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Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

7.4 119 mins Documentary   1993
ONF | NFB  
Director(s): Alanis Obomsawin

Release Date: 12 Mon, Jul 1993

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.

Casts of Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

Alanis Obomsawin

as Narrator (voice)

Jack Burning

as Chief Joseph (voice)

Herbie Barnes

as Chief Augnita

Ethel Blondin

as Self

Robert Bourassa

as Self

John Ciaccia

as Self

Ellen Gabriel

as Self

Elijah Harper

as Self

Ovide Mercredi

as Self

Frank Natawe

as Self

Bill Traverse

as Self

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