spirituality narrated by Renae Morriseau, a Cree
woman from Manitoba. The video combines her personal story with an exploration of
interpretations of the medicine wheel and what it represents in Aboriginal traditions.
Includes emotional scenes of a sweat lodge and pipe ceremony.
Call Number: E 98 M4 M489m 1995 AV
Ordering Info: Email: [email protected]
Web Site:http://www.motionvisual.com
Cost: $99.00 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Medicine wheels [videorecording].
Published: Winnipeg: Meeches Video Productions: distributed by Maple Lake
Releasing , 2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (22 min.)
Performers: Hosts, Lisa Meeches and Ted Nolan.
Annotation: The rock foundations scattered over the Canadian western plains are
silent monuments to the tradition of spiritual communion with the Creator.
Interviews with these First Nations people express their passion for these sacred
places and their love for their ancestors.
Call Number: E 99 R4 M489m 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Meeches Video Production Inc.:
The Sharing Circle
509 Century Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
R3H 0L8
Ph: 1-800-772-0368 ext.34
Web site: http://www.thesharingcircle.com/order_tape.html
Cost: $22.75 Cdn.
Title: Traditional healing [videorecording]: examining the connection between
traditional healing and contemporary medicine in the 21st century.
Published: Winnipeg: Meeches Video Productions:distributed by Maple Lake
Releasing, c2003.
Description: 1 videocassette (22 min.)
Annotation: Many health care professionals, including those from both traditional
and western medicine, argue the poor state of health of Canada's Indigenous People
can be attributed in part to the loss of their culture and traditional medicine
practices. Meet three health care professionals who are bridging the gap between
western medicine and traditional healing to restore health and tradition in
communities.
Call Number: WB 50 T763t 2003 AV
Ordering Info: Meeches Video Production Inc.:
The Sharing Circle
509 Century Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3H 0L8
Ph: 1-800-772-0368 ext.34
Web Site: http://www.thesharingcircle.com/order_tape.html
Cost: $22.75 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Men tal He al th/Sui cide Vi de os
Title: Aboriginal suicide [videorecording]: lost spirit.
Published: Winnipeg: Meeches Video Productions: distributed by Maple
Releasing, 2002.
Lake
Description: 1 videocassette (22 min.)
Credits: Directed by Nancy Gregory; director Noah Erenberg; executive producer,
Lisa Meeches.
Annotation: Delves into the subject of suicide among First Nations people, exploring
how traditional beliefs and philosophy can help provide long term answers.
Call Number: E 98 S9 A26 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Meeches Video Production Inc.:
The Sharing Circle
509 Century Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
R3H 0L8
Ph: 1-800-772-0368 ext.34
Web Site: http://www.thesharingcircle.com/order_tape.html
Cost: $22.75 Cdn.
Title: For John [videorecording]
Published: Montreal:National Film Board of Canada, c2003.
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 52 min.)
Credits: Directed and written by Dale Montour; producer, Alanis Obomsawin.
Annotation: An intimate story of John Diabo's battle with drugs and his eventual
depression which leads to suicide.
Call Number: WM 171 F692f 2003 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage).
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Kwekànamad, the wind is changing [videorecording]
Published: Montreal: NFB, 1999.
Description: 1 videocassette (5 4 min., 17 sec.)
Credits: Director/writer, Carlos Ferrand ; producers, Stéphanie Larrue, Yves
Bisaillon.
Annotation: Annie Smith-St-Georges is an Algonquin mother and wife whose son
Yanik ended his life in 1990. In his memory, Annie went on a crusade for a glass
teepee ten stories tall to be built in Ottawa, to house a National Aboriginal Arts and
Performance Centre.
Call Number: E 98 A73 K43k 1999 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710.
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage)
Title: Patrick's story [videorecording].
Published: Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1999.
Description: 1 videocassette (24 min.)
Credits: Director, Doug Cuthand; producers, Lori Kuffner, Jennifer Torrance.
Annotation: This video explores what brought a young Cree man, Patrick, to
attempt suicide and what turned his life around. With the help of friends and his
loving adoptive mother, he begins the search for his identity and spirituality as a
Cree Man, while discovering his talents in music and acting.
Call Number: HV 6546 P314p 1999 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph.: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage)
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Suicide prevention [videorecording] / presented by David C. McTimmey
Published: Ottawa: Health Canada (distributor) , 1997.
