A batch of shorts enticed kids to the fest, but being a kid at mind, er heart, I had to attend. Programmer Thomas Harris managed to combine a different form of animation with each entry. I’ve forgotten the name of the first film -- a funny, simply animated short about a kid leaving Toronto for the weekend to visit his family on a country rez. Tipi Tales utilized marionettes to teach a lesson (their website says they “communicate a modern vision based on ancient principles”); probably a Canadian TV show. A Native American Night Before Christmas took still shots from narrative paintings ("a video storybook") to deliver the traditional poem with a Native bent. Wapos Bay, another Canadian series, was represented with two episodes, and is a stop-motion creation much like the old Davy & Goliath show, though far more polished.
There was a decent representation at the fest from Canada, where I believe the Native culture (First Nations) is more accepted, or at least more visible. I spent a year in Alberta and that seemed to be the case, though that’s not to say there didn’t exist any animosity. However, the culture is more in the forefront than in the history books, as it is often represented in the States.