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Smoke Traders

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TVO
Year: 
2012

Smoke Traders Documentary

Smoke Traders Documentary
Smoke Traders

Told from a Native perspective, "Smoke Traders" looks at the controversy ignited by the Mohawk Nation's involvement in the tobacco trade, raising issues of sovereignty, economic independence and entrepreneurship versus what some see as illegal contraband activity. The multi-million dollar cigarette industry that Mohawks have built has pulled their communities out of third world poverty, but the Canadian government is determined to shut it down. "Smoke Traders" follows Brian, a former tobacco runner from Akwesasne trying to go legit by starting a sustainable energy business, and Robbie, who runs a federally licensed cigarette factory in Kahnawake. But is the tobacco trade a road to independence or criminality for Native people?

border issues, Canadian-First Nations relations, diversified economy, economic diversification, economic growth, economic independence, Jay Treaty, poverty, sovereignty, tobacco industry, treaty rights
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Native Nations: 
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
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Economic and Community Development, Intergovernmental Relations, Land/Jurisdiction, Small Business

TVO. "Smoke Traders." Toronto, Ontario. October 25, 2012. Film (http://tvo.org/video/documentaries/smoke-traders, accessed August 23, 2013)

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