Description: 1 videocassette (125 min)
Contents: 1. Wellness. -- 2. A practical approach to understanding suicide and
suicide prevention. -- 3. A brief overview of the protocols and suicide referral
pathways used by communities in crisis
Annotation: Presentation from the Aboriginal Nurses Association's First National
Teaching Conference "Keeping our children safe".
Miscellane ous Vi deos
Title: Band-aid [videorecording].
Published: Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1999.
Description: 1 videocassette (42 min.)
Credits: Director, narrator, Daniel Prauty; producer, Joe MacDonald; executive
producer, Graydon McCrea.
Annotation: In the remote Ojibway community of Whitedog, in northwestern
Ontario, 911 is just a meaningless set of numbers. Here, medical help lies hours
away, and the line between life and death is defended by the 12 dedicated
volunteers of the community's First Response team.
Call Number: WX 215 B214b 1999 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage)
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Careers in nutrition and the environment [videorecording] / produced for
the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE).
Published: Inuvik, NWT: Inuit Communications Systems, 1997.
Description: 1 videocassette (9 min., 50 sec.)
Annotation: This short video is for Aboriginal students interested in the relationship
between traditional knowledge, food, health and the environment, and curious about
careers in these areas. Aboriginal professionals and prominent Aboriginal leaders talk
about their experi ences and offer valuable advice.
Call Number: W 21.5 C271c 1997 AV
Ordering Info: CINE Macdonald Campus of McGill University
21,111 Lakeshore Road
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec - H9X 3V9
Ph: (514) 398-7544
Fax: (514) 398-1020
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.cine.mcgill.ca/contact.htm
Title: Effects on Aboriginals from the Great Lakes environment
[videorecording] / Assembly of First Nations, E.A.G.L.E. Project.
Published: Ottawa: Assembly of First Nations, 1995.
Description: 1 videocassette
Annotation: A videocassette describing the Effects on Aboriginals from the Great
Lakes Environment (E.A.G.L.E) project. The video includes presentations made by
some of the scientists involved in the project and also members of the Aboriginal
community affected by the pollution on the Great Lakes.
Call Number: WA 689 E11e 1995b AV
Ordering Info: Assembly of First Nations
1 Nicholas Street, 10th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 7B7
Ph: (613) 241-6789
Fax: (613) 241-5805
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Echoes of the sisters [videorecording]: breast cancer: First Nations women
Published: Vancouver: Motion Visual, c1996.
Description: 1 videocassette (24 min.)
Credits: Directed and produced by Richard Hersley and Renae Morriseau ; written by
Renae Morriseau.
Annotation: This video looks at firsthand experiences of breast cancer survivors in
First Nation communities of Canada. Topics include diagnosis, therapies, prevention,
and life after breast cancer.
Call Number: WP 870 E18e 1996 AV
Ordering Info: Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.motionvisual.com
Title: Gifts to offer [videorecording]
Published: Victoria, B.C.: B.C. Aboriginal Network on Disability Society, 2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (24:48 min.)
Credits: Produced by Kla-How-Ya Communications, Vernon, B.C.
Annotation: This video profiles eight Aboriginal persons with various disabilities who
are active within their communities, school, and work. The theme of the video is: we
all have a contribution to make -- we all have Gifts to Offer. Designed as an
educational tool for Aboriginal human resource development boards, and other social
development professionals.
Call Number: HD 7256 G458g 2000 AV
Ordering Info: BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society
1179 Kosapsum Crescent, Victoria, B.C. V9A 7K7
Ph: (250) 381-7303
Toll Free: 1-888-815-5511
Fax: 250-381-7312
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.bcands.bc.ca/rcvideos.html
Cost: $15.00 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Lost songs [videorecording] / producers Elaine Moyah, Jerry D. Krepakevich.
Published: Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, c2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (24 min.)
Annotation: The Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton closed its doors in
1995, after 50 years as an Aboriginal treatment centre for tuberculosis. This film
provides a Native perspective on an era of Canadian medical history.
Call Number: WF 200 L881L 2000 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage)
Title: Ojigkwanong [videorecording]: encounter with an Algonquin sage / National
Film Board of Canada.
Published: Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (26 min.).
