Rocks at Whiskey Trench
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On August 28, 1990, a convoy of 75 cars left the Mohawk community of Kahnawake and crossed Montreal's Mercier Bridge -- straight into an angry mob that pelted the vehicles with rocks. The targets of this violence were Mohawk women, children and elders leaving Kahnawake, in fear of a possible advance by the Canadian army.
In Rocks at Whiskey Trench, Mohawks remember the terror as windows shattered around them. Police had orders not to arrest anyone -- and though they stood by during the rock-throwing, they were able to prevent the mob from reaching the cars and attacking their occupants.
This video is the fourth in Alanis Obomsawin's landmark series on the Mohawk rebellions that shook Canada in 1990. A painstakingly researched social document, the film looks back at the events surrounding the August 28 attack, and delves into the history of Kahnawake and the consequences of the appropriation of land that have shrunk its territory by more than two-thirds over the last 300 years.
Time and healing circles have helped close the wounds, but it will take much longer for Kahnawake residents to forgive and forget
This was my last film on the Oka Crisis. Everyone was talking about the rock throwing that was going on, and it always bothered me that we never heard from the people in the cars. They had no voice. So I decided to give them a voice. It was only after this film was done that I felt free, that I could walk away from this subject matter. Alanis Obomsawin
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Main credits
Obomsawin, Alanis (film director)
Obomsawin, Alanis (screenwriter)
Obomsawin, Alanis (narrator)
Obomsawin, Alanis (film producer)
Nadon, Guy (voice actor)
Other credits
Edited by Yurij Luhovy; camera, Roger Rochat, René Sioui Labelle, Philippe Amiguet; music, Claude Vendette [and 3 others].
Distributor subjects
History - Canada; History - Canada - 1946-Present; Aboriginal Peoples in Canada; Social Issues; Indian land transfers; Mohawk Indians; Indians of North AmericaKeywords
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- \'TIS THE TRUE SIDE OF WHAT\'S
HAPPENED TO THIS COMMUNITY.
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AND...
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WE\'RE ALL A LIVING TESTAMENT.
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WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE GOING
TO TELL THE STORY
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FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR.
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- TO ME, IT\'S ONE OF THE DARKEST
DAYS FOR MYSELF,
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TO THE WHOLE CRISIS
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OF 1990. IT IS A TERRIBLE DAY.
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- NOBODY EVER EXPECTED
THAT TO HAPPEN.
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-HERE WE ARE, CARS ALL BUSTED.
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I AM FULL OF BLOOD.
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MY DAUGHTER\'S FULL OF BLOOD,
AND I\'M CARRYING MY DAUGHTER.
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- I DON\'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO
IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN
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TO ONE OF MY FAMILY.
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BUT I\'M SCARED THAT I THINK IT\'S
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO ME!
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-THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT,
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THEY HAVE TROOPS
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AND THE STRENGTH COMES
FROM OUR SPIRITUALITY.
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ONKWEHONN: WE PEOPLE,
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WE ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER
TO HELP EACH OTHER.
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THAT\'S WHAT GIVES US THE POWER.
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[RADIO]: THIS IS CKRK 103.7 FM
IN KAHNAWAKE.
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- WHEN A PERSON ASKS ME WHERE
I\'M FROM, I\'LL SAY KAHNAWAKE
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AND THEY\'LL BE, LIKE,
\"WHERE\'S THAT?\"
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IT\'S LIKE THEY DON\'T KNOW
WHERE WE ARE.
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WE\'RE NOT RECOGNIZED.
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IF YOU SAY, \"OH WELL, IT\'S JUST
OUTSIDE OF MONTREAL\",
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THEY\'LL GO,
\"OH, OH, OKAY.\" YEAH.
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- DO YOU THINK IT\'S A BEAUTIFUL
PLACE HERE?
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- YEAH. I DO FIND IT A VERY
BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN KAHNAWAKE.
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-I SINCERELY
LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.
I LOVE THE PEOPLE IN IT.
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I HAVE A SON WHO\'S
GROWING UP HERE,
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SO MY INTERESTS ARE FOR
THE NEXT GENERATIONS.
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AND THAT\'S WHO I FEEL IS BEING
TARGETED FOR FULL ASSIMILATION.
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I WILL TRY MY HARDEST
TO PREVENT THAT
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AND TO REMAIN AND KEEP OUR
IDENTITY AS A DISTINCT PEOPLE.
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[NARRATOR]: IN 1716,
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GROUPS OF IROQUOIS
MOVED TO THE SEIGNEURIE
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OF SAULT-ST-LOUIS,
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LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SHORE
OF THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER,
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FACING THE LACHINE RAPIDS.
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THEY NAMED IT KAHNAWAKE.
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THIS SEIGNEURIE WAS GRANTED
TO THE JESUITS
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SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SETTLEMENT
OF THE IROQUOIS.
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THE FRENCH COURT BELIEVED THE
JESUITS WOULD GAIN THE LOYALTY
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OF THE IROQUOIS,
ONCE THEY WERE CONVERTED.
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THE SEIGNEURIE IS APPROXIMATELY
65 SQUARE MILES
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FROM LAPRAIRIE TO CHATEAUGUAY.
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THE JESUITS ASSUMED THE GROUP
OF MOHAWKS WHO SETTLED THERE
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HAD BEEN TOTALLY CONVERTED
TO THE CATHOLIC RELIGION,
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BUT THE PEOPLE HAD NOT GIVEN UP
THEIR LONGHOUSE TRADITIONS.
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THEY CONTINUED TO BE PART OF
A CLAN SYSTEM,
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CONSISTING OF THREE CLANS:
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WOLF, PATHFINDERS,
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BEAR, KEEPERS OF MEDICINE,
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TURTLE, WISDOM.
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OVER THE YEARS,
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MANY CONCESSIONS OF
SAULT-ST-LOUIS SEIGNEURIE LANDS
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WERE MADE BY THE JESUITS
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FOR THE BENEFIT OF
FRENCH CANADIAN SETTLERS.
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APPROXIMATELY 45 SQUARE MILES
OF LAND WERE TAKEN.
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THE REMAINDER OF THE LAND
OF THE SEIGNEURIE
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IS 19 AND A HALF SQUARE MILES.
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- THE LANDS WE\'RE CLAIMING,
WE\'RE NOT GOING TO TURN AROUND
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AND MOVE ANYBODY.
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OUR RESERVES CONSIST
OF 12,532 ACRES.
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WE\'RE GOING TO ARGUE WITH
THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
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AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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TO PAY SOME KIND OF COMPENSATION
FOR THE LOSS OF THE LANDS,
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SO THAT\'S 45 AND A HALF SQUARE
MILES THAT WE GOT TO GO DIG UP
AND SAY,
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\"HEY, THIS BELONGS TO US.\"
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-FROM THE AIR, YOU CAN SEE
THE RESULTS OF FURTHER EROSION
OF THE MOHAWK TERRITORY.
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EVERY DAY, ABOUT 65,000 CARS
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CROSS OVER THEIR RESERVE.
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TRAINS PASS THROUGH
AND THE SEAWAY TRAFFIC
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IS ON AND OFF, ALL DAY LONG.
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IN 1990, THE MOHAWKS
OF KANEHSATAKE,
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70 KILOMETERS WEST OF MONTREAL,
BY LAKE OF TWO MOUNTAINS,
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MADE A STAND TO STOP THE
DESTRUCTION OF A SACRED AREA
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KNOWN AS THE PINES.
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DEVELOPERS WANTED TO BULLDOZE IT
SO THAT THEY COULD BUILD
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CONDOMINIUMS AND ENLARGE
A GOLF COURSE.
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- WE\'RE TIRED OF
GETTING PUSHED AROUND.
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WHAT\'S ALL OUT THERE BELONGS
TO US TO BEGIN WITH.
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WHAT GIVES THEM THE RIGHT TO SAY
THAT\'S THEIRS?
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PLUS, LIKE, THEY ALL STARTED
OVER A NINE-HOLE GOLF COURSE.
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OUR PEOPLE ARE BURIED THERE.
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- THIS WAS A TURNING POINT
FOR THE MOHAWKS PEOPLE.
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NO MORE LAND TAKING.
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ONE THOUSAND POLICE OFFICERS
WERE SENT TO KANEHSATAKE.
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THIS WAS DONE
INSTEAD OF POLITICIANS
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TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
FOR LAND ISSUES.
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IN SUPPORT OF THEIR BROTHERS
AND SISTERS IN KANEHSATAKE,
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THE MOHAWKS OF KAHNAWAKE BLOCKED
THE MERCIER BRIDGE
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AND ALL ENTRANCES
TO THEIR RESERVE.
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THE COMMUTERS WHO NORMALLY USE
THE BRIDGE
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WOULD HAVE TO TAKE LONG DETOURS.
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TRENCHES, BARRICADES AND MANY
OTHER OBSTACLES WERE CREATED
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TO BLOCK ACCESS
TO THE COMMUNITY.
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WARRIORSFROM SEVERAL NATIONS
HAD COME TO GIVE THEIR SUPPORT
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AND THEIR LIVES, IF NECESSARY.
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-MY ROLE WAS COOKING
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AND FEEDING THE MEN THAT WERE
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AT THE BLOCKADE.
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I THINK WE COOKED FOR 100, 125
MEN PER DAY, THREE MEALS A DAY.
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AND WE WERE GETTING OUR FOOD
FROM CHATEAUGUAY.
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JUST ONE NIGHT, I THINK WE MADE
35 POTS OF COFFEE.
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OH, WE HAD DIFFERENT SHIFTS
WE WERE ON.
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I WAS THERE ALL THE TIME AND
I USED TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR.
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-THERE WAS A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
HERE WHERE THEY NEEDED MILK AND
STUFF LIKE THAT,
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AND YET THESE PEOPLE ON
THE OTHER SIDE SAID, \"NO.\"
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I MEAN, THERE\'S A LOT OF SECRET
WAYS PEOPLE CAME IN
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TO DELIVER OTHER THINGS
THAT WE NEEDED.
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- THEY WERE BRINGING IT THROUGH
THE WOODS, AT NIGHT, HIDING.
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-THERE WAS A SAFE HOUSE WHERE
SOME OF OUR PEOPLE COULD GO
TO BE TAKEN CARE OF
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IF THEY GOT CAUGHT ON THE
OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, TRYING
TO GET OUT AND GET FOOD.
