1995
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
Directed by Alanis Obomsawin
This documentary short by Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis' 78-day armed standoff in 1990. She was detained 4 days longer than the other women. Her crime? The prosecutor representing the Quebec government did not accept her indigenous name.
Duration
0h 30m
Released
January 1, 1995
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Part ofThe Oka series
Includes Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance (1993), My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995), Spudwrench - Kahnawake Man (1998), and Rocks at Whiskey Trench (2000).
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