Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance1993

Genre: Documentary
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance is a 1993 feature-length film documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, chronicling the 1990 Oka Crisis. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film won 18 Canadian and international awards, including the… more »



Marie David:
They were prepared for anything. If the people from TC came out, they weren't surrendering, they didn't have their hands held above their heads. They were going home.

"Bolt Pin":
We never surrendered. It was an exit... they weren't ready.

Lorna Delomier:
It was bad enough for us, the women. I mean the men knew they we're gonna get beaten on. We all took care of each other as best we could. A 14-year-old girl was bayoneted in the chest. She was protecting her 4-year-old sister, it was really awful. What saved her from the beyonet going stright in instead of sideways must have been the spirits on our side.

"Babe":
He says, 'give up, you lost now.' I said, 'we didn't lose.'

[speaking about the end of the siege and being arrested by the Army]

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