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THEY WERE KEEPING AN EYE OUT
FOR PATROL.
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THEY WERE LETTING OUR PEOPLE
KNOW WHEN IT WAS SAFE TO COME.
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I KNOW EVEN SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE
RUNNING THROUGH THE BUSHES TO
BRING MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND FOOD
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WHO WERE BEATEN,
ATTACKED, HARASSED,
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THEY HAD PHONE CALLS,
THEY WERE CALLLING THEM
INDIAN LOVERS.
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- AND TOWARDS THE END,
THERE WAS TRUCKS THAT CAME IN.
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EVERYBODY GOT TOGETHER
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TO HELP FEED ONE ANOTHER.
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WE ALL HAD TO GO AND, YOU KNOW,
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EVERY MORNING AT
THE KATERI HALL.
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YOU WERE ONLY ALLOWED
MAYBE HALF A LOAF OF BREAD
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AND MAYBE SIX EGGS.
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IT WAS DIFFICULT.
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EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF CLOSE
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AND PITCHING IN AND DOING
THEIR SHARE.
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- THEY WANTED TO STARVE
THE INDIANS,
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BUT THEY COULDN\'T DO IT.
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WE SURVIVED AND WE SURVIVED
THIS ONE, TOO.
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- WE TRIED TO CONVINCE
THE GOVERNMENT
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THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD TO BE FED,
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
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HOW? IT WAS UP TO THEM
TO DECIDE.
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WAS IT THROUGH SPECIAL TRUCKS
BEING CONTROLLED,
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TO AVOID ANY KIND OF ARMS
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OR ALL KINDS OF THINGS
BEING SMUGGLED AROUND.
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TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES
OVER THERE.
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I MEAN, WE WERE NOT AT WAR.
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I THINK THE POPULATION
FELT BAD ABOUT THEM.
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THEY WERE NOT PLEASED WITH THESE
PEOPLE BEHIND THE BARRICADES.
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IT CREATED A LARGER EFFECT
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WHEN THE POPULATION
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WAS BEHIND THIS WHOLE ISSUE,
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BECAUSE OF THE LAND CLAIMS.
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BUT I DON\'T KNOW IF THE WHITES
UNDERSTOOD THAT.
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- WE POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE
THREE PRECONDITIONS
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THAT THE GOVERNMENT
OF CANADA, QUEBEC,
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HAVE ACKNOWLEDGE AND SIGNED.
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PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED
TO COME AND GO
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AND THAT FOOD AND MEDICAL
SUPPLIES BE ALLOWED TO COME
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INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
THOSE THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN MET.
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WE FEEL THAT THE QUEBEC
GOVERNMENT,
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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
NOT RESPECTED THAT AGREEMENT.
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THEY HAVE NOT DONE
ANYTHING TO ENSURE
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THAT THE SUPPLIES ENTER
OUR COMMUNITIES,
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BOTH HERE AND IN KANAHSATAKE.
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- ANOTHER PRECONDITION
WAS NOT RESPECTED.
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BY AUGUST 27th, THE PREMIER
OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC,
ROBERT BOURASSA,
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ASKED THE INTERNATIONAL
OBSERVERS TO LEAVE.
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THE REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA
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AND QUEBEC HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION
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TOOK THE INITIATIVE
TO REPLACE THEM.
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- THE POLICE ALLOWED THE MOB
TO PREVENT ME
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FROM BRINGING THAT FOOD IN.
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- WE WERE NOT PLEASED
POLITICALLY.
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WE WERE NOT PLEASED AS FAR AS
THE CITIZENS OF CHATEAUGUAY
WERE CONCERNED.
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HERE IN CHATEAUGUAY,
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WE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE KIND
OF HOSTAGES OF THE SITUATION.
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- IT WASN\'T LIKE
THE AVERAGE PERSON
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WHO WOULD BE AT THE BARRICADES
NIGHTLY,
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BURNING THE EFFIGIES AND...
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YOU KNOW, CALLING FOR...
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FOR THE ARMY TO COME IN.
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INSTEAD OF TAKING A MORE CALM
APPROACH AND SAYING,
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\"LOOK, WE\'LL SIT DOWN AND WE\'LL
TRY TO WORK THIS SITUATION OUT\",
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THE MAYOR VERY QUICKLY REACTED
TO TAKING A RADICAL POSITION.
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SOME OF THE MERCHANTS
CALLED FOR, YOU KNOW,
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SEVERE ACTION TO BE TAKEN,
WITHOUT THINKING OF HOW,
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IN SOME INSTANCES, KAHNAWAKE HAD
SUPPORTED THEM TO BECOME
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WHAT THEY WERE.
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AND THAT WAS A BETRAYAL.
00:12:57.626 --> 00:13:04.333
-THE CHATEAUGUAY COMMUTERS WERE
ENRAGED BECAUSE THE MERCIER
BRIDGEWAS BLOCKED.
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THEY GATHERED AT THE POLICE
BARRICADES
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IN THE THOUSANDS,
AND RIOTED FOR HOURS,
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DAY AND NIGHT.
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THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WERE LOSING
CUSTOMERS AND MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
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THE POPULATION IN KAHNAWAKE
IS OVER 7,500 PEOPLE,
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AND MOST OF THEM DID ALL
THEIR BUSINESS IN CHATEAUGUAY.
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- ALL THESE INCIDENTS WITH OUR
PEOPLE, WITH ALL THE RIOTS
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THAT HAVE GONE ON, THE YELLING
AND THE SCREAMING HAS ALL BEEN
INCITED
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BY THE BAD PRESS, BY THE FEDERAL
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AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
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AND THE TERRIBLE THINGS THEY\'VE
SAID ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF
KAHNAWAKE.
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AND KANEHSATAKE AND MOHAWKS
PEOPLE IN GENERAL, TERRORISM
AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
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- WHAT THE PEOPLE IN CHATEAUGUAY
SHOULD REALIZE
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THAT MOHAWKS AND
INDIANS OF CANADA,
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UNITED STATES,
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HAVE BEEN INCONVENIENCED FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS.
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WE ARE NOT TRYING TO TAKE THEIR
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS,
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WE\'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE
THEIR COUNTRY,
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THEY\'RE TRYING TO TAKE
OUR COUNTRY.
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THEY\'VE ALREADY TAKEN ALL
OF OUR COUNTRY.
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WE ARE HERE, WE\'RE
GOING TO STAY HERE.
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-AND IF YOU SEE THOSE ARMORED
PERSONNEL CARRIERS ROLLING IN
YOUR DIRECTION,
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WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
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-I\'LL TRY NOT TO GET RUN OVER.
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- LOTS OF RUMORS
WERE FLYING AROUND
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THAT THE POSSIBILITY OF
THE ARMY COMING INTO KAHNAWAKE
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AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING
VERY FRIGHTENED.
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POLITICALLY, THERE WASN\'T
VERY MUCH THAT WE COULD DO
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BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT
OUR LEADERS WERE TRYING
TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT
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WITH THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT.
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AND AT THE TIME, THE ARMY
WAS ALREADY HERE
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BUT THEY WERE ON THE OUTSKIRTS
OF THE COMMUNITY.
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-ANY PLACE THEY PUT A MAN,
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YOU FACE HIM WITH A MAN.
-RIGHT.
-RIGHT?
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-TEN FOUR.
-NO BIG DEAL.
-ALL RIGHT.
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-YOU DON\'T HAVE TO SIT UP AND
STAND UP AND BE AT ATTENTION
AND ALL THIS SHIT.
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YOU RELAX. LET THEM STAND.
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- BARELY 20 YEARS AFTER
THE FOUNDATION OF MONTREAL,
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ON MARCH 26, 1665,
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IN REFERENCE TO THE IROQUOIS,
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KING LOUIS THE XIV WROTE
A MESSAGE TO HIS INTENDANT
JEAN TALON
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STATING:
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- \"TO WAGE WAR, TO PURSUE THEM
INTO THEIR HOMES
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IF NECESSARY, IN ORDER TO
EXTERMINATE THEM COMPLETELY.\"
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- THE FOLLOWING YEAR,
REMY DE COURCELLES AND 1,500 MEN
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INVADED FOUR
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OF THE IROQUOIS VILLAGES,
BURNING EVERYTHING,
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DESTROYING THE FOOD AND
CONFISCATING THE LAND
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IN THE NAME OF THE FRENCH KING.
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THE IROQUOIS WERE DISPOSSESSED
OF THEIR TERRITORY IN MONTREAL
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AND THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AREA,
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BUT THEIR FIGHTING SPIRIT
NEVER DIED.
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- MANY OF OUR FOREFATHERS
AND OUR ANCESTORS
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HAVE DIED FOR THE SAME THING,
FOR THE SAME CAUSE.
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WE\'RE HERE IN PROTECTION
OF OUR PEOPLE
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AND OUR LAND.
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LOOK AT US. SHOULD WE DIE
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BECAUSE OF A NINE-HOLE
GOLF COURSE?
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- THE ARMY WAS PREPARING
TO ENTER KAHNAWAKE
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AND ADVANCE ON KAHNESATAKE.
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THE LEADERS MADE PLANS
TO EVACUATE THE CHILDREN
AND THE ELDERLY.
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THEY FEARED A SHOOT-OUT
BETWEEN THE ARMY
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AND THE PEOPLE RESISTING
THE SEARCH OF THEIR HOMES.
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- MY SISTER WORKS AT THE HOSPITAL
AND SHE CALLED.
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SHE ASKED ME IF I WAS
GOING TO GO AND I SAID NO.
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SHE SAID THE HOSPITAL
WAS GETTING READY AND
THEY WERE MAKING SECTIONS,
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IF THERE WAS FIGHTING,
THOSE THAT WOULD BE HURT
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AND THOSE THAT WOULD BE DEAD.
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AND SHE SAID, \"DO YOU REALLY
WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO SEE THAT,
YVONNE?\"
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SHE SAID, \"IF YOU CAN LEAVE AND
NOT LET THEM SEE IT AND...\"
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SHE MORE OR LESS
TALKED ME INTO IT.
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- I WAS IN CONTACT
WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS
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AND I CAUTIONED THEM ABOUT
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
IN THE COMMUNITY,
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BECAUSE THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES
LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL.