Credits: Director, Lucie Ouimet; producer, André Gladu.
Annotation: William Commanda, whose Algonquin name is Ojigkwanong, was born
on the Maniwaki reserve in Quebec in 1913. The story of his early life is one of
numbing poverty, the loss of Native culture, and escape into alcohol. In 1961, while
terminally ill, Commanda had a vision of a Circle of Nations. His first gesture was to
reconcile the Algonquins and Iroquois. Since then he has devoted himself to the
reconciliation of peoples and cultures.
Call Number: E 99 A35 O41o 2000 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710.
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage)
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Playing with fire [videorecording]: Aboriginal adolescent gambling.
Published: Edmonton: AADAC, 1998.
Description: 1 videocassette (32 min.) + 1 discussion guide (29 p.)
Annotation: This short video, with its accompanying workbook, is designed for use
specifically with Native youth. The effort is to devise a prevention program that will
keep youth from falling into dangerous gambling habits, but also recognize the place
of gaming in traditional Aboriginal culture. Recommended for use with youth ages
12-15.
Call Number: WM 190 P722p 1999 AV
Ordering Info: Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC)
3rd Flr., 1177-11th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2R 0G5
Ph: (403) 297-3071
Fax: (403) 297-3036.
Web Site: www.aadac.com
Cost: $99.00 Cdn. (Video) $20.00 Cdn. (Discussion Guide)
Title: The residential school experience [videorecording] : a century of genocide
in the Americas / Native Voices presents a film by Rosemary Gibbons & Dax Thomas;
directed by Rosemary Gibbons.
Published: Bozeman, Mont.: Montana State University, [2002]
Description: 1 videocassette (18 min.).
Credits: Photographed and edited by Dax Thomas; original score by George Black.
Annotation: This film tells the story of Native American children being taken from
their parents and forcibly sent to residential schools in Canada and in the United
States. The film includes a quotation from the Genocide Convention which prohibits
forcibly taking the children away from their parents because of their race.
Call Number: E 96.5 R47 2002 AV
Ordering Info: University of Washington, American Indian Studies Center
Attention Native Voices
Box 354305 Seattle, Washington 98195-9000
Ph: (206) 616-7498
Fax: (206) 616-3122
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://depts.washington.edu/nvoices/ordering_information.html
Cost: $95.00 US
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Sacred water [videorecording].
Published: Winnipeg: Meeches Video Productions, 2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (22 min.).
Performers: Hosts, Lisa Meeches and Ted Nolan.
Annotation: Discusses water management in Canada's First Nations reserves
through the voices of elders, politicians, entrepreneurs and according to the
Walkerton Enquiry.
Call Number: TD 227 I53 S123s 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Meeches Video Production Inc.:
The Sharing Circle
509 Century Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3H 0L8
Ph: 1-800-772-0368 ext.34
Web Site: http://www.thesharingcircle.com/order_tape.html
Cost: $22.75 Cdn.
Title: Sleeping children awake [videorecording].
Published: Scarborough: Magic Arrow Productions, 1993.
Description: 1 videocassette (50 min, 50 sec.)
Performers: Narrated by Patrick Malone, Original music by Maria Linklater.
Annotation: A docudrama outlining the history of the residential school system and
how it personally effected generations of the First Nations People. Residential schools
operated in Canada from the 1800s until the mid-1980s. These schools were a
primary weapon of the government and the missionaries in their attempt to
systematically destroy Native culture. This video illuminates the voices of many
former school residents and their families including Elijah Harper and Art Solomon.
Features songs of Maria Linklater. These recollections and experiences are bridged
with dramatic excerpts from Shirley Cheechoo's autobiographical play, 'Path With No
Moccasins'.
Call Number: WS 105.5 D3 H233s 1993 AV
Ordering Info: Distributors of Educational Video & CD-ROM
585 Middlefield Road, Unit #23
Scarborough, Ontario M1V 4Y5
Ph: (416) 291-4733
Toll-Free: 1-800-OMEGAFV
Fax: (416) 291-7775
Email [email protected]
Web Site: www.omegafilms.ca
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Spirit in motion [kit]: active living and Aboriginal older adults / project
coordinator, Lylee Williams and assistant coordinator Star Horn .
Published: Kahnawake, Que.: National Indian and Inuit Community Health
Representatives Organization, 2000.
