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Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

Documentary
Release Date: 1993, July 12
Directors: Alanis Obomsawin
Countries: Canada
Production: ONF | NFB, ONF | NFB
Cast: Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Ethel Blondin, Robert Bourassa, John Ciaccia, Ellen Gabriel, Elijah Harper, Ovide Mercredi, Frank Natawe, Bill Traverse

Overview:

In July 1990, a dispute over a proposed golf course to be built on Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) lands in Oka, Quebec, sets the stage for a historic confrontation that would grab international headlines and sear itself into the Canadian consciousness.

Keywords:

woman director indigenous peoples indigenous quebec first nations indigenous rights mohawk canadian army