Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2006)
Drama
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
Cast
- Tony Nardi as John Ciaccia
- Arthur Holden as Alex Paterson
- Tantoo Cardinal as Iba Beauvais
- Alex Rice as Ellen Gabriel
- Billy Merasty as John Cree
- Pamela Matthews as Denise David
- Sandra Laronde as Donna Kahentiiosta Rice
- Flint Eagle as Psycho
- Kaniehtiio Horn as Susan Oke
- Eric Schweig as Terry Doxtator