Description: 1 videocassette, 1 sound cassette, 1 booklet, 1 poster.
Annotation: Outlines the benefits of physical activity and culturally appropriate
exercises that can be performed by homebound older adults to maintain their
functional independence.
Call Number: WT 120 A188aa 2000 AV
Ordering Info: National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives
Organization Box 1019
Kahnawake, Quebec J0L 1B0
Ph: (450) 632-0892
Fax: (450) 632-2111
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.niichro.com
Cost: $85.00 Cdn. for whole kit.
Title: Traditional foods, are they safe? [videorecording] / presented by
Indivisual Productions.
Published: Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue: McGill University, Centre for Indigenous Peoples'
Nutrition and Environment, c1996.
Description: 1 videocassette (30 min.)
Credits: Executive producer, Tookie Mercredi ; producer, Gwahtla Asishih (Norma
Kassi) ; writers, Lucy Van Olden Barnaveld, Phillip Adams.
Annotation: An educational tool for northern Native people, the video describes the
dilemma of contaminants in traditional foods. The video illustrates the value of
combining scientific inquiry and traditional knowledge, and includes comments by Dr.
David Suzuki.
Call Number: WA 689 T763t 1996 AV
Ordering Info: CINE Macdonald Campus of McGill University
21,111 Lakeshore Road
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9
Ph: (514) 398-7544
Fax: (514) 398-1020
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.cine.mcgill.ca/contact.htm
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Sexual Abuse Videos
Title: Hollow water [videorecording]
Published: Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (49 min.).
Annotation: Hollow Water is a Canadian Ojibway reserve in central Manitoba that
has organized itself to address the large number of sexually abused victims in their
community. Volunteers from the community have formed the Community Holistic
Circle Healing (CHCH) to help offenders and victims stop the cycle of sexual abuse.
This documentary demonstrates how CHCH has been more effective through the use
of peer pressure rather than jailing offenders.
Call Number: WA 320 H745h 2000 AV
Ordering Info: National Film Board of Canada
Ph: 1-800-267-7710
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
Cost: $19.95 Cdn. (Home Usage) $49.95 Cdn. (Institutional Usage)
Social Life and Customs Videos
Title: Bimaadiziwin [videorecording]: a healthy way of life
Published: Duluth, Minn.: WDSE -TV, c2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)
Credits: Music, Peter Buffett, Ken Melville; videography, Chris Bacigalupo,
James Fortier, Dan Elsenrath; editor, Joshua Carlon.
Performers: Narrator, Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe).
Annotation: Examines the meaning of a good and healthy life, and the holistic
approach to health and medicine held by the Anishinaabe-Ojibwe people. Looks at
the kind of impact the arrival of the Europeans had on the health of the Ojibwe.
Call Number: E 99 C6 B611b 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Noc Bay Trading Company
P.O. Box 295 Escanaba, Michigan 49829
Ph: 1-800-652-7192
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nocbay.com/store/library/videos/video-ojibwe.html
Cost: $25.00 US
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Chako [videorecording] : coming of age / produced by Cinematheque
productions in partnership with Dream Big Productions.
Published: Vancouver, BC: BCCDC, c2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (20 min.)+ 1 guide book (38 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.)
Annotation: Chako means "to become" in the Chinook language. The staff at Chee
Mamuk realized that there was really nothing to mark becoming an adult except
getting a driver's license or being allowed to drink alcohol legally. Traditionally, many
cultures had rights of passage or coming of age training and teachings. This video
shows six youth from different Nations as they go through a month of coming of age
training. The program starts with the a Blessing Ceremony, shows the youth making
drums, regalia, working on a wall size carving together, and ends with a Give Away
Ceremony. Guest speakers share traditional teachings around balanced living,
respect, coming of age, about the risks of today including of drugs, alcohol, HIV,
Hepatitis and STDs.
Ordering Info: Chee Mamuk, Aboriginal Program
STD/AIDS Control
BC Centre for Disease Control
655 12th Ave. W
Vancouver BC V5Z 4R4
Ph: 604-660-1673
Fax: 604-775-0808
Web Site: http://www.bccdc.org/content.php?item=96
Cost: $25.00 Cdn.
Title: Gaa miinigooyang [videorecording ]: that which is given to us.
