Trick or Treaty?
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Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations communities relinquished sovereignty over their traditional territories — to reveal the deceptions and distortions which the document has been subjected to by successive governments seeking to deprive Canada’s First Peoples of their lands.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2014-09-04
Runtime: 85 mins
Director: Alanis Obomsawin
Writer: Alanis Obomsawin
Spoken language: English,
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Trick or Treaty?
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