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#292 - The Kanehsatake Resistance

Michael and Us
Michael and Us
Episode • Dec 12, 2021 • 34m
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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