Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance

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.

Top Cast

Alanis Obomsawin

Narrator (voice)

Jack Burning

Chief Joseph (voice)

Herbie Barnes

Chief Augnita

Ethel Blondin

Self

Robert Bourassa

Self