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My Name Is Kahentiiosta

1990. A young Kahnawake Mohawk woman named Kahentiiosta is arrested after the Oka Crisis’ 78-day armed standoff. She is detained four days longer than the other women. Her crime? The prosecutor representing the Quebec government did not accept her Indigenous name.
30min1995PG-13
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English

Subtitles

English

Directors

Alanis Obomsawin

Studio

National Film Board of Canada
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