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AND THAT LEAVES THE DOOR OPEN
TO THE PROVINCE AND THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, THE ARMY
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AND THE POLICE FORCES
TO COME IN.
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- IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE MERCIER
BRIDGEWOULD BE THE BEST PLACE
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BECAUSE THERE WERE LITTLE
OR NO PEOPLE THERE.
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ONE OF THE KEY PARTS WAS THAT
OUR PEACEKEEPERS WOULD LEAD
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THE ENTOURAGE ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
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THEY WOULD BE HELPED THROUGH
TO GET OFF THE MERCIER BRIDGE
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THROUGH THE WHISKEY TRENCH AND
ONTO WHEREVER THEY NEEDED TO GO.
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- THE OLDER PEOPLE WERE
REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THEM
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AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD BE
LEFT HERE, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
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THEY WERE REALLY CONCERNED THAT
THE ARMY WAS GOING TO COME IN.
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THERE WAS GOING TO BE SHOTS
FIRED. THERE WAS...
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THEY CAME BACK, THERE WOULD
PROBABLY BE...
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HARDLY ANYTHING LEFT WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY ITSELF
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IF THERE WAS A FIGHT.
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- MY HUSBAND WAS TRAVELLING BACK
AND FORTH TO WORK.
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WE HAD A BOAT AT THE TIME AND
HE\'D BRING BACK BREAD AND MILK
AND EGGS
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AND WHATEVER ANYBODY NEEDED.
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AND HE\'D SHOP FOR EVERYBODY
AND THEN AT NIGHT,
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WE WOULD JUST DISTRIBUTE IT,
YOU KNOW, TO OUR NEIGHBOURS
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OR OUR FAMILY OR WHOEVER NEEDED
ANYTHING.
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ONE MORNING, HE WENT TO WORK
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AND HE WENT TO DOCK HIS BOAT.
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THERE WAS A CROWD THERE AND THEY
STARTED THROWING STONES AT HIM.
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- WHEN THE MOHAWKS WOULD LEAVE
THE RESERVE,
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THEY WOULD BE HUMILIATED
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AND EVERY ATTEMPT WAS MADE
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TO ROB THEM OF THEIR DIGNITY.
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-ANYONE HAVING A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY WAS IN FOR A LOT
OF TROUBLE,
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WHENEVER AN AMBULANCE HAD
TO CROSS THE MERCIER BRIDGE.
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-I DON\'T DEAL IN CHATEAUGUAY
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY TREATED
MY SON.
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THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY ABOUT
12 YEARS OLD THAT BROKE HIS LEG.
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AND THE PARAMEDICS WENT TO THE
HOSPITAL IN CHATEAUGUAY AND
WHEN THEY...
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THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH A POLICE
BARRIER IN CHATEAUGUAY.
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HERE COMES ABOUT 15 MEN.
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THEY\'RE TRYING TO TIP OVER
THE AMBULANCE.
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NOW WHY?
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AND MY SON WAS IN THE AMBULANCE.
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-SOME HOODLUMS HERE, THEY WAS
YELLING, \"LET THEM DIE!
LET THEM DIE!\"
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IS THIS HUMAN BEING?
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I WAS IN THE WAR SIX YEARS.
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WE RESPECT THE RED CROSS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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BUT PEOPLE, THEY SENT
AMBULANCES, NOT THE RED CROSS.
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WHAT IS AMBULANCE, THEN?
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- SOME POLICE WERE JUST LIKE
THIS. THEY DIDN\'T DO NOTHING.
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BUT SOME TURN AROUND,
THEY\'RE THINKING OF
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WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG
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AND THEY SAY, \"HEY, IT\'S AN
AMBULANCE. LET THEM GO.\"
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- I STARTED MY CONTRACTIONS ABOUT
THREE, THREE IN THE MORNING.
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AND WHEN SHE CAME OUT,
I FELT A RIP.
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AT THE SAME TIME, SHE TRIED
TO PULL ON THE PLACENTA
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FOR IT TO COME OUT AND
IT WOULDN\'T COME OUT.
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SO THEY CALLED THE AMBULANCE.
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THE AMBULANCE HAD GOTTEN THERE
AT ABOUT MAYBE SIX O\'CLOCK.
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WE GOT OVER THE BRIDGE
TO THE OTHER SIDE AND...
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ONCE WE GOT THERE,
THE OTHER AMBULANCE WAS,
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LIKE, A FEW WAYS DOWN THE ROAD.
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SO THEY GOT THEIR STRETCHER OUT
AND THEY CAME UP
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AND THEY MET US AND
THEY PUT ME ON IT
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AND THEY SAID THAT MY HUSBAND
WASN\'T ALLOWED TO COME.
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THEY ASKED IF ONE OF THE
PARAMEDICS FROM OUR AMBULANCE
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GO OVER WITH ME AND THEY SAID,
00:21:58.709 --> 00:22:00.875
\"NO, SHE CAN\'T GO WITH YOU.\"
00:22:00.876 --> 00:22:03.709
WE WENT MAYBE NOT EVEN
LIKE A FOOT...
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AND THEY HAD PULLED US OVER.
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ALL I KNOW WAS THE AMBULANCE
DRIVER HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE
CAR, OUT OF THE AMBULANCE.
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HE OPENED THE DOOR AND THERE WAS
THESE TWO MEN STANDING THERE.
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THEY JUST LOOKED AT ME
AND THEY SAID, \"OKAY\",
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THEN THEY CLOSED THE DOOR.
00:22:22.292 --> 00:22:25.791
AND THEN, THEY...
WE STARTED TO GO AGAIN
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AND THEN TWO MINUTES
AFTER, IT WAS LIKE...
00:22:28.667 --> 00:22:31.917
WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AGAIN,
WE OPENED THE THING.
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NOW THIS MAN HAS TO SEE.
SO THAT WAS
00:22:34.250 --> 00:22:37.416
THREE MEN NOW THAT HAVE TO SEE.
HE CLOSED THE DOOR,
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WE GOT READY TO PULL OUT AGAIN.
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IT DIDN\'T HAPPEN.
WE GOT BACK HOME.
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HE HAD TO OPEN THE DOORS BACK.
00:22:43.375 --> 00:22:47.041
ONCE HE HAD TO OPEN THE DOOR
BACK, THERE WAS FOUR STANDING
THERE.
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THERE WAS THREE MEN
AND ONE WOMAN.
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THEY JUST WANT TO SEE
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BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT MAYBE,
I HAVE A FIREARM OR SOMETHING.
00:22:54.626 --> 00:22:56.999
AND AT 9 O\'CLOCK,
WE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL.
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I THINK THEY WERE SAYING
THAT IT WAS ONE THIRD OF
MY BLOOD THAT I HAD LOST.
00:23:04.209 --> 00:23:10.041
-THE ARMY RECEIVED ORDERS
TO MOVE IN ON KANEHSATAKE
AND KAHNAWAKE.
00:23:10.042 --> 00:23:12.208
BECAUSE OF THE ARMY\'S ADVANCE,
00:23:12.209 --> 00:23:16.958
KAHNAWAKE DECIDED TO APPLY
THEIR EVACUATION PLAN.
00:23:16.959 --> 00:23:18.958
- I DON\'T KNOW,
THEY WERE SUPPOSED
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TO RAID KAHNAWAKE
OR SOMETHING.
00:23:20.501 --> 00:23:22.958
THAT\'S WHEN THEY TOOK US, UH.
00:23:22.959 --> 00:23:24.583
THEN BECAUSE I WAS OLD,
00:23:24.584 --> 00:23:28.166
I HAD TO GO. I DIDN\'T WANT TO GO
BUT I HAD TO GO.
00:23:28.167 --> 00:23:31.958
- WE TOOK MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
WHO WAS 86
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AND MY UNCLE WHICH LIVED ACROSS
THE STREET FROM ME WAS 74,
00:23:36.876 --> 00:23:40.124
AND MY SON WHICH
WAS 10 YEARS OLD.
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I HAD ASKED THEM
00:23:41.667 --> 00:23:45.333
IF THEY WOULD GO BECAUSE I WAS
SCARED FOR THEM
00:23:45.334 --> 00:23:48.082
BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD THAT
THE ARMY WAS COMING IN.
00:23:48.083 --> 00:23:52.708
- IT WAS MY GRANDSON\'S BIRTHDAY.
HE WAS GOING TO BE ONE YEAR OLD.
00:23:52.709 --> 00:24:00.709
AND WE GOT A CALL THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO HAVE A CARAVAN
TO LEAVE TOWN.
00:24:01.834 --> 00:24:05.291
MY MOTHER WAS 77
AND MY FATHER WAS 81.
00:24:05.292 --> 00:24:06.958
BUT MY DAUGHTER CHANGED
HER MIND.
00:24:06.959 --> 00:24:11.625
SHE SAYS, \"MA, I CAN\'T GO.\"
SO SHE PUT HER BABY IN MY CAR.
00:24:11.626 --> 00:24:17.666
- THERE WAS BETWEEN 50 AND 75
VEHICLES THAT WERE...
00:24:17.667 --> 00:24:19.958
GATHERED TO GO ACROSS.
00:24:19.959 --> 00:24:22.333
THEY WERE STOPPED BY THE SQ.
00:24:22.334 --> 00:24:26.249
AT THAT POINT, THEY WERE TOLD
BY THE OFFICER IN CHARGE
00:24:26.250 --> 00:24:34.208
THAT PARTICULAR CHECKPOINT THAT
EVERYONE, EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND
CHILD WOULD HAVE TO BE CHECKED.
00:24:34.209 --> 00:24:36.249
THE VEHICLES WOULD HAVE
TO BE CHECKED
00:24:36.250 --> 00:24:39.249
BEFORE THEY WERE ALLOWED
TO GO THROUGH.
00:24:39.250 --> 00:24:41.500
- SO I ASKED THE GUY,
\"WHAT\'S GOING ON?\"
00:24:41.501 --> 00:24:45.041
WELL, HE SAYS, \"WE HAVE TO
PROVIDE YOU WITH BETTER SECURITY
00:24:45.042 --> 00:24:46.958
IN ORDER TO GO THROUGH.\"
00:24:46.959 --> 00:24:48.541
-WHEN WE LEFT,
00:24:48.542 --> 00:24:51.833
HE WATCHED FROM THE ROOF OF
THE HOUSE WITH BINOCULARS,
00:24:51.834 --> 00:24:56.082
AND HE KNEW THAT SOMETHING
WAS GOING ON BECAUSE THE CARS
WERE STOPPED.
