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Remembering Inninimowin: The Language of the Human Beings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2013

Jules Koostachin
Jules Koostachin
Affiliation:
Documentary Media Master's Program, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3,j_koostachin@hotmail.com
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Abstract

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Remembering Inninimowin is a two-year-long documentary film project on the personal journey of a Cree woman, Jules Koostachin, a member of Attawapiskat First Nation, as she starts to remember her first language, Inninimowin (Cree).

Résumé

Le film documentaire Remembering Inninimowin suit pendant deux ans le voyage personnel d'une femme Cris, Jules Koostachin, membre de la Première Nation d'Attawapiskat, lorsqu'elle commence de se souvenir de sa langue maternelle, l'Inninimowin (Cris).

Keywords

Indian Residential Schoolsintergenerational effectsmediaIndigenous language and culturepensionnats indienseffets intergénérationnelsmédialangue et culture autochtones
Type
Truth, Reconciliation and Residential Schools
Information
Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , April 2012 , pp. 75 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 2012

References

1 A copy of the film Remembering Inninimowin is available from Vtape, http://www.vtape.org. Some brief history about V tape: “Founded in 1980, V tape is an international distribution, exhibition and resource centre with an emphasis on the contemporary media arts. As a centre for over 900 artists … V tape carries over 5,000 titles. V tape's in-office facilities include several study carrels for viewing and an extensive library of print materials available to the general public as well as to students, curators and researchers. In 1994, V tape began a working partnership with the Aboriginal Film & Video Art Alliance (Ontario) to encourage distribution of Aboriginally produced film and video publishing a second edition of the catalogue, imagine Native, in 1998. Outreach workshops are regularly conducted throughout Ontario to increase awareness of Aboriginally produced media.” Vtape, “History of Organization,” http://www.vtape.org/contact.htm.