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A film account about the military 1990 siege of a Native American reserve near Oka, Quebec, Canada and its causes

This documentary profiles Indigenous leaders in their quest for justice as they seek to establish dialogue with the Canadian government By tracing the history of their ancestors since the signing of Treaty No 9, these leaders a

This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horne, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal As a defender of his peoples culture and traditions, he was known

A look at the efforts involved with decolonizing Manitobas First Nation communities

This feature documentary profiles a key element of the 1990 Oka crisis in which the Mohawk communities of Kahnawake and Kanehsatake stood against the Canadian military and Canadian citizens in a stand off that turned violent On