Michael and Us: The Kanehsatake Resistance
On a 1993 documentary about Mohawk protesters in Canada.
Jacobin Radio · Jacobin
December 13, 202134m 50s
Show Notes
For 78 days in 1990, a group of Mohawk protestors withstood a siege from the Canadian armed forces. The root of the conflict? A town in Quebec sought to take over their land to expand a golf course. The Oka Crisis is the subject of Alanis Obomsawin's acclaimed documentary KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE (1993), which offers us an opportunity to consider how Canada treats its First Nations.
Watch the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yP3srFvhKs
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