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

Cast

Tony Nardi

John Ciaccia

Arthur Holden

Alex Paterson

Tantoo Cardinal

Iba Beauvais

N/A

Alex Rice

Ellen Gabriel

Billy Merasty

John Cree

Pamela Matthews

Denise David

N/A

Sandra Laronde

Donna Kahentiiosta Rice

Flint Eagle

Psycho

Kaniehtiio Horn

Susan Oke

Eric Schweig

Terry Doxtator

Gary Farmer

Alan Montour

Tamara Podemski

Deborah 'Chicky' Etienne