My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

Released PG 30 min 7.6/10 Votes: 39
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.
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Movie
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,
Release:
1995-01-01
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Website:
nfb.ca
Language:
English
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Oka series

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