Published: Duluth, Minn.: WDSE -TV], c2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)
Series: Ojibwe waasa inaabidaa.
Performers: Narrator, Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe).
Annotation: Looks at the traditional subsistence lifestyle of the Anishinaabe-Ojibwe
people, the changes that came with the arrival of the Europeans, and their economic
practices and position today.
Call Number: E 99 C6 G111g 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Noc Bay Trading Company
P.O. Box 295 Escanaba, Michigan 49829
Ph: 1-800-652-7192
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nocbay.com/store/library/videos/video-ojibwe.html
Cost: $25.00 U
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: Gakina-awiiya [videorecording]: we are all related
Published: Duluth, Minn.: WDSE -TV], c2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 49 min.)
Series: Ojibwe waasa inaabidaa.
Performers: Narrator, Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe).
Annotation: Describes the relationship between the Anishinaabe-Ojibwe people of
the Great Lakes Region and their environment. Looks at the Ojibwe belief that all
people and all life on the planet are interconnected, and at how the Ojibwe lived in
balance with the woodland resources until their lives changed upon contact with the
Europeans.
Call Number: E 99 C6 G145g 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Noc Bay Trading Company
P.O. Box 295 Escanaba, Michigan 49829
Ph: 1-800-652-7192
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nocbay.com/store/library/videos/video-ojibwe.html
Cost: $25.00 US
Title: Gikinoo'amaadiwin [videorecording]: we gain knowledge
Published: Duluth, Minn.: WDSE-TV, c2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)
Series: Ojibwe waasa inaabidaa.
Performers: Narrator, Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe).
Annotation: Looks at the traditional Anishinaabe-Ojibwe way of passing knowledge
from generation to generation, the impact of western beliefs and values on Ojibwe
family and educational systems, and the mixing of traditional and nontraditional
ways in modern tribal schools.
Call Number: E 99 C6 G462g 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Noc Bay Trading Company
P.O. Box 295 Escanaba, Michigan 49829
Ph: 1-800-652-7192
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nocbay.com/store/library/videos/video-ojibwe.html
Cost: $25.00 US
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Title: Gwayakochigewin [videorecording]: doing things the right way
Published: Duluth, Minn.: WDSE -TV], c2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)
Series: Ojibwe waasa inaabidaa.
Performers: Narrator, Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe).
Annotation: Describes the traditional way of making decisions by the AnishinaabeOjibwe people, including the elements of respect, thorough deliberation, and
community consensus. Looks at the process from before the arrival of the Europeans
to the present day way of leadership and tribal government as it has adapted to
change.
Call Number: E 99 C6 G462g 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Noc Bay Trading Company
P.O. Box 295 Escanaba, Michigan 49829
Ph: 1-800-652-7192
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nocbay.com/store/library/videos/video-ojibwe.html
Cost: $25.00 US
Title: Ojibwemowin [videorecording] : the Ojibwe language
Published: Duluth, Minn.: WDSE -TV], c2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (ca. 58 min.)
Series: Ojibwe waasa inaabidaa.
Performers: Narrator, Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe).
Annotation: Examines the language and oral tradition of the Anishinaabe-Ojibwe
people. Looks at Ojibwe storytelling and the near disappearance of the Ojibwe
language and contemporary efforts to preserve and speak it.
Call Number: E 99 C6 O39o 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Noc Bay Trading Company
P.O. Box 295 Escanaba, Michigan 49829
Ph: 1-800-652-7192
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nocbay.com/store/library/videos/video-ojibwe.html
Cost: $25.00 US
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: The seven sacred laws [videorecording].
Published: Winnipeg: Meeches Video Productions: distributed by Maple Lake
Releasing, 2002.
Description: 1 videocassette (22 min.)
Credits: Director, Noah Erenberg ; executive producer, Lisa Meeches.
Performers: Hosts Lisa Meeches and Ted Nolan.
Annotation: Explores the natural laws or teachings of the Aboriginal people. These
natural laws are the spiritual foundation for any individual wishing a balanced and
peaceful life. The laws include Love, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility,
Truth.
Call Number: E 98 R3 S497s 2002 AV
Ordering Info: Meeches Video Production Inc.:
The Sharing Circle
509 Century Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3H 0L8
Ph: 1-800-772-0368 ext.34
Web Site: http://www.thesharingcircle.com/order_tape.html
Cost: $22.75 Cdn.