00:24:56.083 --> 00:24:58.374
- THEY CAME TO EVERY VEHICLE.
THEY SEARCHED THE TRUNK,
00:24:58.375 --> 00:25:02.875
THE UNDERNEATH THE SEAT. I MEAN
AT ON POINT, THEY TRIED TO GET
00:25:02.876 --> 00:25:04.082
MY FATHER OUT.
00:25:04.083 --> 00:25:07.124
MY FATHER AT THE TIME WAS 78
AND MY MOTHER WAS 69.
00:25:07.125 --> 00:25:09.917
I MEAN, HE WAS ABOUT 90 POUNDS.
HE WAS SICK.
00:25:09.918 --> 00:25:12.374
YOU KNOW, HE WAS SO WEAK, HE
COULD BARELY MOVE HIS LEGS.
00:25:12.375 --> 00:25:16.124
AND THE SQ OFFICER WAS, YOU
KNOW, PUSHING HIM IN THE SEAT,
00:25:16.125 --> 00:25:19.750
AND I KEPT SAYING,
\"WE HAVE NOTHING. WHAT ARE
YOU LOOKING FOR?\", YOU KNOW.
00:25:19.751 --> 00:25:23.541
I GUESS THEY THOUGHT WE HAD
WEAPONS OR SOMETHING, I REALLY
DON\'T KNOW.
00:25:23.542 --> 00:25:25.875
- AND THEY LOOKED IN THE TRUNK.
I ASKED THEM, \"WHAT ARE YOU
00:25:25.876 --> 00:25:28.833
LOOKING FOR?\" AND THEY SAID,
\"WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE,
YOU KNOW,
00:25:28.834 --> 00:25:33.666
THAT YOU\'RE NOT TAKING ANYBODY
OUT OR SOMETHING OUT OR WEAPONS
OUT.\"
00:25:33.667 --> 00:25:37.750
I SAID, \"I DON\'T EVEN OWN A
WEAPON. WHY WOULD I BE TAKING
ANYTHING OUT?\"
00:25:37.751 --> 00:25:41.958
- I FELT VERY BAD FOR THE ELDERS
THAT WERE AMONG US
00:25:41.959 --> 00:25:45.541
ON THE BRIDGE, BECAUSE
SOME WERE GETTING SICK.
00:25:45.542 --> 00:25:47.541
BUT WHAT CAN YOU FIND
00:25:47.542 --> 00:25:50.208
WHEN YOU HAVE CHILDREN
AND ELDERS IN A CAR?
00:25:50.209 --> 00:25:52.458
-I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.
00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:55.958
THERE WAS ME, MY LITTLE SISTER,
00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:58.291
MY OLDER SISTER, MY MOTHER,
00:25:58.292 --> 00:26:01.249
MY GRANDMOTHER,
MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER.
00:26:01.250 --> 00:26:05.958
THEY STOPPED US ON THE BRIDGE TO
START SEARCHING ALL OUR STUFF.
00:26:05.959 --> 00:26:10.958
AND I WAS THERE FOR THREE HOURS.
00:26:10.959 --> 00:26:12.958
I DIDN\'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
00:26:12.959 --> 00:26:18.124
THEY JUST TOLD ME THAT WE WERE
GOING AWAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
00:26:18.125 --> 00:26:19.958
-THEY WEREN\'T CARRYING FIREARMS.
00:26:19.959 --> 00:26:22.291
THEY WEREN\'T CARRYING ANY
OF THE STUFF AND THEY...
00:26:22.292 --> 00:26:25.708
AND THEN ON-THE-SPOT CHECK
WAS DONE BY OUR PEOPLE.
00:26:25.709 --> 00:26:27.958
BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
THAT WASN\'T GOOD ENOUGH.
00:26:27.959 --> 00:26:30.958
-SO I LET THE KIDS OUT
AND THEY WOULD COME AND
THEY\'D YELL AT ME,
00:26:30.959 --> 00:26:36.333
\"GET THEM IN THE CAR! PUT THEM
BACK IN! YOU\'RE NOT ALLOWED!
YOU DON\'T GET OUT OF YOUR CAR!\"
00:26:36.334 --> 00:26:38.041
THEN WE STARTED TO ARGUE.
WE SAID,
00:26:38.042 --> 00:26:41.958
\"THESE KIDS HAVE TO GET OUT.
THESE PEOPLE...\"
00:26:41.959 --> 00:26:43.833
IT WAS JUST TOO HOT IN THE CARS.
00:26:43.834 --> 00:26:48.833
I HAD MY MOTHER WITH ME.
MY MOTHER WAS... MAYBE 70.
00:26:48.834 --> 00:26:52.082
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER
THAT SUMMER.
00:26:52.083 --> 00:26:57.208
- I WAS REALLY UPSET AND
HEARTBROKEN FOR HAVING TO LEAVE.
00:26:57.209 --> 00:26:58.875
MY HUSBAND GAVE ME A PAPER
00:26:58.876 --> 00:27:03.833
TELLING ME NOT TO READ
THIS PAPER UNTIL I WAS OFF
AND OUT OF THE RESERVE,
00:27:03.834 --> 00:27:07.958
AND IT WAS HIS WILL.
AND I WAS CRYING.
00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:10.458
ONE SQ WAS VERY NICE ABOUT IT.
00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:12.833
HE CAME AND HE SAID,
\"LOOK, MA\'AM, I\'M SORRY.
00:27:12.834 --> 00:27:15.291
I REALLY DON\'T WANT TO BE HERE
BUT THIS IS MY JOB.\"
00:27:15.292 --> 00:27:20.291
AND HE HELD ME AND HE COMFORTED
ME. HE ASKED ME IF I WAS OKAY.
00:27:20.292 --> 00:27:22.541
JUST TO BE STRONG.
KEEP MY HEAD UP
00:27:22.542 --> 00:27:25.625
AND TAKE CARE OF MY SON.
00:27:25.626 --> 00:27:28.500
- WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED
AT THAT POINT,
00:27:28.501 --> 00:27:31.958
THERE WASN\'T ANYBODY ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE,
00:27:31.959 --> 00:27:34.751
MEANING THE NORTH SIDE.
00:27:35.667 --> 00:27:38.416
THAT ONE PARTICULAR AREA WAS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
00:27:38.417 --> 00:27:39.334
IT WAS ALL DUG UP.
00:27:39.335 --> 00:27:44.958
THE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF US
SPOKE WITH THE OFFICER IN CHARGE
OF THE SQ,
00:27:44.959 --> 00:27:49.041
BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED FOR
THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE,
OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
00:27:49.042 --> 00:27:51.999
AND HE SAID THERE WOULDN\'T BE
ANY PROBLEM.
00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:54.958
THEY HAD TWO BUS LOADS.
00:27:54.959 --> 00:28:01.959
THEY WERE ALL FULL OF RCMP
STANDING BY, RIOT EQUIPPED.
00:28:19.709 --> 00:28:25.042
- THE POLICE HAD ORDERS
NOT TO ARREST ANYONE.
00:28:26.167 --> 00:28:30.708
THEIR CONCERNS WERE TO PREVENT
THE CROWD FROM REACHING THE CARS
00:28:30.709 --> 00:28:32.917
AND BLOCKING THEIR PASSAGE OVER
THE BRIDGE.
00:28:32.918 --> 00:28:35.500
- WE\'RE SITTING IN THE CAR
WAITING, WAITING.
00:28:35.501 --> 00:28:39.124
MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
WAS ABOUT 92.
00:28:39.125 --> 00:28:44.166
AND MY GRANDMOTHER, I\'M NOT SURE
OF HER AGE AT THE TIME.
00:28:44.167 --> 00:28:46.751
AND I WAS 18.
00:28:48.250 --> 00:28:51.875
THERE WAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
ON THE OTHER SIDE NOW,
00:28:51.876 --> 00:28:53.249
CALLING US DOWN,
00:28:53.250 --> 00:28:57.917
YELLING AT US, CALLING US
SAVAGES AND...
00:28:57.918 --> 00:29:01.124
SAYING STUFF IN ENGLISH
AND FRENCH.
00:29:01.125 --> 00:29:02.958
IT WASN\'T NICE.
00:29:02.959 --> 00:29:04.917
-AT THE TIME, THERE WAS MYSELF,
00:29:04.918 --> 00:29:07.374
MY DAUGHTER SARAH,
SHE WAS 18 MONTHS,
00:29:07.375 --> 00:29:10.416
HER FATHER AND OUR BABYSITTER.
00:29:10.417 --> 00:29:12.374
AND WE SAW ALL THE PEOPLE
00:29:12.375 --> 00:29:13.958
ON THE OTHER SIDE WAITING.
00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:16.791
AND WE ALSO HEARD RUMORS OF
CONVERSATION ON THE FRENCH
00:29:16.792 --> 00:29:19.791
RADIO STATION
TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO COME OVER
00:29:19.792 --> 00:29:22.999
AND TO HARASS US IN
MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:26.374
- I GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND I WENT
AND TALKED TO A PEACEKEEPER.
00:29:26.375 --> 00:29:30.583
I SAID, \"I CAN\'T GO.\" I WAS LIKE
DRAINED, DRAINED. IT WAS HOT.
00:29:30.584 --> 00:29:33.041
AND I HAD NO MORE ENERGY.
00:29:33.042 --> 00:29:36.958
THEN HE SAID, \"GET IN YOUR CAR,
THEY\'RE GOING.\"
00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:43.041
-FINALLY, AFTER THE CROWD REALLY
BUILT UP TO, SAY, TWO OR THREE
THOUSAND PEOPLE OUT THERE,
00:29:43.042 --> 00:29:46.958
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE SQ SAYS,
\"IT\'S OKAY TO GO.
00:29:46.959 --> 00:29:48.374
YOU\'S CAN LEAVE.\"
00:29:48.375 --> 00:29:52.500
-THEN I STARTED TO GET NERVOUS
BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO TURN
BACK, AT THIS POINT.
00:29:52.501 --> 00:29:54.249
THE DELAY WAS INCREDIBLE.
