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History and Resistance

Learning about the past is integral to how we move forward. This category contains teachings about the past and how Indigenous people have continued to resist colonialism in order to maintain their culture.

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Lorraine Cardinal

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Kinship and Family Histories, History and Resistance, People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings
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Lorraine Cardinal speaks about life in Calling Lake.
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Joseph Alfred Beaver

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Culture and Worldviews, History and Resistance, People and Personal Stories
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Memories of life in Wabasca
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Kevin Prather

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Kinship and Family Histories, History and Resistance, People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings
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Life memories of growing up in Calling Lake
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Curtis Cardinal

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Kinship and Family Histories, Culture and Worldviews, History and Resistance, People and Personal Stories
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Memories of life in Calling Lake
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Cecilia Beaver

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Language, Culture and Worldviews, History and Resistance, People and Personal Stories
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Memories of life in Trout Lake
Our Buffalo Hunts

Our Buffalo Hunts

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Voices of Amiskwaciy
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History and Resistance, People and Personal Stories, Skills and Teachings, Place, Land and Territory
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A first hand account of one of the Métis people's last great buffalo hunts on the Alberta prairie
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Michif Cultural Connections presents: Moccasin Making with Krista Leddy

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Michif Cultural Connections
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History and Resistance, Skills and Teachings, Art and Artists
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Moccasin making class taught by instructor Krista Leddy. Also words from Sharon Morin in regards to the Métis culture, history and what we offer at Michif Cultural Connections.
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Slave Lake Fire Aftermath 2011

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Terry Lusty Media
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History and Resistance, Place, Land and Territory
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Slave Lake Fire destruction
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Bea and Reg Campbell from Fort Smith, NWT

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Richard Van Camp
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People and Personal Stories, History and Resistance, Skills and Teachings
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An interview with Bea and Reg Campbell in Fort Smith, NWT
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Bernice Kamano, Kwakuitl Nation, from Victoria, BC

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Richard Van Camp
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People and Personal Stories, History and Resistance
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Bernice Kamano, Kwakuitl Nation, from Victoria, BC

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