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Box of Treasures
written by Chuck Olin, 1937-2005; directed by Chuck Olin, 1937-2005; produced by Chuck Olin, 1937-2005, U'mista Cultural Centre (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1983), 29 mins
In the late 19th century, the Canadian government removed ritual objects from the possession of the Kwakiut'l, a Native American community on the Northwest Coast. The 'potlatch', as it was called, was their way of celebrating their culture, their identity and their heritage. A ritual passing down of treasures, it...
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written by Chuck Olin, 1937-2005; directed by Chuck Olin, 1937-2005; produced by Chuck Olin, 1937-2005, U'mista Cultural Centre (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1983), 29 mins
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In the late 19th century, the Canadian government removed ritual objects from the possession of the Kwakiut'l, a Native American community on the Northwest Coast. The 'potlatch', as it was called, was their way of celebrating their culture, their identity and their heritage. A ritual passing down of treasures, it symbolized a rebirth of tradition, a positive affirmation of their identity, past and present. In 1921 the Kwakiut'l people of Alert Ba...
In the late 19th century, the Canadian government removed ritual objects from the possession of the Kwakiut'l, a Native American community on the Northwest Coast. The 'potlatch', as it was called, was their way of celebrating their culture, their identity and their heritage. A ritual passing down of treasures, it symbolized a rebirth of tradition, a positive affirmation of their identity, past and present. In 1921 the Kwakiut'l people of Alert Bay, British Columbia, held their last secret potlatch. In 1980 at Alert Bay, the U'mista Cultural Centre (U'mista means "something of great value that has come back") opened its doors to receive and house the cultural treasures which were seized decades earlier and only then returned to the people. In the late 19th century, the Canadian government removed ritual objects from the possession of the Kwakiut'l, a Native American community on the Northwest Coast. The 'potlatch', as it was called, was their way of celebrating their culture, their identity and their heritage. A ritual passing down of treasures, it symbolized a rebirth of tradition, a positive affirmation of their identity, past and present. In 1921 the Kwakiut'l people of Alert Bay, British Columbia, held their last secret potlatch. In 1980 at Alert Bay, the U'mista Cultural Centre (U'mista means "something of great value that has come back") opened its doors to receive and house the cultural treasures which were seized decades earlier and only then returned to the people. The center also took up activities such as recording stories told by elders so that some part of the past would always be alive and teaching children about their heritage in order to make them feel connected to their ancestors.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Chuck Olin, 1937-2005, Gloria Cranmer Webster, U'mista Cultural Centre
Author / Creator
Chuck Olin, 1937-2005
Date Published / Released
1983
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Cultural change and history, American Indian communities, Archaeological artifacts, Cultural identity, Museums, Traditional history, Ethnography, Kwakiutl
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Canada: The Story of Us, Episode 2, Hunting Treasure 1777 - 1802
directed by Timothy Wolochatiuk, fl. 2009 and P.J. Naworynski, fl. 2014; produced by Tara Elwood, fl. 2014, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in Canada: The Story of Us, Episode 2 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 44 mins
A new generation of rebels and entrepreneurs compete for the key to this land’s prosperity - its natural resources - while others fight to protect them. It’s an epic quest for treasure that shapes the country to this day.
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directed by Timothy Wolochatiuk, fl. 2009 and P.J. Naworynski, fl. 2014; produced by Tara Elwood, fl. 2014, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in Canada: The Story of Us, Episode 2 (District of Columbia: MagellanTV, 2018), 44 mins
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A new generation of rebels and entrepreneurs compete for the key to this land’s prosperity - its natural resources - while others fight to protect them. It’s an epic quest for treasure that shapes the country to this day.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tara Elwood, fl. 2014, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Sylvie Pamphile, fl. 2005
Author / Creator
Timothy Wolochatiuk, fl. 2009, P.J. Naworynski, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
MagellanTV
Series
Canada: The Story of Us
Speaker / Narrator
Peter Mansbridge, 1948-, Gerald Raymond McMaster, 1953-, Jennifer Podemski, 1973-, James Laurence Balsillie, 1961-, Duncan McCue, fl. 1998, Colm Feore, 1958-, Wade Davis, Sylvie Pamphile, fl. 2005
Person Discussed
Peter Mansbridge, 1948-, Gerald Raymond McMaster, 1953-, Jennifer Podemski, 1973-, James Laurence Balsillie, 1961-, Duncan McCue, fl. 1998, Colm Feore, 1958-, Wade Davis, Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 1763-1820, Maquinna Chief, fl. 1780, William Babcock Hazen, 1830-1887
Topic / Theme
Natural resources, Environmental protection, Deforestation, Cultural identity, Poaching, Wildlife conservation, Forest management, Forests
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Copyright © 2018 Aliant Content
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Cannibal Culture: Art, Appropriation, & the Commodification of Difference
written by Deborah Root (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996, originally published 1996), 260 page(s)
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written by Deborah Root (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996, originally published 1996), 260 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Deborah Root
Author / Creator
Deborah Root
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Westview Press
Topic / Theme
Commodities, Cultural identity, Fine arts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 by Deborah Root. Reproduced by permission of Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
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A History of the African People
written by Robert W. July (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1998, originally published 1998), 724 page(s)
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written by Robert W. July (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 1998, originally published 1998), 724 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Robert W. July
Author / Creator
Robert W. July
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Waveland Press, Inc.