WE WERE ON TOP
00:29:54.250 --> 00:29:57.166
OF THE BRIDGE, AT QUITE A
HEIGHT. 90 DEGREE WEATHER.
00:29:57.167 --> 00:29:58.708
THEY ASSURED US,
AFTER TWO CHECKS
00:29:58.709 --> 00:30:02.708
OF EVERY CAR,
THAT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.
\"KEEP YOUR WINDOWS UP
00:30:02.709 --> 00:30:05.708
AND JUST KEEP GOING AND
DON\'T STOP FOR ANYTHING.\"
00:30:05.709 --> 00:30:08.249
- \"DON\'T STOP FOR ANYTHING.\"
AND I SAID TO HIM, \"MY GOD,
00:30:08.250 --> 00:30:11.958
THERE\'S PEOPLE, YOU KNOW.\"
THEY WERE... YOU COULD SEE
THEM ON THE BANKS.
00:30:11.959 --> 00:30:13.958
I SAID, \"WHAT IF
SOMEBODY FELL AND...
00:30:13.959 --> 00:30:17.958
\"RUN THEM OVER AND JUST
KEEP ON GOING. DON\'T STOP
FOR NOTHIN.\"
00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:19.374
-IT WAS ALL LINED WITH POLICE
00:30:19.375 --> 00:30:22.958
ALL THE WAY UP AND THEY WERE,
LIKE, SCREAMING AT YOU,
00:30:22.959 --> 00:30:24.500
\"GO FASTER! GO FASTER!\"
00:30:24.501 --> 00:30:28.791
THEY KEPT WAVING YOU THROUGH
AND JUST WAVING.
00:30:28.792 --> 00:30:31.541
I SAW A POLICEMAN STANDING
IN FRONT OF...
00:30:31.542 --> 00:30:36.708
OF SOMEBODY WITH A PILE OF ROCKS
AND JUST STEP ASIDE
00:30:36.709 --> 00:30:38.875
WHEN I WENT THROUGH
00:30:38.876 --> 00:30:40.958
AND JUST LET THEM THROW THEM.
00:30:40.959 --> 00:30:44.958
- EVERYBODY STARTED FOLLOWING
AND STONES,
00:30:44.959 --> 00:30:47.958
STICKS, BRICKS, BOULDERS,
00:30:47.959 --> 00:30:50.625
THROWING FROM ALL ANGLES.
00:30:50.626 --> 00:30:52.625
YOUR RIGHT, YOUR LEFT.
00:30:52.626 --> 00:30:54.500
FROM THE WALKWAY ON TOP.
00:30:54.501 --> 00:30:56.458
IT WAS THROWING AND THROWING.
00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:59.083
A COUPLE OF ROCKS HIT THE CAR.
00:31:00.959 --> 00:31:03.708
I STARTED GETTING NERVOUS.
00:31:03.709 --> 00:31:07.875
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS REALLY
NERVOUS AND SHE WAS DRIVING.
00:31:07.876 --> 00:31:10.000
IT WAS BAD.
00:31:10.959 --> 00:31:15.333
- YOU COULD SEE THE PEOPLE,
WAITING WITH PILES OF ROCKS.
00:31:15.334 --> 00:31:17.291
THEY HAD ALL THEIR
AMMUNITION READY
00:31:17.292 --> 00:31:19.958
AND AH, THERE WAS
SO MANY PEOPLE!
00:31:19.959 --> 00:31:22.082
THERE WAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
00:31:22.083 --> 00:31:24.250
JUST A BIG CROWD.
00:31:34.667 --> 00:31:37.416
- THESE PEOPLE STARTED
TO PICK UP ROCKS
00:31:37.417 --> 00:31:40.374
AND THEY STARTED THROWING THEM.
00:31:40.375 --> 00:31:43.958
AND ONE OF THE POLICEMEN
WAS TRYING TO STOP THEM.
00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:48.999
HE WAS LIKE ONE AND ALL THE REST
OF THE POLICE WERE WAY UP ON
THE BRIDGE PART,
00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:50.958
ON THE ABOVE PART.
00:31:50.959 --> 00:31:52.666
SO AS WE WENT THROUGH,
00:31:52.667 --> 00:31:55.416
ONE BIG ROCK HIT MY SON\'S CAR
ON THE BACK
00:31:55.417 --> 00:31:59.416
AND A COUPLE OF SMALLER ONES
AND BROKE LIKE THE BACK WINDOW
00:31:59.417 --> 00:32:00.541
AND IT LEFT A BIG DENT IN THERE.
00:32:00.542 --> 00:32:05.249
IF YOU LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW
MIRROR, ALL I COULD SEE IS THE
DUST AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH.
00:32:05.250 --> 00:32:08.917
- THE SQ,THEY WERE JUST STANDING
THERE. THEY WERE WATCHING.
00:32:08.918 --> 00:32:11.082
THEY HAD THEIR BACKS
TO THE PEOPLE,
00:32:11.083 --> 00:32:13.999
AND JUST WATCHING WINDSHIELDS
BEING SMASHED,
00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.959
YOU NAME IT.
00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:19.124
- THERE WAS A PHONE CALL THAT
CAME IN THROUGH COUNCIL OFFICE.
00:32:19.125 --> 00:32:21.500
AND SAID THERE WERE PROBLEMS
ON THE BRIDGE.
00:32:21.501 --> 00:32:23.666
WE DIDN\'T KNOW THE EXTENT
OF THOSE PROBLEMS.
00:32:23.667 --> 00:32:27.125
SO WE RUSHED AND TURNED
THE TV ON.
00:32:32.751 --> 00:32:38.958
-IT WAS JUST AWFUL BECAUSE WE
WERE SO POWERLESS. THERE WAS
NOTHING WE COULD DO.
00:32:38.959 --> 00:32:43.374
- I FELT SICK. I FELT...
I SAID, \"NO. MY GOD, WHY...
00:32:43.375 --> 00:32:45.666
WHY SHOULD THIS HAPPEN?\"
00:32:45.667 --> 00:32:47.958
SOME PEOPLE COULDN\'T TAKE IT.
00:32:47.959 --> 00:32:49.208
FOR ALL KINDS OF REASONS.
00:32:49.209 --> 00:32:52.917
NOT BEING ABLE TO GO TO WORK.
NOT BEING ABLE TO EARN A LIVING.
00:32:52.918 --> 00:32:56.500
HAVING TO TRAVEL ALL AROUND
THE PLACE TO GO TO WORK.
00:32:56.501 --> 00:32:57.958
-I WAS REALLY SCARED.
00:32:57.959 --> 00:33:00.958
SCARED FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN
AND SCARED FOR MYSELF.
00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:02.708
AND THANK GOD,
MONA IS A GOOD DRIVER.
00:33:02.709 --> 00:33:07.291
\'CAUSE WHEN THEY WERE THROWING
STONES, IT JUST JUST BOUNCING
OFF OUR CAR.
00:33:07.292 --> 00:33:11.625
AND THEN, IT HIT
THE GUY BEHIND US.
00:33:11.626 --> 00:33:12.958
SO I WAS PRAYING OUT LOUD,
00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:14.583
TELLING MY GRANDCHILDREN,
WE COVERED THE KIDS.
00:33:14.584 --> 00:33:20.999
AND THEN, MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS
PREGNANT. AND THEN SHE COULD GO
INTO LABOR. WE WERE AFRAID.
00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:23.583
- I SAT THERE DURING THAT TIME
AND THOUGHT ABOUT
00:33:23.584 --> 00:33:27.374
IF I WAS GOING TO TIE MY SON
IN THE SEAT NEXT TO ME,
00:33:27.375 --> 00:33:28.917
IN A SEATBELT OR HOLD HIM.
00:33:28.918 --> 00:33:31.958
AND FOR SOME REASON, I SAID NO,
I\'M GOING TO HOLD HIM.
00:33:31.959 --> 00:33:35.750
I FELT MORE COMFORTABLE
PUTTING HIM ON MY LAP
00:33:35.751 --> 00:33:38.416
AND HOLDING ON TO HIM
THAN STRAPPING HIM IN,
00:33:38.417 --> 00:33:42.291
WHICH I NORMALLY WOULD HAVE
DONE. BUT THIS TIME, I DIDN\'T.
00:33:42.292 --> 00:33:45.666
ALL YOU COULD SEE WAS LIKE
AN AVALANCHE OF ROCKS.
00:33:45.667 --> 00:33:49.791
AND IT WASN\'T SMALL ROCKS.
IT WAS LARGE ROCKS.
00:33:49.792 --> 00:33:50.833
ROCKS LIKE THIS.
00:33:50.834 --> 00:33:55.416
AND YOU COULD SEE WHAT
WAS HAPPENING TO THE
CARS IN FRONT OF YOU.
00:33:55.417 --> 00:33:56.958
SO WE WERE TERRIFIED.
00:33:56.959 --> 00:34:04.042
AND MY SISTER-IN-LAW WAS CRYING
AND SHAKING.
00:34:04.459 --> 00:34:08.958
AND A ROCK HIT THE BACK OF
MY SISTER-IN-LAW\'S WINDOW.
00:34:08.959 --> 00:34:10.958
AND THE WINDOW SHATTERED.
00:34:10.959 --> 00:34:13.709
WE WERE COVERED IN GLASS.
00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:16.791
IT\'S SOMETHING THAT...
00:34:16.792 --> 00:34:19.625
I\'VE SUPPRESSED,
I THINK, UNTIL NOW.
00:34:19.626 --> 00:34:21.958
- WHAT IF THAT BABY
WOULD HAVE GOT HIT
00:34:21.959 --> 00:34:23.917
WITH THE STONE THAT THEY THREW?
00:34:23.918 --> 00:34:26.458
- I JUST KEPT PRAYING AND ASKING
THE CREATOR,
00:34:26.459 --> 00:34:28.958
\"PLEASE, GUIDE ME\" AS I DROVE.
00:34:28.959 --> 00:34:31.917
AND AS THE STONES WERE FLYING,
00:34:31.918 --> 00:34:36.082
I TOLD MY MOTHER, THE CHILDREN,
TO BEND DOWN IN THE CAR
00:34:36.083 --> 00:34:38.834
AND PUT BLANKETS
AND PILLOWS ON THEM.
00:34:43.584 --> 00:34:47.625
- I JUST DROVE AND WATCHED
THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME,
00:34:47.626 --> 00:34:49.708
SO THAT I DON\'T HIT HIM.
