Trick or Treaty?

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Alanis Obomsawin

Featured Cast

Alanis Obomsawin

Narrator

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