Indigenous Languages

Chapter two: I investigate the body as a tool, a house, flesh. I learn what the different parts of my body are called in sami launguage. I do this in my home. Me in my body among my things that I identify with. I try out my different sami attributes o

Filmmaker: Liselotte Wajstedt

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Based on a Nuxalk dance, this dreamlike video was created during the DOXA film festival.

A young Tlingit skidooer also finds passion in his roots and living off the land with his dad.

A little girl is naughty and doesn't listen to her mother. "Be nice! Or Yaanii K'uuka will get you!" One day, a beautiful woman arrives at the longhouse... This is a traditional story told in the Haida language (Xaaydaa Kil) with English subtitles.

No longer able to hunt their prey the way their ancestors did, the young Wemotaci have become night runners through the deserted village. And can they ever run! They run for fun or just to exhaust themselves—until the police go after them. A fresh and lively filmmaking feat.

Filmmaker: Shanook Néwashish

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Synopsis: story telling workshop

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Year of Production: 2010

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Country:Greenland

Digital story of a traditional story about Raven's Son in the Nuxalk language

This is a traditional Haida story told in the Haida language (Xaaydaa Kil). A young boy and his grandfather live in a village. After a terrible winter, everyone else gets sick and dies. The boy and grandfather leave the village, and the grandfather says to the boy "don't look back." They travel through the forest and eventually come upon a stream.… Read more

Stop-motion animation of a traditional Nuxalk story.

A short fable told in Tlingit.

Traditional Nuxalk music morphs into a contemporary mix of music and images.

A quirky animation in Tlingit, created with hand made puppets dancing to a catchy drum beat.

Filmmaker: Doug Smarch

Producer's Name: Our World

Year of Production: 2007

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Country: Canada