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

Alex Rice

Ellen Gabriel

Billy Merasty

John Cree

Pamela Matthews

Denise David

Sandra Laronde

Donna Kahentiiosta Rice

Flint Eagle

Psycho

Kaniehtiio Horn

Susan Oke

Eric Schweig

Terry Doxtator