My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)

January 1st, 19950h 30min

Documentary
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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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