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Stolen words

2017
A young girl helps her grandfather remember his native Cree language.
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Rez runaway

2017
Raised on an Indian reserve, seventeen-year-old Joe Littlechief tries to be like the other guys. But Joe knows he's different - he's more interested in guys than girls. One night Joe makes a drunken pass at his best friend and, by the next morning, everyone on the rez is talking about Joe. His mother, a devout Christian, is horrified, and the kids who are supposed to be his friends make it clear there's no place for him on the rez. Joe thinks about killing himself, but instead runs away to the city. Alone and penniless on the city streets, Joe has to come to terms with who he really is.
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One night

2017
Luna Begay, a studious teenage girl, is brought to a party by her sister Issy where she ends up drugged and assaulted by the charming and sophisticated Jon and remains in denial about the rape until her sister Issy figures out that Luna is pregnant.
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Rez rebel

Floyd Twofeathers generally trusts his healer mother and his father, chief of the band, to take care of the tribe. But when a rash of suicides occurs throughout the community, Floyd knows he has to do something, even if his father won't listen.
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He who dreams

A soccer star surprises everyone by signing up for Indigenous dance classes.

The Missing

When the police fail to take action, Feather takes it upon herself to try and solve the mystery of why Native girls are disappearing and being murdered in Winnipeg.

Jordin Tootoo

the highs and lows in the journey of the first Inuit player in the NHL
2011
A biography of Jordin Tootoo, the first Inuit player in the National Hockey League. It tells about his life growing up in a small town near the Arctic Circle, his early interest in hockey, and the challenges he faced in realizing his dream of playing professionally.

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