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Indigenous History Month 2022: Inuit History (June 6-10)

Three Thousand

Documentary Cover: Image of a woman's face with blue animation surrounding it. Three Thousand 

Asinnajaq - Inuk Artist; 2017; 14 mins

In this short film, Inuk artist Asinnajaq plunges us into a sublime imaginary universe—14 minutes of luminescent, archive-inspired cinema that recast the present, past and future of her people in a radiant new light.

Diving into the NFB’s vast archive, she parses the complicated cinematic representation of the Inuit, harvesting fleeting truths and fortuitous accidents from a range of sources—newsreels, propaganda, ethnographic docs, and work by Indigenous filmmakers. Embedding historic footage into original animation, she conjures up a vision of hope and beautiful possibility. (Description provided by NFB).


Three Thousand (Inuktitut Version)

Vistas: InukShop

Screenshot from film showing an inukshukVistas: InukShop 

Jobie Weetaluktuk - Inuk Filmmaker; 2009; 2 mins

Inuit filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk mixes archival and new footage to make a statement about the appropriation of Inuit culture throughout history. (Description provided by NFB).

 

Join us Wednesday, June 8th from 12:00-1:00 for a lunchtime chat over teams. This is an opportunity to connect with colleagues to discuss events and resources you've interacted with so far during Indigenous History Month.

Link to Wednesday's lunchtime chat.

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Indigenous History Month

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: