My Name Is Kahentiiosta

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

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  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 1995-01-01
  • Runtime: 30 minutes
  • : 8
  • Production Company: ONF | NFB
  • Production Country: Canada
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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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