Topic / Theme
African, Ancient civilizations, Revolutions, Imperialism, African ethnic groups, Cultural change and history, Africans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1998 by Waveland Press
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Iindawo Zikathixo (In God's Places)
written by Richard Wicksteed, fl. 1988; directed by Richard Wicksteed, fl. 1988; produced by Richard Wicksteed, fl. 1988 and Irene Staehelin, fl. 1993 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 52 mins
Iindawo Zikathixo traces the Khoisan (Bushman) cultural legacy in south-eastern Africa. The film features the sublime Bushman rock art as a background against which the story of the Bushmen unfolds.
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written by Richard Wicksteed, fl. 1988; directed by Richard Wicksteed, fl. 1988; produced by Richard Wicksteed, fl. 1988 and Irene Staehelin, fl. 1993 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997), 52 mins
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Iindawo Zikathixo traces the Khoisan (Bushman) cultural legacy in south-eastern Africa. The film features the sublime Bushman rock art as a background against which the story of the Bushmen unfolds. Iindawo Zikathixo traces the Khoisan (Bushman) cultural legacy in south-eastern Africa. The film features the sublime Bushman rock art as a background against which the story of the Bushmen unfolds. Bushmen hunter-gatherers were the first people to i...
Iindawo Zikathixo traces the Khoisan (Bushman) cultural legacy in south-eastern Africa. The film features the sublime Bushman rock art as a background against which the story of the Bushmen unfolds. Iindawo Zikathixo traces the Khoisan (Bushman) cultural legacy in south-eastern Africa. The film features the sublime Bushman rock art as a background against which the story of the Bushmen unfolds. Bushmen hunter-gatherers were the first people to inhabit the southern African landscape. For thousands of years, they migrated over the Drakensberg foothills, following the wild animals they hunted and painted. Iindawo Zikathixo explores the cultural interaction that developed between the Bushmen, the Xhosa and the Sotho-speaking peoples, and exposes the merciless force with which European settlers dispossessed the Bushmen of their hunting and gathering grounds. Some aspects of Bushmen culture survived the genocide, and Iindawo Zikathixo investigates these through music, dance, oral history and traditional rituals in communities that intermarried with Bushmen in past times.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Frans Prins, Richard Wicksteed, fl. 1988, Irene Staehelin, fl. 1993, Michael Copley
Author / Creator
Richard Wicksteed, fl. 1988, Frans Prins
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Copley
Topic / Theme
!Kung, Khoisan, Spirituality, Archaeological artifacts, Cultural change and history, Tribal and national groups, Cultural identity, Rural population, Migrant life, Ethnography
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© Documentary Educational Resources
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The Lacandon Maya
written by Hilary Pryor and Shendra Hanney; directed by Hilary Pryor; produced by Hilary Pryor, May Street Group (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 47 mins
Interweaving past and present and combining fabulous archival film and photographs with current documentary footage, The Lacandon Maya tells the story of an isolated community catapulted into civilization within the space of one generation. In 1960 Collin Hanney, an explorer, discovered an isolated group of Mayan...
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written by Hilary Pryor and Shendra Hanney; directed by Hilary Pryor; produced by Hilary Pryor, May Street Group (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 47 mins
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Interweaving past and present and combining fabulous archival film and photographs with current documentary footage, The Lacandon Maya tells the story of an isolated community catapulted into civilization within the space of one generation. In 1960 Collin Hanney, an explorer, discovered an isolated group of Mayan Indians who 400 years earlier had fled into the Mexican jungle to escape the Spanish invasion. His discovery thrust the Indians into th...