00:34:49.709 --> 00:34:51.958
- AND EVERY TIME I TRIED
TO GET MY...
00:34:51.959 --> 00:34:54.958
TRIED TO PUT MY HEAD UP
TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON,
00:34:54.959 --> 00:34:56.958
THEY JUST KEPT PUSHING ME DOWN.
I DIDN\'T KNOW WHY.
00:34:56.959 --> 00:35:02.666
AND JUST HEARD WAS THE YELLING
AND WHEN THE THINGS HIT THE CAR.
00:35:02.667 --> 00:35:07.791
THEN WE JUST WENT REALLY FAST
AND STAYED DOWN.
00:35:07.792 --> 00:35:12.958
MY GRANDMOTHER, WE\'RE ALL SCARED
AND EVERYTHING.
00:35:12.959 --> 00:35:16.917
- THEY WERE THROWING STONES
AND CHAIRS.
00:35:16.918 --> 00:35:19.458
SO MY DAUGHTER, I DIDN\'T THINK
SHE WAS COMING.
00:35:19.459 --> 00:35:23.416
I LOOKED IN MY MIRROR AND SHE
WAS THERE, PALE AND WHITE.
00:35:23.417 --> 00:35:27.750
HER WINDOW WAS ALL BUSTED. HER
FRONT WINDOW, HER BACK WINDOW.
00:35:27.751 --> 00:35:29.458
-SO IT WAS ALL DUSTY.
00:35:29.459 --> 00:35:33.249
THE FARTHEST YOU COULD SEE WAS
A LITTLE PAST THE WINDSHIELD
OF YOUR CAR.
00:35:33.250 --> 00:35:34.666
AND ALL I KEPT PRAYING WAS
00:35:34.667 --> 00:35:37.249
THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME
WOULDN\'T STOP TO PUT ON
HER BRAKES
00:35:37.250 --> 00:35:41.958
\'CAUSE I WAS GOING TO HIT HER.
AND ALL I COULD HEAR WAS
\"BANG! BANG! BANG!\"
00:35:41.959 --> 00:35:43.374
THE NOISE OF THESE ROCKS
00:35:43.375 --> 00:35:46.666
AND MY SON CRYING TO GET
THE BLANKET OFF OF HIM AND...
00:35:46.667 --> 00:35:50.666
BETWEEN THAT AND MY TEARS COMING
DOWN MY FACE, YOU COULDN\'T SEE
ANYTHING.
00:35:50.667 --> 00:35:52.708
- I WAS JUST STARING OUT
THE WINDOW.
00:35:52.709 --> 00:35:56.166
AND REALLY, I COULD HAVE BEEN
HIT IN THE FACE.
00:35:56.167 --> 00:35:59.333
I WAS THERE WITH MY BROTHER
IN THE BACK SEAT WITH ME
00:35:59.334 --> 00:36:02.583
AND I JUST DECIDED
THAT WHOEVER WAS THERE,
00:36:02.584 --> 00:36:04.208
THEY WEREN\'T GOING
TO SEE ME HIDING.
00:36:04.209 --> 00:36:07.416
THEY WERE GOING TO SEE
MY FACE STARING OUT
00:36:07.417 --> 00:36:09.958
AT THEM.
YOU KNOW, A STRONG FACE.
00:36:09.959 --> 00:36:12.958
AND THEY WEREN\'T GOING
TO SEE ME BACK DOWN.
00:36:12.959 --> 00:36:18.416
FIFTEEN IS... IT\'S QUITE AN AGE
TO BE GOING THROUGH THAT.
00:36:18.417 --> 00:36:21.958
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT I KNEW I HAD TO DO.
00:36:21.959 --> 00:36:24.583
I FELT LIKE... ALMOST
LIKE I WAS TAKING CARE
00:36:24.584 --> 00:36:27.666
OF THE FAMILY IN
MY FATHER\'S PLACE,
00:36:27.667 --> 00:36:30.959
BECAUSE I KNEW MY MOTHER
WAS VERY NERVOUS.
00:36:34.083 --> 00:36:37.166
-I WAS SIX AND A HALF YEARS OLD.
00:36:37.167 --> 00:36:39.416
I WAS HOLDING
MY BROTHER WITH ME.
00:36:39.417 --> 00:36:41.166
HE WAS SITTING ON MY LAP
00:36:41.167 --> 00:36:44.541
AND MY BABY COUSIN WAS SITTING
RIGHT NEXT TO US IN A CAR SEAT.
00:36:44.542 --> 00:36:48.625
ALL THESE PEOPLE JUST STARTED
THROWING ROCKS AT US.
00:36:48.626 --> 00:36:51.583
I WAS SCREAMING FOR MY MOM BUT
OBVIOUSLY, SHE COULDN\'T HELP
00:36:51.584 --> 00:36:56.917
BECAUSE SHE WAS TRYING TO DRIVE
US TO WHERE IT WAS SAFE.
00:36:56.918 --> 00:36:57.958
-MY FATHER IN THE BACK, MOANING.
00:36:57.959 --> 00:37:00.958
HE HAD SUCH A WHISPER BECAUSE
HE WAS SO SICK, YOU KNOW,
00:37:00.959 --> 00:37:05.958
AND HE JUST KEPT SAYING,
\"WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?\"
00:37:05.959 --> 00:37:08.124
AND MY MOTHER HAD HER HEAD DOWN
00:37:08.125 --> 00:37:10.082
AND SHE WAS PRAYING IN MOHAWK,
YOU KNOW,
00:37:10.083 --> 00:37:12.333
\"SEWENNI: IO SEWENNI: IO,
HELP US, HELP US\",
00:37:12.334 --> 00:37:15.209
WHICH MEANS,
\"MY GOD, MY GOD, HELP US.\"
00:37:16.417 --> 00:37:19.625
- I COULDN\'T BELIEVE HOW MANY
PEOPLE WERE GATHERED THERE.
00:37:19.626 --> 00:37:20.833
HOW MANY PEOPLE HATED US
00:37:20.834 --> 00:37:26.541
SO MUCH THAT THEY WEREN\'T
THERE JUST TO THROW
ROCKS TO SCARE US;
00:37:26.542 --> 00:37:29.417
THESE WERE ROCKS TO KILL US.
00:37:33.501 --> 00:37:36.708
- WHEN I SAW THE ROCKS COMING,
I SAID, \"PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN.
00:37:36.709 --> 00:37:38.124
PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN.\"
AND MY MOTHER WENT DOWN,
00:37:38.125 --> 00:37:41.917
MY BOYS WENT DOWN AND MY OLDER
ONE JUST KEPT YELLING,
\"WE\'RE OKAY, MA.
00:37:41.918 --> 00:37:45.791
EVERYBODY IS OKAY. DON\'T WORRY\",
HE SAID, \"I\'VE GOT THEM
COVERED.\"
00:37:45.792 --> 00:37:49.875
ONE WAS 12, 10 AND 6.
00:37:49.876 --> 00:37:54.708
AND I REMEMBER FROM THE TOP,
A LAWN CHAIR COMING DOWN
AND I SAID,
00:37:54.709 --> 00:37:58.792
\"I\'M GOING TO LOSE CONTROL.\"
00:37:59.709 --> 00:38:03.458
MY CAR JUST SWERVED ALL OVER
THE PLACE, BUT...
00:38:03.459 --> 00:38:07.958
SOMEBODY MUST HAVE BEEN WATCHING
OVER US BECAUSE I DIDN\'T GET
00:38:07.959 --> 00:38:10.291
AN ACCIDENT. I GOT THROUGH IT.
00:38:10.292 --> 00:38:11.791
AND WHEN WE GOT
INTO VILLE LASALLE,
00:38:11.792 --> 00:38:15.875
THAT\'S WHEN MY SON TOLD ME
THAT HE HAD GOTTEN HIT,
THAT THE ROCK...
00:38:15.876 --> 00:38:18.082
THE WINDOWS WERE ALL BUSTED
IN MY CAR.
00:38:18.083 --> 00:38:19.999
HE GOT HIT ON THE SHOULDER.
00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:21.917
THEY HAD LIKE GLASS
ALL OVER THEM.
00:38:21.918 --> 00:38:24.958
LITTLE LITTLE CUTS. HE HAD A LOT
ON HIS LEGS TOO, LITTLE CUTS.
00:38:24.959 --> 00:38:29.541
BUT THE MAIN PART WAS HIS NECK
AND SHOULDER THAT HE GOT HIT.
00:38:29.542 --> 00:38:34.666
HE KNEW THAT I HAD TO DRIVE AND
HE DIDN\'T WANT ME TO PANIC.
00:38:34.667 --> 00:38:37.124
- AS WE GOT THROUGH WHAT
THEY CALL THE WHISKEY TRENCH,
00:38:37.125 --> 00:38:39.917
THE CROWD, THE MOB HAD GATHERED
ON TOP OF THE SPAN.
00:38:39.918 --> 00:38:44.833
THE TRENCH, WHICH IS IMPASSABLE.
YOU CAN\'T YIELD. YOU CAN\'T TURN.
00:38:44.834 --> 00:38:46.750
IT\'S REFERRED TO AS
THE WHISKEY TRENCH
00:38:46.751 --> 00:38:49.958
BECAUSE OF THE SEAGRAM\'S
DISTILLERS ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY.
00:38:49.959 --> 00:38:52.958
IT WAS JUST BEFORE I WENT UNDER
THE TUNNEL THAT A ROCK...
00:38:52.959 --> 00:38:54.082
I HEARD THE ROCK GO
THROUGH THE WINDOW
00:38:54.083 --> 00:38:57.291
AND I HEARD MY FATHER
MOAN, AND HE FELL.
I DIDN\'T KNOW WHERE IT HIT HIM
00:38:57.292 --> 00:39:02.374
AND I HAD TO KEEP DRIVING,
AND MY MOTHER WAS SCREAMING
AND SHE WAS TRYING TO REACH OVER
00:39:02.375 --> 00:39:03.833
TO MY DAD IN THE BACK SEAT.
00:39:03.834 --> 00:39:06.166
AND I WAS TRYING TO REACH OVER
AND TRYING TO HOLD THE WHEEL.
00:39:06.167 --> 00:39:10.166
SO WHAT I DID, I KNEW WE WERE
HIT. I JUST DIDN\'T KNOW HOW
BADLY HE WAS HIT.