Title: The Warmth of love [videorecording]: the four seasons of Sophie Thomas /
a film by Terry Jacks.
Published: Vancouver: Video Pub. Group, 2000.
Description: 1 videocassette (33 min., 33 sec.)
Annotation: Describes the use of traditional herbal medicine by Saik'uz elder Sophie
Thomas. We watch her gather the raw materials for the medicines that she dispenses
for free, and she expresses her concern about the damage to the forest caused by
clearcutting, as well as the environmental impact of the damming of the Nechako
River. The footage represents the rhythm of Thomas's life through the cycle of
seasons, and shows her compassion for her fellow man and love for Mother Earth.
Call Number: E 98 M4 W277w 2000 AV
Ordering Info: Ph: 1-800-667-7718
Cost: $20.00 Cdn.
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Title: White shamans, plastic medicine men [videorecording] : a documentary /
by Terry Macy and Daniel Hart.
Published: Bozeman, Mont.: Native Voices Public Television, c1995.
Description: 1 videocassette (27 min.).
Annotation: White Shamans and Plastic Medicine Men is a one -half hour
documentary dealing with the popularization and commercialization of Native
American spiritual traditions by Non-Indians. Important questions are asked of those
seeking to exploit ritual and sacred ceremony, and of those vested with safeguarding
sacred ways. This documentary is thematically organized, and deals with romantic
stereotypes and copying , the impatience of new age practitioners contrasted to the
fact that indigenous spiritual traditions are thousands of years old, and the
proselytizing nature of these new age practitioners.
Call Number: E 98 R3 W48 1995 AV
Ordering Info: University of Washington, American Indian Studies Center
Attention Native Voices
Box 354305 Seattle, Washington 98195-9000
Ph: (206) 616-7498
Fax: (206) 616-3122
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://depts.washington.edu/nvoices/ordering_information.html
Cost: $95.00 US
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Aboriginal Health Videos
Directory of Distributors
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC)
3rd Flr., 1177-11th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB T2R 0G5
Ph.: (403) 297-3071
Fax: (403) 297-3036
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.aadac.com
Duval House Publishing
18228-102 Avenue
Edmonton AB T5S 1S7
Ph.: (780) 488-1390
Fax: (780) 482-7213
Toll Free: 1-800-267-6187
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.duvalhouse.com
Gryphon Productions Ltd.
P.O. Box 93009, Headland Dr.
West Vancouver, B.C. V7W 3C0
Ph.: (604) 921-7626
Fax: (604) 921-7627
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.gryphonproductions.com/
Goodminds.com
188 Mohawk St
Brantford, On
N3S 2X2
Ph.: (519) 753-1185
Fax: (519) 751-3136
1-877-8Native (1-877-862-8483)
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.goodminds.com
Meeches Video Production Inc.
The Sharing Circle
509 Century Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3H 0L8
Ph.: 1-800-772-0368 ext.34
Web Site: http://www.thesharingcircle.com/order_tape.html
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National Film Board of Canada
Sales and Customer Services (D-10)
P.O. Box 6100
Station Centre-Ville
Montreal (QC) H3C 3H5
Ph.: 1-800-267-7710
Fax: (514) 283-7564
Email: Use Email forms on web site
Web Site: http://www.nfb.ca/
National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization
(NIICHRO)
Box 1019, Kahnawake, Quebec
J0L 1B0 Ph.: (450) 632-0892
Fax: (450) 632-2111
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.niichro.com/
Noc Bay Trading Company
P.O. Box 295 Escanaba, Michigan 49829
Ph: 1-800-652-7192 for Orders
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nocbay.com/store/library/videos/video-ojibwe.html
The Publication Resource Centre
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Business Planning Management Directorate
Information Management & Administration Services Division
20th Floor, Jeanne Mance Bldg.
Tunney's Pasture, Postal Locator 1920A
Ottawa, ON K1A 0L3
Fax: (613) 954-8107
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/bpm/prc/
University of Washington, American Indian Studies Center
Box 354305 Seattle, Washington 98195-9000
Ph.: (206) 616-7498
Fax: (206) 616-3122
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://depts.washington.edu/nvoices/ordering_information.html
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