Urban.Indigenous.Proud : Full Circle

Some Stories follows a group of Indigenous youth from the Nipissing (Nbisiing) region who come together through the North Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre and explore the importance and impact of stories in their lives.

Long before Canada became a country, every nation on Turtle Island had its own unique version of a stick-ball game. The most popular one on this continent has always been lacrosse, a game that was gifted to the First Nations by the birds and four-legged animals, and played for centuries as a medicine game. This short film explores how the medicine game that has been passed down from generation to generation by the Haudenasaunee at the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre is helping to revive their cultures and restore their communities. Young people have always been at the centre of community for many First Nations societies, and this documentary shares the wisdom of cultivating the spirit of belonging in youth, revealing how this is helping to shape a new future.

Depuis sa création en 1976, le Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre est un endroit où la communauté autochtone urbaine peut se sentir en sécurité, apprendre et grandir. Le centre offre des enseignements culturels et crée un espace, en particulier pour les jeunes, où se réapproprier son identité autochtone. Au cœur de son histoire et de ses enseignements : le tambour, appelé «notre mère». Dans Revenir au point de départ, on apprend à connaître les membres du Toronto Council Fire Youth Program alors qu'ils entreprennent de nouvelles aventures. On fait la rencontre d'un groupe de joueurs de tambour qui enregistrent des pièces dans un studio professionnel et d'une troupe de jeunes danseurs qui font une démonstration dans un studio de danse.