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Aboriginal Art Interviews
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Description
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Item consists of an audio recording of an interview with an unidentified Inuit woman through the aid of an interpreter. Topics include her art, the co-op in Cape Dorset where her art is sold, the finances involved, and the effect of television on the Inuit community.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (09)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72232
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Title
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Our Native Land
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Description
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Item consists of an audio recording of a radio show hosted by Albert Angus and Bernelda Wheeler. It is called "Our Native Land" and the subtitle for this series is "Native Prisoners". It begins with a continuation of the report on discrimination faced by Aboriginal parolees, started on tape 2000-050 / 004 (10) (ASC33162). The reporter, Albert Angus, interviews Doreen Hunter, a woman who works with Aboriginal Canadian inmates, and David Rimpole, District Director of the National Parole Service, Winnipeg. Bernelda Wheeler then interviews Ronda [Sharr?] of the Native Plan, a half-way house for recent parolees, on where Aboriginal Canadian parolees usually want to resettle. This is followed by a statement from David Rimpole on what the government is willing to do to try to fix the situation and closing statements from Albert Angus and Bernelda Wheeler.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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2000-050 / 004 (08)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72438
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Title
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Wounded Knee Press Conference
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Description
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Item consists of Barry Travis and an unidentified speaker giving a press conference on the events surrounding Wounded Knee and the incarceration of Black Horse and Leonard Peltier. The first speaker gives a statement on Black Horse, in reference to Peltier, the RCMP, US/Canada extradition; how the speaker got involved, their experience with security around the matter when going to interview Black Horse, questions on RCMP response (charges and imprisonment in preparation for deportation) and legal proceedings around the case. The second speaker discusses the incidents at Wounded Knee, the arrest of Indian people (including Frank Black Horse), and the circumstances leading to the arrest of Leonard Peltier.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (04)
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Date
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1974-12-05 (?)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72226
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Title
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Interview with an Inuit Woman Artist
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Description
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Item consists of an audio recording of an interview with an unidentified Inuit woman through the aid of an interpreter. They discuss her upcoming mass book exhibit in New York. Item appears to be a continuation of a recording of a conversation on tape 1989-020 / 008 (35) (ASC33131).
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (50)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72296
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Title
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W. Duff Interview on the Native Brotherhood
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Description
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Item consists of an audio recording of an interview with W. Duff regarding the North American Brotherhood. The main topic of discussion is the formation of the North American Brotherhood out of the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia and four other more localized organizations. Topics also include the character of Aboriginal Canadians living in British Columbia, treaty rights, reserve policy, and cultural preservation.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (37)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72263
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Title
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Performance for United Nations
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Description
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Item consist of an audio recording of a show put on for United Nations delegates. The first performance is of drum based folk music. The host then introduces upcamong guests. The second performance on the recording is a comedy routine by [Skoge?] Mitchell.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (35)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72326
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Title
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Interviews for "Voices from the Odeyak"
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Description
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Item is an audio recording of one of a series of interviews done as research for Michael Posluns' book "Voices of the Odeyak". This is a preparatory interview with Marie Symes-Grehan, the Great Whale Hydro task force assistant from the Cree Village of Whapmagoostui, who acted as a coordinator during the voyage. The audio picks up mid-interview as Marie is discusses how she ended up going to Great Whale for community development to coordinate a task force. She then talks about her experience meeting Robbie Dick, who tells her about the project; her impressions of James' Bay; her first task force meeting; first coming up with the idea of building a canoe; and [Dani?] coming up. She then goes into detai about the meeting with the Inuit Council and Cree Council, describing Inuit/Cree historical integration changing to segregation and splitting the community, how the James' Bay Agreement split the Inuit and Cree communities, making them split land and starting land arguments. Marie then goes through a timeline of organizing the voyage, notes the equal numbers of woman, talks of making contact with the Sierra Club, problems with political groups, feelings of the chiefs about the project, her feelings during the experience, problems that arose during the voyage, monetary issues, unexpected help from regular community members along the voyage making up for the lack of help expected from official sources, and a time frame of launching boat from Ottawa.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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2000-050 / 005 (10)
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Date
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1992-03-04
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72506
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Title
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Wounded Knee Press Conference
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Description
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Item consists of an audio recording of a press conference regarding the treatment of Aboriginal peoples by the authorities surrounding the circumstances of Wounded Knee. The item begins with a statement from an unidentified speaker regarding the death of Anna May [Aqwash?]. The cuts out for a moment and returns with the chairman, who then introduces the purposes for their meeting and the speakers they have brought in. The audio cuts off during the statement from Barry Travis, the first speaker, which then continues on ASC33101.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (36)
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Date
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1974?
