
When Your Hands Are Tied is a non profit educational film created to be freely distributed. This film explores the unique ways in which Native youth are finding to express themselves in the contemporary world while maintaining strong traditional lives. Since Native American youth do not often see reflections of themselves or their communities in mainstream media, this film was made which features contemporary youth and role models who are finding exciting and positive ways to direct their lives.
[In Matriarchy] women live longer than men, they stand more pain, they have more endurance. You men do not know pain, you’ve never given birth. The women of the world, they’re the givers of life. They give life. We — take life. They’re the givers, we’re the takers.


Still Waiting in Attawapiskat: Will Canada Fail the Next Generation of First Nations Students? (by CanadianGeographic)
The Cree community of Attawapiskat on James Bay has been fighting for a new elementary school for more than a decade after their first school became a toxic hazard. Will Canada fail the next generation?