Kanerahtiio Hemlock is the Indigenous Pedagogical Consultant at Dawson College and he will give a 30-minute presentation followed by a 30-minute video clip before opening the floor for discussion.
Watch a short video and share a discussion on the true history, impact and legacy of Columbus and learn why native people do not celebrate Columbus Day.
Watch a short video and share a discussion on the true history, impact and legacy of Columbus and learn why native people do not celebrate Columbus Day.
Kanensatake 270 Years of Resistance: This Canadian documentary portrays the 1990 showdown between the Mohawk Nation and the predominantly white Quebec town of Oka, which is intent on developing land deemed sacred by the native people. When members of the Mohawk nation protest plan to expand a golf course into their territory, they form a barricade,...
Western society has long claimed that Native people migrated to this hemisphere around 13,000 years ago. Since the beginning, Native people have disputed this. Learn how science and recent discoveries have rendered the Bering Strait theory obsolete.
Western society has long claimed that Native people migrated to this hemisphere around 13,000 years ago. Since the beginning, Native people have disputed this. Learn how science and recent discoveries have rendered the Bering Strait theory obsolete.
Acts of Defiance: This feature- length documentary recounts the events that surrounded and led to the Oka Crisis of the summer of 1990. The film focuses on the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake, in Quebec, but also reflects on the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples at a particular time in history.
This presentation will consist of the reading and discussion of two chapters: Spiritualism, the highest form of political consciousness and The obvious fact of our continuing existence; legal history of the Haudenosaunee.
This presentation will consist of the reading and discussion of two chapters: Spiritualism, the highest form of political consciousness and The obvious fact of our continuing existence; legal history of the Haudenosaunee.
Spudwrench: This documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin introduces us to Randy Horn, a high steel worker from the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, near Montreal. As a defender of his people’s culture and traditions, he was known as “Spudwrench” during the 1990 Oka crisis. Offering a unique look behind the barricades at one man’s impassioned...
This presentation will consist of the reading and discussion of two chapters: Policies of oppression in the name of “Democracy” and Our strategy for survival.
This presentation will consist of the reading and discussion of two chapters: Policies of oppression in the name of “Democracy” and Our strategy for survival.
Rocks at Whiskey Trench: Directed by Alanis Obomsawin and released in 2000, the film centers on the Honore Mercier Bridge blockade of 1990 during the Oka Crisis, focusing in particular on the incident when a group of Mohawk women, children and elders from Kahnawake, in the process of being evacuated from the community due to fears of a Canadian Forces occupation, were...
