Colonialism and Racism
The film excerpts in this theme show the devastating effects of European colonialist policies on Aboriginal peoples. They also show acts of racism in which Aboriginal peoples have been victimized in their relations with whites.
Excerpts
Dancing Around the Table, Part One
1
Forgotten Warriors
1
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1
2
Ojigkwanong - Encounter with an Algonquin Sage
1
The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company
1
3
Our Nationhood
4
Riel Country
2
1
Uranium
1
My Name Is Kahentiiosta
1995, Director: Obomsawin, Alanis
excerpt 1 2 min 25 s
1. What impact did the formation of the St. Lawrence Seaway have on the lives of the Mohawk people? How do the Mohawk people feel about the use of the river as a shipping route?
2. How did the creation of the Canadian Railway change the lives of the Mohawk people?
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Short Description
The film presents a profile of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman who was arrested during the Oka crisis of 1990 and detained for defending her choice to provide her Aboriginal name for the court records.