Brenda Dragon - A Business Based on Indigenous Traditions: Northern/Her Series
Catalogue Number: FTP011
Producer: Falling Tree Productions
Producing Agencies: Falling Tree Productions/Copper Quartz
Subject: Arts, Business Studies, Canadian History, Canadian Social Studies, Family Studies/Home Economics, First Nations Studies, History, Indigenous Peoples, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 6 - 8, 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2020
Running Time: 9:39
In the small town of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, entrepreneur Brenda Dragon, a Dënesųłiné-French-Métis, founded Aurora Heat, a natural fur warmer made from beaver pelt. For Dragon, the creation of Aurora Heat was to honour her father, their families trapping lifestyle and to replace the artificial, less sustainable forms of warmth made from non-renewable sources. Her small business offers her the ability to change perceptions around fur and to move to a more sustainable, natural solution that will help protect the planet.
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