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You Are on Indian Land

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Producer: 
National Film Board of Canada
Year: 
1969

You Are on Indian Land Film

You Are on Indian Land Film
You Are on Indian Land

This film shows the confrontation between police and a 1969 demonstration by Mohawks of the St. Regis Reserve on the bridge between Canada and the United States near Cornwall, Ontario. By blocking traffic on the bridge, which is on the Reserve, the Indians drew public attention to their grievance that they were prohibited by Canadian authorities from duty-free passage of personal purchases across the border, a right they claim was established by the Jay Treaty of 1794...

border issues, Indian Act of 1869, Indigenous Leaders Fellowship Program (ILFP), Jay Treaty, NNI Indigenous Leaders Fellowship Program, sovereignty
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People: 
Mort Ransen
Native Nations: 
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
Topics: 
Governance, Intergovernmental Relations, Land/Jurisdiction

Ransen, Mort. "You Are on Indian Land." National Film Board of Canada. Indian Film Crew and the people of the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation. Canada. 1969. Film. (https://www.nfb.ca/playlists/aboriginal-voice-national-film-board..., accessed September 14, 2012).

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