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Honour of the Crown

Item number (ISN):

343675

Series title:

Witness

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

343675

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VIA SATELLITE

Accession:

2003-0001

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Release date:

2003-04-24

Production company:

National Film Board

Distributor name:

National Film Board

Description:

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CBC broadcast, as part of its documentary series WITNESS, of a National Film Board documentary about First Nations treaty rights. It took more than a century, but the Thebatthi (Chipewyan) people of Smith's Landing, Alberta, finally held the Canadian government to its promise. Determined to see the government honour an 1899 treaty, François Paulette devoted more than 25 years of his life to that cause. As chief negotiator for the Smith's Landing First Nation (located in northern Alberta on Slave River), François and his brother, Chief Jerry Paulette, struggled to keep their land claim process going. Facing years of delays and generation after generation of government bureaucrats, the Thebatthi people finally reclaimed nine tracts of land and $33 million in compensation. "It symbolizes our commitment to honouring the spirit and intent (of the treaty) that we allowed Europeans to co-exist with us here, side by side, as equals in terms of nation to nation," says Chief Jerry Paulette. Featuring interviews with band members and provincial and federal government representatives, this documentary provides a rare glimpse into one community's success in settling a 100-year-old treaty obligation.

Language:

English

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1. Description is from CBC web site.~2. Copies of the documentary are available for sale from the NFB.~3. CBC is identified as a distributor because it broadcasts the WITNESS series.

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Vault ISN:

978361

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2003-04-0032

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

VIA SATELLITE

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1140803

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

343675.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2003-04-0032

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1140804

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

343675.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 2003-04-0032

Status:

REF
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