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72261
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Title
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Aboriginal Art Interviews
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Description
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Item consists of an interview with an unidentified man regarding totem carving. The discussion includes how he got into the profession, the intersection between his art and Christianity, and his experience selling his art at the local co-op.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (20)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72253
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Title
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Interviews for "Voices from the Odeyak"
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Description
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Item is an audio recording of one of a series of interviews done as research for Michael Posluns' book "Voices of the Odeyak". This is a preparatory interview with Marie Symes-Grehan, the Great Whale Hydro task force assistant from the Cree Village of Whapmagoostui, who acted as a coordinator during the voyage. The conversation starts with them relating news about mutual acquaintances, including comments on Alcoholics Anonymous programs aimed at Indigenous people and an incident with a helicopter that was reported on in the news. Michael Posluns then relates the basis of "Voices of the Odeyak" and what work he's done on it so far. He talks about the campaign to save the Great Whale River, negative press about the Cree circulated by Hydro Québec, and they discuss the the contributions of Doris Delaney, Ian Goodman, and Anne Stewart. Marie then recounts how she got involved with the grassroots campaign to save the Great Whale River and the Indigenous communities around it and her impressions of a memorable night during the trip of the Odeyak to New York, when participants had a "collective breakdown". They then discuss Mary Hines, a long-time grassroots campaigner for many causes, an Indigenous community at [Walliston Lake?] that has been manipulated by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, and politics about chiefs and the ensuing problems. The audio drops at 00:32:30, then picks up again speaking about a female reporter and the manipulation of the media by Hydro Québec during the voyage.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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2000-050 / 005 (10)
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Date
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1992-03-03
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Identifier
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ASC33172
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72505
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Title
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James' Bay II Project New York City Protest Rally
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Description
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Item consists of an audio recording of a march protesting James's Bay II, the hydro-electric megaproject between the city of New York and Hydro Quebec. This recording is a continuation of Tape 2000-050 / 004 (32) (ASC33182). It begins with chants and drumming sung during the march. This is followed by a speech from an a man named Jeff calling for more action and goes into specifics about the environmental impacts of the agreement. The next speaker is Bob [Stanley-Maes?], a representative from the Vermont Coalition to Save James' Bay, who talks about the efforts to reject Hydro Quebec's agreement in Vermont. Next is Billy Sparks who sings "Warriors of the Rainbow" and "How Much Longer Will it Be". Next is Donna Eagle who sings [00:37:35] and speaks on her experience with the issue. Next is [Union?]from Amazonia who speaks through a translator on solidarity between the Cree peoples and his own. The audio cuts off abruptly.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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2000-050 / 004 (32)
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Date
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1991
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:328511
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Title
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Cornwall Police Practices, Akwesasne
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Description
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Item consists of audio recording of on the street interviews with Aboriginal youth of Cornwall Island regarding their experiences with discrimination at the hands of the police on the island. This is followed by an interview with an unidentified man and woman regarding the economic, environmental, and social problems with mass tree plantings, using Piper Townshp as a specific example.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (44)
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Date
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24 Mar. 1971
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Identifier
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ASC33120
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72271
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Title
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114 St Powell
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Description
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Item consists of a recording of an interview with a woman discussing a film she worked on regarding conditions in public housing. She discusses why she made the film, the misconceptions many have about people who live in public housing, what she hopes people will take away from the film, the reactions to the film she has received so far, and her disappointments and expectations of those reactions. There are also interjections, and questions to, Dorothy, a woman who was interviewed in the film.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (49)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72298
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Title
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Interviews for "Voices from the Odeyak"
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Description
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Recording consists of a series of interviews with First Nations and Inuit members of the community, some through interpreters. Tapes is annotated "Paul Asee, [Justice Paul Rouleau?], Mary Mickeyook, Thomassee Napartuk." Justice Paul Rouleau may be the male voice posing questions and interviewing the speakers. First interview is with an (Inuit?) Elder and hunter with an interpreter. Second interview with woman (Mary Mickeyook?) starts at 17:50 mark.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds, F0382
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Accession / Box
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2000-050 / 004 (21)
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Date
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[between 1990-1992?]