Interweaving past and present and combining fabulous archival film and photographs with current documentary footage, The Lacandon Maya tells the story of an isolated community catapulted into civilization within the space of one generation. In 1960 Collin Hanney, an explorer, discovered an isolated group of Mayan Indians who 400 years earlier had fled into the Mexican jungle to escape the Spanish invasion. His discovery thrust the Indians into the modern world. Now Hanney's widow returns to the group to see how they have fared and to show them the photos and films Hanney shot when he first encountered them. The film combines the widow's pilgrimage with the story of one of the sons of a Mayan wise man encountered by Hanney, who pays homage to his father. We learn how the tribe has struggled to keep their culture and language alive, and how they are combating the exploitation of their raw materials and the influx of outsiders. Besides these challenges there is also the effect of access to education and technology on the younger generation. The film provides insight into the history and mythology of the Lacandon, whose stories even foretold the impact of the destruction of the rain forest on the whole world. It eloquently captures the conflicting values of ancient civilizations and the modern world. College Adult
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Shendra Hanney, K'ayum Ma'ax Garcia, fl. 2007, Hilary Pryor, May Street Group, Benjamin Jones
Author / Creator
Hilary Pryor, Shendra Hanney
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Benjamin Jones
Topic / Theme
Lacandón, Maya, Invasions, Cultural assimilation, Archaeological sites, Cultural identity, Cultural change and history, Ethnography, Mayan
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Living Cultures, The Last Bedu of Petra & Wadi Rum
directed by Jérôme Raynaud; produced by Manuel Catteau, fl. 2007, in Living Cultures (Paris, Ile-de-France: ZED (Film production), 2006), 52 mins
Abu Lafi is an old Bedouin from Petra. He comes from the Bdoul community, and is from one of the last families to live inside the archeological site of Petra. But in recent years, the desert traditions have slowly been lost and the Bedouins are loosing their identities. In order to preserve his cultural heritage,...
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directed by Jérôme Raynaud; produced by Manuel Catteau, fl. 2007, in Living Cultures (Paris, Ile-de-France: ZED (Film production), 2006), 52 mins
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Abu Lafi is an old Bedouin from Petra. He comes from the Bdoul community, and is from one of the last families to live inside the archeological site of Petra. But in recent years, the desert traditions have slowly been lost and the Bedouins are loosing their identities. In order to preserve his cultural heritage, Abu Lafi will initiate his 9-year-old grandchild, Zed, to become a real Bedouin, in the pure traditional style. Being a Bedouin starts...
Abu Lafi is an old Bedouin from Petra. He comes from the Bdoul community, and is from one of the last families to live inside the archeological site of Petra. But in recent years, the desert traditions have slowly been lost and the Bedouins are loosing their identities. In order to preserve his cultural heritage, Abu Lafi will initiate his 9-year-old grandchild, Zed, to become a real Bedouin, in the pure traditional style. Being a Bedouin starts with learning to train and mount a camel. Zed's challenge will be to set off for Mount Aaron, Petra's highest peak. If he succeeds to the top, Zed will be a true camel-driver, and will thus participate in the safeguarding of the Bedouin tradition of Petra and Wadi Rum.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jérôme Raynaud, Manuel Catteau, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Jérôme Raynaud
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
ZED (Film production)
Series
Living Cultures
Topic / Theme
Bedouin, Cultural change and history, Cultural identity, Archaeological sites, Camels, Tribal and national groups, Ethnography, Bedouins
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2006. Used by permission of ZED.
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Qudad, Re-inventing a Tradition
written by Caterina Borelli, 1959-; directed by Caterina Borelli, 1959-; produced by Caterina Borelli, 1959- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 58 mins
Qudad is an ancient lime waterproofing plaster that has been used for several millennia in the Arabian Peninsula. In Yemen, where it most likely originated, it is found on religious and secular buildings and archaeological sites. Because of its elaborate and labor-intensive application (it takes a full year to set...
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written by Caterina Borelli, 1959-; directed by Caterina Borelli, 1959-; produced by Caterina Borelli, 1959- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 58 mins
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Qudad is an ancient lime waterproofing plaster that has been used for several millennia in the Arabian Peninsula. In Yemen, where it most likely originated, it is found on religious and secular buildings and archaeological sites. Because of its elaborate and labor-intensive application (it takes a full year to set properly), this strong, resistant material has barely been in use for the past 30 years. As a consequence, very few masons know how to...
