National Indigenous History Month

Dakelh filmmaker Joy Haskell explores the intricate spiritual and cultural relationship between wild salmon and Indigenous people on a breathtaking journey from BC's West Coast through the Chilcotin to Stuart Lake (Nak'albun).

In 1985, a small group of Haida blockaded a muddy road on Lyell Island to protect their ancestral lands from logging. Using only archival footage, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter captures the Haida Nation's resolute act of vision and conscience.

Cowichan filmmaker Harold C. Joe explores how the cedar tree is central to the cultural life of West Coast First Nations and how Elders, artists and practitioners are sharing their knowledge to revitalize culture.

A new generation of chefs are reclaiming and reinventing Indigenous cuisine. Travelling to communities in BC and Alberta, chefs Cezin Nottaway, Rich Francis and Shane Chartrand discover a people's story on a plate.

In this heartfelt stop-motion animated film, ‘Nakwaxda’xw Elder Colleen Hemphill tells the story of growing up on a tiny float-house in the Pacific Northwest. Colleen recounts moments of wonder, as well as those that inspired both fear and growth.

Mohawk filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau explores the profound impact of the 1990 Oka Crisis - a 78-day stand-off between the Canadian army, RCMP, Quebec police and Mohawk protesters - on Indigenous identity throughout Canada.

This intimate portrait explores the bonds of family as a young Siksika woman prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world - the Indian Relay.

An ethnobotanist contemplates her relationship with plants as she comes to a deeper understanding of her identity as a Skwxwu7mesh woman.

Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter revisits a monumental event in 1969, when a visionary young artist, Robert Davidson, raised Haida Gwaii's first totem pole in almost a century.