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Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis - Season 1

Series: Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis

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Episodes

Rating

TV14

Year

2007

Language

English

Publisher

Questar

About

Indigenous sovereignty stood at the forefront of political life in Oka, Quebec in the summer of 1990 when the Mohawk Nation was forced to stand their ground and protect their sacred land from being absorbed into a land development project.

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Episodes

1. Part 1

1h 32m

Pressure quickly escalates, and any chance of a peaceful resolution soon disappears, after land claimed by the Mohawk people is encroached upon and becomes threatened. What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?

2. Part 2

1h 32m

As negotiations continue to falter, the army and the Surete du Quebec take over command of the crisis and proceed to cordon off Kanehsatake and Kahnawake to squeeze the Mohawk people into submission, thus beginning a war of attrition.