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).… Read more
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.… Read more
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.
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.
Part 3 focuses on the grassroots actions the indigenous communities have been undertaking to defend their land and right to self-determination. It also highlights the criminalization of Indigenous resistance.
Part 2 is about elder, Harriet Nahanee, and her struggle against the destruction brought on by the development of the Sea to Sky Highway Expansion, a main artery from Vancouver city to the Whistler ski resort (a 2010 venue).
British Columbia is largely unceded and non-surrendered Indigenous territories. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics is a massive land grab, increasing displacement, ecological destruction, and continuing the hidden Genocide in Canada.
For more information about this campaign to Boycott the 2010 Olympics: http://no2010.com/
On September 26 and 27, 2008 hundreds of survivors, their relatives, academics, politicians, and human rights advocates participated in "Breaking the Silence: an International Conference on the 'Indian' Residential School Commission of Canada", held at the University of Montreal, Quebec.
A leadership development and support program for people of faith involved in social movements for justice and peace, the Interfaith Summer Institute (ISI) is institutionally housed with the J.S.
W… Read more
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).
Demontrators visit CN Railway Headquarters in the Montreal train station to demand an end to the lawsuit against 3 Mohawk defenders of the land.
Tyendinaga is a Mohawk community located on the shore of the Bay of Quinte between Toronto and Montreal, in eastern Ontario. The Mohawk Nation is one of the five original nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk O.C., Officer of the Order of Canada and Isuma president and co-founder, received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, June 5, 2008.
Filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk O.C., Officer of the Order of Canada and Isuma president and co-founder, received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, June 5, 2008. Director of the 2001 Cannes Festival award-winner, Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, and 30 other films in the past twenty years, Dr.… Read more
This channel showcases Radio and Video interviews with the minds behind IsumaTV, and their reflections about its development.
IsumaTV is a collaborative multimedia platform for indigenous filmmakers and media organizations. Each user can design their own space, or channel, to reflect their own identity, mandate and audience.