Amplifying Indigenous voices
National Indigenous History Month offers an opportunity to deepen connections with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit voices. TVO strives to centre Indigenous stories and perspectives as a way to better understand this land and its peoples.
Explore the following curated collection of programming and educational resources to learn about Indigenous history, traditions, and ways of knowing.
Tradition, innovation, and resilience
This Grade 5 resource highlights different models of governing through three specific First Nations, Métis, and Inuit examples.
TVOkids Original Wolf Joe builds understanding about Anishinaabe teachings through kid-friendly adventures. This episode highlights the importance of the longest day of the year.
This Grade 7 Learning Activity explores how this Indigenous-led organization combines efforts for innovation and reconciliation.
Meet Joe Pitawanakwat, a plant educator from Wikwemikong Unceded Territory. He shares knowledge about plants that was passed down from his grandmother.
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Pictured: World-renowned artist and musician David R Maracle in Season 3 of Crossroads: Boom & Bust ("Tyendinaga").
Community, history, and creativity
Discover more Indigenous stories and perspectives in this TVO Docs playlist.
TVO Docs | Episode (11:24)
TVO’s award-winning NDN POV series explores this piece of colonial legislation that has hampered the First Nations-federal government relationship. Watch now.
TVO Arts
Resurgence of the People by Cree artist Kent Monkman is part of a diptych that challenges the colonial view of history by offering an Indigenous perspective. Learn More.
TVO Docs | Trailer (0:30)
Follow the lives of Blackfoot men of the Siksika nation as they navigate identity, kinship, and the complex expectations of Indigenous manhood. Premieres June 12.
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TVO Docs | Documentary (1:43:00)
Red Fever explores how Indigenous cultures have been romanticized and appropriated, and reveals the profound cultural impacts of Indigenous Peoples. Watch now.
TVOKids Original
This series for school-age children introduces viewers to Indigenous kids through short portraits of their families, passions, and traditions.
Watch now.
TVO Docs | Documentary (1:11:45)
Follow Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Jack-Webstad on an educational tour across Canada while learning about complex webs of interdependence. Watch now.
Feature Podcast
Hosts Chris Beaver and Shelby Lisk explore the lives of eight First Nations artists whose art reclaims their voices and identities in a country that tried to silence them. Listen to the full series.
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Featured Artist
Bridget George (Nimkiinagwaagankwe) is an Anishinaabe artist, author, illustrator, and designer from Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, who now lives in London, Ontario. Her creative practice is built on storytelling and shaped by relationships to land, language, community, and the natural world. Raised along the shores of Lake Huron, Bridget grew up noticing small details in everyday moments, plants, patterns, textures, and the stories held in familiar places and finds joy in creating work that celebrates these stories.