00:39:10.167 --> 00:39:12.999
WAS HE HIT IN THE HEAD?
WAS HE HIT... WHERE?
I COULDN\'T TELL.
00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:16.584
I WAS LOOKING IN THE REARVIEW
MIRROR BUT I COULDN\'T SEE.
00:39:18.667 --> 00:39:21.958
AND I WENT RIGHT TO THE
LACHINE GENERAL.I PULLED
INTO THE EMERGENCY EXIT.
00:39:21.959 --> 00:39:25.958
HE HAD BEEN HIT IN THE CHEST.
RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CHEST.
00:39:25.959 --> 00:39:29.917
THIS IS WHAT THEY THREW
AT MY FATHER.
00:39:29.918 --> 00:39:34.708
THIS IS WHAT HIT HIM
IN THE CHEST.
00:39:34.709 --> 00:39:36.416
I\'M GONNA KEEP THIS
00:39:36.417 --> 00:39:39.709
AND I\'M GONNA REMEMBER
THOSE FACES.
00:39:42.375 --> 00:39:44.958
I CAN\'T BELIEVE RACISM
IS THIS BAD
00:39:44.959 --> 00:39:46.958
IN THIS COUNTRY, IN THIS TIME.
00:39:46.959 --> 00:39:50.584
I DON\'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
00:39:51.375 --> 00:39:53.958
THERE WAS A LARGE LACERATION.
THE SKIN HAD BEEN BROKEN.
00:39:53.959 --> 00:40:00.166
THERE WAS GLASS EVERYWHERE IN
HIS SHIRT, IN HIS UNDERWEAR,
IN HIS PANTS, SOCKS.
00:40:00.167 --> 00:40:02.833
THEY WERE TAKING GLASS OUT
FOR DAYS AFTER.
00:40:02.834 --> 00:40:06.708
THEY ADMITTED HIM IMMEDIATELY
AND THEY STARTED TO CLEAN
HIM UP.
00:40:06.709 --> 00:40:08.666
THEY CLEANED UP THE WOUNDS,
THEY BANDAGED IT.
00:40:08.667 --> 00:40:13.958
HE WAS ALREADY SICK TO BEGIN
WITH. HE WAS ALREADY WEAK.
HE WAS ALREADY DEPRESSED.
00:40:13.959 --> 00:40:17.541
- I COULDN\'T BELIEVE PEOPLE
COULD BE SO CRUEL.
00:40:17.542 --> 00:40:22.708
I COULDN\'T UNDERSTAND HOW MEN
AND WOMEN COULD STAND THERE
AND THROW ROCKS
00:40:22.709 --> 00:40:25.541
AT OTHER WOMEN, CHILDREN
AND ELDERLY PEOPLE.
00:40:25.542 --> 00:40:31.041
-IT\'S HARD TO... TO...
00:40:31.042 --> 00:40:35.666
THINK HOW PEOPLE COULD DO
THAT TO YOU, YOU KNOW.
00:40:35.667 --> 00:40:36.791
TO ANYBODY, YOU KNOW.
00:40:36.792 --> 00:40:41.791
I WOULD NEVER THINK OF TRYING
TO HURT ANYBODY LIKE THAT,
YOU KNOW.
00:40:41.792 --> 00:40:45.708
I SAW A FEW FACES AND I GUESS
I\'LL NEVER FORGET THEM.
00:40:45.709 --> 00:40:48.958
YOU TRY TO FORGET THEM.
YOU HAVE TO LIVE.
00:40:48.959 --> 00:40:52.791
YOU HAVE TO PUT IT IN THE PAST.
00:40:52.792 --> 00:40:55.208
AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER
A LITTLE GIRL
00:40:55.209 --> 00:40:58.291
AND HER MOTHER STANDING
AT THE CORNER,
00:40:58.292 --> 00:41:01.875
AND THEY WERE THROWING US
KISSES.
00:41:01.876 --> 00:41:08.167
AND I REMEMBER SAYING, \"MY GOD,
NOT EVERYBODY IS AGAINST US!\"
00:41:09.417 --> 00:41:14.750
-OVER THE BRIDGE, THROUGH
THE CLEARING OF THE DUST
AND EVERYTHING,
00:41:14.751 --> 00:41:17.500
I SEE AN ELDERLY MAN
WITH HIS TWO CHILDREN,
00:41:17.501 --> 00:41:22.958
STANDING THERE CRYING AND WAVING
AT US AND GIVING US THUMBS UP
LIKE, \"YOU DID IT!\"
00:41:22.959 --> 00:41:27.416
-AND I REMEMBER GOING BY
THE LAKESHORE AND SAYING,
\"MY GOD,
00:41:27.417 --> 00:41:29.958
THERE\'S PEOPLE ROLLERBLADING
AND BICYCLING AND...\"
00:41:29.959 --> 00:41:34.124
THE LIFE ON THE OTHER SIDE
WAS SO NORMAL.
00:41:34.125 --> 00:41:37.958
AND I KEPT ON SAYING
TO MYSELF, \"DO THEY KNOW
00:41:37.959 --> 00:41:40.208
WHAT WE\'RE GOING THROUGH
ACROSS?\", YOU KNOW.
00:41:40.209 --> 00:41:42.750
IT\'S LIKE TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS.
00:41:42.751 --> 00:41:44.999
IT WAS ALL SO NORMAL OUT THERE
AND PEACEFUL.
00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:48.374
AND HERE, WE WERE GOING
THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS
00:41:48.375 --> 00:41:52.458
WHERE PLANES WERE FLYING OVER US
AND HELICOPTERS AND YOU KNOW,
00:41:52.459 --> 00:41:56.166
EVERY DAY YOU HEAR SOMEBODY,
YOU KNOW, \"THEY\'RE GONNA
COME IN TONIGHT!
00:41:56.167 --> 00:41:59.124
THEY\'RE GONNA COME IN TONIGHT!\"
00:41:59.125 --> 00:42:00.958
-THE POLICE LET THEM THROW ROCKS
00:42:00.959 --> 00:42:02.583
AND BUST THEIR WINDOWS
AND EVERYTHING.
00:42:02.584 --> 00:42:03.708
-ANYBODY HURT, DO YOU KNOW?
00:42:03.709 --> 00:42:05.958
- AS FAR AS I KNOW,
I DON\'T KNOW YET.
00:42:05.959 --> 00:42:09.333
- THE INDIANS ALL AROUND,
THEY\'RE NOT GONNA STAND
00:42:09.334 --> 00:42:11.041
FOR ANOTHER \"WOUNDED KNEE.\"
00:42:11.042 --> 00:42:13.875
AND WE\'RE GOING TO DIE
FOR OUR RIGHTS.
00:42:13.876 --> 00:42:16.375
-ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
00:42:21.959 --> 00:42:27.249
- I REMEMBER, WE WERE HEADED
TOWARDS THE WHISKEY TRENCH.
00:42:27.250 --> 00:42:30.333
AND SEEING THINGS BEING
TOSSED AND I WASN\'T SURE
00:42:30.334 --> 00:42:34.208
WHAT IT WAS UNTIL OUR CAR
WAS ACTUALLY HIT.
00:42:34.209 --> 00:42:37.958
I COULD REMEMBER GRABBING A
PILLOW THAT WAS ON THE SIDE
OF SARAH
00:42:37.959 --> 00:42:42.041
AND PUTTING IT OVER HER, AND
I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS SAFE.
00:42:42.042 --> 00:42:44.291
MY DAUGHTER WAS HIT.
00:42:44.292 --> 00:42:47.374
I WAS HIT.
00:42:47.375 --> 00:42:48.416
AND...
00:42:48.417 --> 00:42:53.124
THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN ON
THE CAR. AND WE VENTURED
THROUGH THE TUNNEL.
00:42:53.125 --> 00:42:56.082
THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME I FELT
WE WERE SAFE.
00:42:56.083 --> 00:43:00.291
AND I PULLED THE PILLOW
FROM ON TOP OF HER.
00:43:00.292 --> 00:43:04.458
I LOOKED DOWN AT HER
AND I SAW BLOOD.
00:43:04.459 --> 00:43:10.583
AND I COULD FEEL MYSELF THAT I
HAD PAIN BUT I COULDN\'T EXACTLY
PINPOINT WHERE IT WAS.
00:43:10.584 --> 00:43:11.833
I LOOKED AT MY BABYSITTER.
00:43:11.834 --> 00:43:15.500
SHE WAS SCREAMING, YOU KNOW,
AND I DIDN\'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT TO DO.
00:43:15.501 --> 00:43:21.333
I JUST SAID, \"LET\'S BRING HER
TO THE HOSPITAL, YOU KNOW,
THE LASALLE GENERAL.\"
00:43:21.334 --> 00:43:23.291
WE WENT RUNNING IN THERE.
00:43:23.292 --> 00:43:26.249
AND THEY TOOK HER
INTO EMERGENCY.
00:43:26.250 --> 00:43:29.208
THEY ALSO BROUGHT ME IN.
I HAD BRUISES;
00:43:29.209 --> 00:43:33.958
I WAS HIT ON MY BREAST,
MY ARM, MY FACE.
00:43:33.959 --> 00:43:35.583
WHEN THEY BROUGHT HER IN,
00:43:35.584 --> 00:43:38.833
IT TOOK ONE HOUR AND A HALF
TO TWO HOURS FOR THEM
00:43:38.834 --> 00:43:40.249
TO REMOVE ALL THE GLASS
FROM HER.
00:43:40.250 --> 00:43:44.583
IT WAS STUCK IN HER DIAPERS,
STUCK IN HER SHIRT, EVERYWHERE.
00:43:44.584 --> 00:43:46.959
AND TO TRY TO CONTROL...
00:43:52.042 --> 00:43:56.625
A CHILD, YOU CAN\'T.
00:43:56.626 --> 00:44:00.958
I WAS MADE TO FEEL THAT I...
00:44:00.959 --> 00:44:03.041
I TOOK THE DECISION TO LEAVE.
00:44:03.042 --> 00:44:06.334
I PUT US IN JEOPARDY.
00:44:09.709 --> 00:44:12.041
FOR ME AS A PARENT,
00:44:12.042 --> 00:44:17.583
I DIDN\'T FEEL I WAS ABLE
TO DO THE JOB ANYMORE.
