Slideshow
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YOU ARE ON INDIAN LAND -
MOHAWK NATION -
MOHAWK NATION -
MOHAWK NATION -
MOHAWK NATION -
MOHAWK NATION
PREVIOUSLY PLAYED
YOU ARE ON INDIAN LAND & MOHAWK NATION
Wednesday, June 5
*MOHAWK NATION introduced by director Allan Siegel.
YOU ARE ON INDIAN LAND
(1969, Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell) Border crossing dispute on the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation (straddling the U.S. and Canada), as the tribe asserts its rights to duty-free passage. Participant filmmaking by Mitchell, member of the National Film Board of Canada’s Indian Film Crew, later long-serving Grand Chief of Akwesasne. Digital. Approx. 37 min.
MOHAWK NATION
(1978, Allan Siegel) Mohawk activists reclaim ancestral land, naming it Ganienkeh. Shot by the occupants themselves with assistance from Third World Newsreel. Unseen in 40 years. Digital. Approx. 45 min.