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Honour of the crown / the National Film Board of Canada presents ; a National Film Board of Canada production ; director, Tom Radford ; narration written by Tom Radford ; producers, Jerry D. Krepakevich, Tom Radford.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paulette, François.
- Indians of North America--Land tenure--Wood Buffalo National Park (Alta. and N.W.T.).
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Land tenure.
- Chipewyan Indians--Alberta--Claims.
- Chipewyan Indians.
- Indians of North America--Wood Buffalo National Park (Alta. and N.W.T.)--Treaties.
- Indians of North America--Alberta--Government relations.
- Chipewyan Indians--Alberta--Treaties.
- Claims.
- Alberta.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (48 min.) : digital, sound, color with black & white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2015]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- François Paulette has devoted more than 25 years of his life to resolving a battle that is more than a century old. Senior negotiator for the Smith's Landing First Nation, Paulette is determined to see the Canadian government honour promises made to the Thebatthi (Chipewyan) people in an 1899 treaty. Shot in northern Alberta and Ottawa, Honour of the Crown is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the turbulent final years of this fight. Plunged into seemingly endless negotiations, Paulette and his brother, Chief Jerry Paulette, struggle to reclaim nine tracts of land and $33 million in compensation. Featuring interviews with tribal, provincial and federal government representatives, this documentary provides a rare glimpse into one community's success in settling a one-hundred-year-old treaty obligation of the Crown.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Bill Cameron.
- Credits:
- Editor, Michel Lalonde ; cinematography, Daron Donahue, Trevor Wilson ; music composer, John Sereda.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, c2001.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 29, 2015).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-honour Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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