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:328585
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Title
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Interview with an Inuit Women Artists
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Description
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Item consists of an audio recording of an interview, through the aid of an interpreter, with two unidentified Inuit women whose artwork was chosen to be in a Roman Catholic mass book. The topics discussed in the first interview include the picture she drew, other spiritual art she has created, her religious/spiritual beliefs, and the recent strides the Catholic church has made to be inclusive towards Aboriginal peoples. The topics for the second interview include her print for the mass book, her thoughts on being asked to participate in artwork for the Roman Catholic church, Aboriginal food sharing rituals, her thoughts in choosing the theme of the picture, and her trip to the south. The audio cuts off abruptly. Item appears to be a continuation of a recording of a conversation on tape 1989-020 / 008 (50) (ASC33128).
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (35)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72325
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Title
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Ganienkeh - 2nd Day
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Description
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Item consists of a public speech on the culture and history of the Mohawk peoples in North America. The first speaker talks about the conflict between the Mohawk way of life and the North American way of life, pollution concerns around reservations in Ontario and Quebec, environmental concerns for the future. The second speaker talks about preserving the culture, traditions, and independence of the Mohawk Nation within the United States. The third speaker talks about living conditions and community relations in the Mohawk Nation and the importance of starting a dialogue between the Mohawk Nation and the United States.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (01)
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Date
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1974?
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72225
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Title
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Interviews for "Voices from the Odeyak"
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Description
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Recording consists of an interview with the deputy chief of [Chisasibi?], Sam Tapiatic. Recording starts mid-interview. Some topics covered include environmental projects re-working land, Cree working in co-operation with Environment Canada, working within the budgetary constraints imposed by Ministry of Natural Resources; using fertilizer from commercial fishing; caribou farming; recently finding moose carcasses with unknown cause of death; environmental degradation; dietary needs of Cree population living off food caught in the bush; mercury poisoning causing hunters to fish and hunt elsewhere. Tapiatic also discusses community issues, including: the disastrous environmental impacts of first phase of Le Grand Complex, mercury contamination and resulting social problems, working with Great Whale community environmental task force.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds, F0382
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Accession / Box
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2000-050 / 005 (02)
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Date
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[1992?]
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:328500
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Title
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James' Bay II Project New York City Protest Rally
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This item consists of a recording of speeches protesting James's Bay II, the hydro-electric megaproject between the city of New York and Hydro Quebec, in front of the Canadian consulate in New York. There is an introduction by an woman speaker named Joanna. The first speaker is Matthew Coon Come, Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Cree of Quebec, on the environmental problems caused by James' Bay I, the first such agreement. The next speaker is Mark Summer from Greenpeace Action who speaks on the economic drawbacks of the agreement. The third is Lou [Guerowitz?], an attorney working with Aboriginal groups, who speaks on how unnecessary and morally wrong the agreement is and what kind of actions need to be taken to stop the agreement. The next speaker is an unidentified man who says a prayer. Next Joanna co-ordinates the march and gives instructions. The audio cuts off during the speech of an unidentified woman who speaks about God and is planning on doing a chant.
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds, F0382
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Accession / Box
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2000-050 / 004 (32)
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Date
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1991
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:328504
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Title
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Interview with an Elderly Inuit woman
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Description
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Item consists of an audio recording of an interview with an unidentified Inuit woman through the aid of an interpreter. The main topic covered is her views on the youth in her community. Subjects discussed include how youth culture has changed since she was young, the effect of television being introduced to their community, youth involvement in maintaining Aboriginal culture, and Aboriginal art. Item may be a continuation of a recording of a conversation on tape 1989-020 / 008 (35) (ASC33131).
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Type
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sound recording
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Fonds
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Michael Posluns fonds (F0382)
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Accession / Box
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1989-020 / 008 (50)
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Identifier (PID)
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yul:72283
