Dancing Around the Table

http://www.nfb.ca/film/dancing_around_the_table_1/  &
http://www.nfb.ca/film/dancing_around_the_table_part_two/

These films are documentaries about the constitutional rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. The conferences took place between the years 1983 to 1987. The focus of these documents are based on the concept of self government.
Right now, I think of the Mi'kmaq community as a whole and we are going through the same process as well by trying to establish our own form of government.
I watched this film before but all I remember of it was that it was about the Aboriginal people of western Canada and that the Premiere and Prime Minister's were so publicly ignorant by their lack of knowledge.
Bill Wilson stood out the most because he was actively trying to get the white politicians to see things from his point of view.
The National Leaders acted as though the Aboriginal people they were dealing with were uneducated. They were more concerned about how our self government would affect them.
After watching the film I feel sad and enraged at the same time because of how ignorant and bias these so called leaders are.
I do think that some of these nations were able to achieve self governance at some point after 1987.
Overall, I feel like these documentaries are golden! I like how they show Canada's true colors.