Qudad is an ancient lime waterproofing plaster that has been used for several millennia in the Arabian Peninsula. In Yemen, where it most likely originated, it is found on religious and secular buildings and archaeological sites. Because of its elaborate and labor-intensive application (it takes a full year to set properly), this strong, resistant material has barely been in use for the past 30 years. As a consequence, very few masons know how to make and apply it. Qudad is an ancient lime waterproofing plaster that has been used for several millennia in the Arabian Peninsula. In Yemen, where it most likely originated, it is found on religious and secular buildings and archaeological sites. Because of its elaborate and labor-intensive application, this strong, resistant material has barely been in use for the past 30 years. As a consequence, very few masons know how to make and apply it. In 1983, the Yemeni and Dutch governments collaborated to preserve one of the most important and unique monuments in Yemen, a 16th Century mosque in the town of Rada' called the “'Amiriya Madrasa.” The conservation revived the practice of mixing and applying qudad and in doing so, they trained a new generation of masons. Now this tradition will not be lost, and it is hoped that the knowledge can be imparted to other countries whose monuments require qudad restoration, but where the knowledge of the craft of qudad has died. The film portrays the qudad work at the 'Amiriya as narrated by the workers, who are all Rada' locals. Because of this project, they are all now part of a government restoration team which will take care of decaying architecture throughout Yemen. In this film, it is clear that their meticulous care and craftsmanship are devoted to restoring the 'Amiriya not only for its significance as a unique architectural structure, but as part of their city's own history and culture.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Caterina Borelli, 1959-, Dr. Selma al-Radi
Author / Creator
Caterina Borelli, 1959-
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Yemeni (Yemenite), Arab, Construction materials, Innovation and invention, Cultural identity, Cultural change and history, Renovations, Stonemasons, Mosques, Archaeology, Architecture, Ethnography, Yemenis, Arabs
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Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity
written by David Hurst Thomas (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2001, originally published 2000), 372 page(s)
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written by David Hurst Thomas (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2001, originally published 2000), 372 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
David Hurst Thomas
Author / Creator
David Hurst Thomas
Date Published / Released
2000, 2001
Publisher
Basic Books
Topic / Theme
American Indian, Racism, Historic research for anthropology, Cultural identity, Humans and human ancestors, Archaeological artifacts, American Indians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 by David H Thomas.. Reproduced by permission of Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
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Strangers Abroad, 5, Coming of Age - Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
directed by Andre Singer, fl. 1975; produced by Andre Singer, fl. 1975, in Strangers Abroad, 5 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1986), 53 mins
The most widely read, and best known anthropologist is probably Margaret Mead, an American who went study adolescence in the South Sea-Islands at the age of 23. Although her fieldwork has been criticised, she was nevertheless one of the foremost fieldworkers of her day. In America, Bali and New Guinea she examined...
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directed by Andre Singer, fl. 1975; produced by Andre Singer, fl. 1975, in Strangers Abroad, 5 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1986), 53 mins
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The most widely read, and best known anthropologist is probably Margaret Mead, an American who went study adolescence in the South Sea-Islands at the age of 23. Although her fieldwork has been criticised, she was nevertheless one of the foremost fieldworkers of her day. In America, Bali and New Guinea she examined child development, sex and temperament to see what role society has in making people what they are. Adolescence was a time of emotiona...
The most widely read, and best known anthropologist is probably Margaret Mead, an American who went study adolescence in the South Sea-Islands at the age of 23. Although her fieldwork has been criticised, she was nevertheless one of the foremost fieldworkers of her day. In America, Bali and New Guinea she examined child development, sex and temperament to see what role society has in making people what they are. Adolescence was a time of emotional stress and personal conflict in America and Europe. Mead claimed that in Samoa, adolescence was in many ways the most enjoyable and happy time of life.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bruce Dakowski, Andre Singer, fl. 1975
Author / Creator
Andre Singer, fl. 1975, Bruce Dakowski
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Series
Strangers Abroad
Speaker / Narrator
Bruce Dakowski
Person Discussed
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Balinese, Chambri, Papua New Guinean, Samoan, Adolescence, Children, Gender roles, Scientific research, Field work for anthropology, Anthropologists, Sexual behavior, Ethnography, Papua New Guineans, Samoans
Copyright Message
Copyright 1986. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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