You Are On Indian Land: (1969 - Documentary) -  Akwesasne Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) Nation
Channel: Jaguar Bird
Date: 2021-03-22

This is a video for: ”You Are On Indian Land”, a1969 Documentary, from   Akwesasne Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) Nation.  There are also videos in this channel for more Indigenous-based movies & documentaries.. and with videos for over 340 North & South-American Tribes & First Nations..
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Released in 1969, this short documentary was one of the most influential and widely distributed productions made by the Indian Film Crew (IFC), the first all-Indigenous unit at the NFB.  It documents a 1969 protest by the Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) of Akwesasne, a territory that straddles the Canada-U.S. border.  When Canadian authorities prohibited the duty-free cross-border passage of personal purchases–a right established by the Jay Treaty of 1794–Kanien’kehaka protesters blocked the international bridge between Ontario and New York State.  Director Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell later became Grand Chief of Akwesasne.  The film was formally credited to him in 2017.  You Are on Indian Land screened extensively across the continent, helping to mobilize a new wave of Indigenous activism.  It notably was shown at the 1970 occupation of Alcatraz.

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Many Thanks & Much Respect To: The People Of The Akwesasne Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) Nation..; NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA..; CHIEF MICHAEL KANENTAKERON..; NOEL STARBLANKET..; GEORGE C. STONEY & MIKE MITCHELL.

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