Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis

Overview

Fictionalized portrayal of the conflict and standoff in Kanehsatake during the summer of 1990. This major conflict between a Mohawk community and municipal, Quebec and Canadian governments was over the expansion of a golf course into an aboriginal cemetery. Based on the book by John Ciaccia (Quebec Liberal cabinet minister and negotiator) : The Oka Crisis, A Mirror of the Soul

Network

• CBC Television

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Tony Nardi

  John Ciaccia

  2 eps

• 

  Arthur Holden

  Alex Paterson

  2 eps

• 

  Tantoo Cardinal

  Iba Beauvais

  2 eps

• Alex Rice

  Ellen Gabriel

  2 eps

• 

Themes

• quebec
• civil rights
• native american
• miniseries
• 1990s
• oka crisis

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