Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian AgainCourtney Montour - Mohawk Filmmaker; 2021; 34 mins
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again shares the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement.
Using never-before-seen archival footage and audio recordings, Mohawk filmmaker Courtney Montour engages in a deeply personal conversation with the late Mohawk woman who challenged sexist and genocidal government policies that stripped First Nations women and children of their Indian status when they married non-Indian men.
Montour speaks with Cree activist Nellie Carlson, Mary’s lifelong friend and co-founder of Indian Rights for Indian Women, and meets with three generations in Mary’s kitchen in Kahnawà:ke to honour the legacy of a woman who galvanized a national network of allies to help restore Indian status to thousands of First Nations women and children.
To mark the final week of Indigenous History Month, the following video will be live streamed on Monday, June 27 in the New Westminster auditorium and over JIBC Webcast.
If you're unable to attend the live viewing, feel free to view the video on your own time.
Thank you for your participation over the last five weeks. We hope you've learned, reflected, and grown with us.
June marks National Indigenous History Month, which celebrates First Peoples, Inuit, and Métis communities who live on Turtle Island, the land we now call Canada.
In honour of this month, each week in June the JIBC Library, in collaboration with the Office of Indigenization, will promote one to two videos or podcasts created by Indigenous peoples and about Indigenous cultures and communities. You are invited to watch the videos on your own time and interact through small activities that accompany them. You are also invited to two Teams lunch chats on Wednesday, June 8 and Thursday, June 23 from 12:00-1:00 (look for an Outlook Calendar invite). These informal get togethers are an opportunity to connect with colleagues and the JIBC community, to discuss Indigenous history, the resources, or any other topics that come to mind over the course of the month.
On Monday, June 27 from 12:00-1:00, the month's final video (Mary Two-Axe Earley: I am Indian Again) will be live streamed in the JIBC New Westminster theatre and over https://www.jibc.ca/about-us/webcasts. You're invited to join in-person or online.
June schedule: