Click on the image above to visit a detailed webiste that I believe connects to module 2’s discussion about protecting cultural rights. This site discusses our Multicultural Policy, the history that makes Canada what it is today, and much more. I believe that in order to protect culture we must understand where we are are also the cultures of those around us. Please visit this useful site. I found the “Prospects for the Future” link quite interesting.
Nanook of the North
After discussing this film within our course it led me to want to watch and know more.
The Wikipedia search on the film raised many of the same questions that were brought up in our discussions. For example “Flaherty has been criticized for deceptively portraying staged events as reality. Much of the action was staged and gives an inaccurate view of real Inuit life during the early 20th century. “Nanook” was in fact named Allakariallak, for instance, while the “wife” shown in the film was not really his wife. And although Allakariallak normally used a gun when hunting, Flaherty encouraged him to hunt after the fashion of his ancestors in order to capture what was believed to be the way the Inuit lived.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanook_of_the_North
This film in my opinion was ahead of its time and to this day regardless if criticism is a valuable piece of Canadian history. Below are a few more links connecting to Nanook:
How I Filmed Nanook of the North
There are also quite a few clips like these online::
[youtube]https://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=H_wS-Li-9eE[/youtube]
[youtube]https://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmHvkrhmII[/youtube]
Here is a clip by Phillip Djwa about how the web is impacting aboriginal communities. Phillip has provided support to many worthwhile community initiatives, including the First People’s Heritage Council, Friends of Chamber Music, and First Nations Technology Council. He makes several excellent points in this clip regarding connectivity in rural aboriginal communities.
[youtube]https://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=oRSQiZZT3go[/youtube]
This site was unfortunately discontinued April 2008 however the content is still availbe. It provides a vairiety of Podcast, Teacher Resources, Links for Kids, and Culture Showcases. I enjoed the interactivity, types of media, and the overall emphasis on the blend of Canadian Culture.
The Torres Straight Islanders have created a database of language, culture, stories, resources. This site provides an amazing amount of interesting pages to surf through. I am amazed by the amount of material on this site promoting language and culture.
“The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is the world’s premier institution for information and research about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The Institute undertakes and encourages scholarly, ethical community-based research, holds a priceless collection of films, photographs, video and audio recordings and the world’s largest collections of printed and other resource materials for Indigenous Studies, and has its own publishing house.”
