Our Nationhood

http://www.nfb.ca/film/our_nationhood/

This film is about the Listuguj community trying to regain their rights to manage the natural resources within their area. The time this incident took place was in 1998 to 2003.
The film tells us about the struggles the Listuguj community had to face in order to exercise their inherent rights. Their employment rate has gone up since their fight with the government and thanks to the Donald Marshall agreement as well. They no longer have the QPP bothering them.
Last year my community hired some community members to re-route some of the water ways in the woods. Why I don't know but I seen that these people had to do the same because of the machinery the non- natives were using was causing all sorts of debris to block some of the water ways and just caused an even bigger mess in the woods and on the roads.
I had no knowledge of what I was going to watch and I think I remember hearing something about this at the time but I was young and only thought about myself at the time to pay any attention.
It was funny to see her interview some of the guys from the '81 incident.
Not much has changed with the leaders of our country since that incident, they still don't want to negotiate with us but we're making it happen.
I feel more empowered by watching how quickly our people came together to help fight for our rights. And I also feel like negotiations are happening, although not completely in our favor but its a start.
I enjoyed watching this film. Alanis Obomsawin is doing great with getting our issues out in the public eye.