For thirty-five years Carrie and Mary Dann have fought the U.S. government for their land rights and their human rights. Why has the U.S.… Uqalimakkanirit
Part 5: Boots speaks about one of the actions in a wave of protests ensuing from the initial land reclamation on Douglas Creek Estate and the following Stirling Street takeover in Caledonia (Ontario).… Uqalimakkanirit
Part 3: Bill Montour - Six Nations elected councillor in the Indian Act administrative body, the Band Council - speaks about the history of research that has been done to establish Six Nations ownership to the Haldimand Tract.
Part 2: Leroy Hill, Cayuga Nation, is one of the Six Nations Confederacy chiefs who participates in the land negotiations with the federal and provincial governments.… Uqalimakkanirit
In February 2006, ten women and their children galvanized the community of Six Nations into occupying an area called Douglas Creek Estate to halt the growing land encroachment by the bordering town of Caledonia. The area, Six Nations land, had been illegally sold to a US-based developer to build a suburban housing complex.
On August 22 - 24, 2008, the Haudenosaunee Men’s Council, of the Iroquois Confederacy, hosted a Peace and Friendship gathering in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (near Caledonia, Ontario).
On September 15, 2008 Aborigiinal women and their supporters walked from Victoria BC to Ottawa where they held a ralley on September 15, 2008. Tclips are of the speeches on Parliament Hill
Part 2 looks at the issues of authentic justice for indigenous people, environmental sustainability and a revolutionary change in thinking...
Connie and Rhonda discuss the differences between the court-ordered Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the grassroots elders tribunal called the Truth Commission.
featuring black indian Assata Shakar (tupac shakur's aunt) this black panther escaped from maximum security prison in usa and fled to cuba.
with music by micheal franti and filmed in bolivia.
the soundtrack is by indigenous resistance featuing dr das ,jimmy dick,tohuno (solomon islands) photos are by baadziis & was edited by kwan .this video adresses the importance of respecting and returning to the land.The video and music is a collaboration that connects individuals in various continents of the world.
The dialogue between people, nature and gods is based upon a sacred knowledge and mythology. In the modern world only a few cultures based on myth survive. This film takes us into the word of Old Peter, the last surviving Shaman of the Kazym River.… Uqalimakkanirit
Why Democracy? is the world's biggest factual multi-media event. Why Democracy? is centered around 10 documentary films, from all over the world.… Uqalimakkanirit