My Name Is Kahentiiosta (1995)

My Name Is Kahentiiosta

199528m
DocumentaryShort
7.5 / 10(55)

Story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis in 1990. She was detained 4 days longer than the other women because the prosecutor representing the Quebec government did not accept her Indigenous name.

Runtime
28m
Released
1995

Details

Release year: 1995

Storyline

Story of Kahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman arrested after the Oka Crisis in 1990. She was detained 4 days longer than the other women because the prosecutor representing the Quebec government did not accept her Indigenous name.

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