(2005, 24 minutes)
Dorion of Prince Albert and Cumberland House

Leah Dorion and her aunts Isabelle Impey and Elsie Sanderson can follow the roots of their Saskatchewan family back 10 generations, all the way to the ville du Québec in the 1600s. In the process, Leah has discovered the great mobil...

(2005, 24 minutes)
Hungry Wolf of the Blood Tribe

Beverly Hungry Wolf, author of "The Ways of My Grandmothers", is a member of the Blood Tribe of the Blackfoot people. Her traditional home in southern Alberta is just under Chief Mountain on land chosen by Chief Red Crow. Beverly and her family d...

(2005, 24 minutes)
Dion of the Kehewin

Joe Dion, Florence Buffalo and Madeline Dion, of the Kehewin Reserve in Alberta's northeast corner, can trace their family line back to the venerable Cree chief, Big Bear. Joe talks about his visit with Queen Elizabeth II during the Alberta Centennial in 20...

(2005, 24 minutes)
Marchand of the Okanagan

The Okanagan people are a nation running through two countries. The Marchand family came to their British Columbia home when their grandmother Mary Ann rode up from Washington State by horseback. Len Marchand, his sister Pauline Chiba, and her daughter...

(2005, 24 minutes)

Assu of Cape Mudge

The Assu family -- their name meaning "a father that's highly respected" -- descend from Chief Billy Assu, the last hereditary chief of the We Wai Kai band (Kwakwaka'wakw) in Cape Mudge, a tiny community on the southwest shore of British Columbia's Quadra I...