Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993)

Name: Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1993-07-12
Duration: 119 min
Cast: Alanis Obomsawin, Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Ethel Blondin, Robert Bourassa

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.