00:44:17.584 --> 00:44:21.583
- I HOPE THE PEOPLE WHO THREW
STUFF AT US IS VERY SORRY.
00:44:21.584 --> 00:44:26.709
AND I\'M GLAD THAT I STILL HAVE
MY MOM AND DAD HERE.
00:44:28.626 --> 00:44:33.667
\'CAUSE WITHOUT MY MOM,
I DON\'T KNOW WHAT I\'D DO.
00:44:39.959 --> 00:44:43.125
AND I\'M GLAD I HAVE MY FAMILY.
00:44:50.959 --> 00:44:55.416
-WE\'RE SPEAKING WITH THE RCMP
THAT THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
100 OTHER POLICE OFFICERS
00:44:55.417 --> 00:44:59.416
ON STANDBY RIGHT OUTSIDE
TO ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD
BE SAFE PASSAGE.
00:44:59.417 --> 00:45:04.291
- THERE WAS A LOT OF COPS THERE.
IT WAS A BAD SCENE AND NO...
00:45:04.292 --> 00:45:06.458
NO RIOT SQUAD SHOWED UP.
00:45:06.459 --> 00:45:07.958
-WE WERE VICTIMIZED.
00:45:07.959 --> 00:45:11.583
AND AGAIN, THE VIOLENCE
WAS PERPETRATED ON US.
00:45:11.584 --> 00:45:14.875
AND AGAIN, WE WERE NOT
THE AGGRESSORS.
00:45:14.876 --> 00:45:17.958
WE WERE NOT VIOLENT
TOWARD ANYBODY.
00:45:17.959 --> 00:45:19.541
WHY COULD THEY HAVE NOT GONE
00:45:19.542 --> 00:45:25.959
AND PHYSICALLY, STOP THESE
PEOPLE FROM PICKING UP ROCKS
AND THROWING THEM?
00:45:29.459 --> 00:45:31.999
-I SAW THE NEWS THAT EVENING
00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:33.791
AND THEY WERE LIKE,
\"HEY, WE GOT THE WARRIORS!\"
00:45:33.792 --> 00:45:40.291
THEY GOT A WARRIOR!THEY GOT A
76-YEAR-OLD FRENCH-CANADIAN FROM
LACHINE. THAT\'S WHO THEY GOT.
00:45:40.292 --> 00:45:41.958
JOSEPH ARMAND LACROIX.
00:45:41.959 --> 00:45:44.625
HE MARRIED MY MOTHER.
MY MOTHER WAS A MOHAWK.
00:45:44.626 --> 00:45:47.082
AND HE NEVER REALLY RECOVERED
FROM THE INCIDENT.
00:45:47.083 --> 00:45:51.291
EVEN WHEN WE HAD TO BRING HIM
BACK FROM CHECK-UPS, HE WOULD
ALWAYS BE
00:45:51.292 --> 00:45:54.333
VERY NERVOUS, ESPECIALLY GOING
OVER THE BRIDGE.
00:45:54.334 --> 00:45:57.166
HE NEVER WANTED
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
00:45:57.167 --> 00:45:59.751
HE DIED IN 1994.
00:46:05.959 --> 00:46:10.583
- I SHOULD NEVER HAVE LEFT.
I WOULD NEVER LEAVE AGAIN.
00:46:10.584 --> 00:46:12.208
I FEEL SAFE IN KAHNAWAKE.
00:46:12.209 --> 00:46:16.834
AND I FEEL SAFE NOWHERE ELSE
BUT HERE.
00:46:22.250 --> 00:46:23.708
I\'M PROUD
00:46:23.709 --> 00:46:26.209
TO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
00:46:28.709 --> 00:46:31.249
KAHNAWAKE, TO ME,
00:46:31.250 --> 00:46:34.625
SHOWS HOW VERY STRONG
AND DETERMINED
00:46:34.626 --> 00:46:40.959
OUR PEOPLE ARE
TO MAINTAIN OUR IDENTITY.
00:46:50.083 --> 00:46:52.082
I\'M PROUD TO BE MOHAWK.
00:46:52.083 --> 00:47:00.083
I THINK THAT NO MATTER HOW
THE GOVERNMENTS OR THE OUTSIDE
COMMUNITIES TRY,
00:47:01.292 --> 00:47:05.625
THEY COULD NEVER BEAT THAT OUT
OF US.
00:47:05.626 --> 00:47:09.709
NOT EVEN WITH A ROCK.
00:47:18.584 --> 00:47:20.333
- IF I\'M GOING TO DIE,
I\'M GOING TO DIE HERE.
00:47:20.334 --> 00:47:23.958
I AM NOT GOING TO DIE FROM
SOMEBODY THROWING ROCKS AT ME.
00:47:23.959 --> 00:47:25.541
I\'D RATHER DIE IN MY OWN HOUSE
00:47:25.542 --> 00:47:28.709
WITH MY CHILDREN AND MY FAMILY.
00:47:37.209 --> 00:47:41.416
- THE QUESTIONS WERE: HOW DID
IT HAPPEN? AND WHO PLANNED IT?
00:47:41.417 --> 00:47:43.333
AND WHAT KIND OF PLAN TOOK PLACE
TO ALLOW THIS?
00:47:43.334 --> 00:47:49.500
AND IT\'S LIKE WE WERE IN SUCH A
POSITION THAT WE REALLY COULDN\'T
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
00:47:49.501 --> 00:47:53.458
IF THE PEOPLE WHO PLANNED IT
KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN,
00:47:53.459 --> 00:47:54.958
THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THAT.
00:47:54.959 --> 00:47:57.958
THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER LET THE
PEOPLE ACROSS THAT BRIDGE.
00:47:57.959 --> 00:48:02.167
THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN THEM IN
BOATS OR IN ANY OTHER WAY.
00:48:03.501 --> 00:48:05.750
-I WAS SCARED AT MANY TIMES
00:48:05.751 --> 00:48:08.291
WHEN THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
WERE DRIVING THROUGH.
00:48:08.292 --> 00:48:10.208
I\'VE SEEN PEOPLE APPROACHING
WITH BOULDERS AND...
00:48:10.209 --> 00:48:13.166
SOFTBALL-SIZE ROCKS, WHIPPING
THEM THROUGH WINDOWS,
00:48:13.167 --> 00:48:18.082
AND NOT REALLY EVEN CARING
WHAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THOSE WINDOWS,
00:48:18.083 --> 00:48:19.958
IN THE AUTOMOBILE.
00:48:19.959 --> 00:48:21.999
-WHAT WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE?
00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:23.541
-WOMEN AND SMALL CHILDREN.
00:48:23.542 --> 00:48:26.000
INNOCENT PEOPLE. INNOCENT.
00:48:31.501 --> 00:48:35.291
- THAT WAS THE LOWEST POINT
OF MY LIFE, WHAT I\'VE SEEN.
00:48:35.292 --> 00:48:38.458
I WOULD SAY MY CAREER
AS A PEACEKEEPER.
00:48:38.459 --> 00:48:40.958
AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WAS
THERE THAT DAY.
00:48:40.959 --> 00:48:43.917
WE HAD SPOKEN TO THEM,
THE ELDERLY,
00:48:43.918 --> 00:48:45.958
TELLING THEM THEY\'RE
GONNA BE SAFE.
00:48:45.959 --> 00:48:47.458
DON\'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING.
00:48:47.459 --> 00:48:53.999
LITTLE DID WE KNOW THEY WERE
IN MORE DANGER THAN WE WERE,
00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:59.958
JUST BY PASSING THROUGH
THAT ONE LITTLE SECTION.
00:48:59.959 --> 00:49:06.708
THAT DAY, WHEN I CAME BACK,
FINISHED WORK,
00:49:06.709 --> 00:49:08.708
I JUST CAME HOME,
00:49:08.709 --> 00:49:12.626
I WENT INTO MY BEDROOM
AND CLOSED THE DOOR...
00:49:13.667 --> 00:49:16.708
MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY KNEW
WHAT HAPPENED.
00:49:16.709 --> 00:49:19.875
THEY DIDN\'T SAY A WORD.
THEY JUST LET ME BE.
00:49:19.876 --> 00:49:22.666
I\'D SEEN IT ON THE NEWS
THAT NIGHT.
00:49:22.667 --> 00:49:26.501
THE HURT CAME BACK RIGHT AWAY.
00:49:27.959 --> 00:49:29.833
-EVERYBODY WAS CRYING AND...
00:49:29.834 --> 00:49:34.416
I FELT BAD FOR MY GRANDCHILDREN
AND MY PARENTS.
00:49:34.417 --> 00:49:37.125
YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH THAT...
00:49:39.083 --> 00:49:43.416
-WE WENT TO A SCHOOL IN DORVAL
WHERE THEY WERE TAKING NAMES
DOWN.
00:49:43.417 --> 00:49:47.291
AND IT WAS THERE THAT WE SAW ALL
THE DAMAGE TO THE OTHER CARS.
00:49:47.292 --> 00:49:51.958
WE WERE BASICALLY ON OUR OWN
ONCE WE WENT THROUGH
THAT GAUNTLET.
00:49:51.959 --> 00:49:54.958
FROM THERE, WE WENT TO A HOTEL.
00:49:54.959 --> 00:50:00.500
STAYED OVER A WEEK,
MAYBE 10 DAYS,
00:50:00.501 --> 00:50:04.249
BECAUSE WE HAD STARTED SCHOOL.
00:50:04.250 --> 00:50:05.708
- MY KIDS CRIED, MY OLDER ONE,
EVERY DAY.
00:50:05.709 --> 00:50:10.958
\"LET\'S GO HOME. LET\'S GO HOME\",
HE SAID. \"I DON\'T EVEN CARE, MA,
IF THEY STONE US.\"
00:50:10.959 --> 00:50:13.666
I HEARD PEOPLE SAY,
\"OH, YOU\'RE ON VACATION.\"
00:50:13.667 --> 00:50:16.958
THAT WAS THE MOST MISERABLE
11 DAYS OF MY LIFE.
00:50:16.959 --> 00:50:20.958
SITTING IN THAT HOTEL. YOU
DIDN\'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
00:50:20.959 --> 00:50:25.374
WE WENT OUT, LIKE, TO WASH YOUR
CLOTHES. PEOPLE WERE STARING
AT US.
00:50:25.375 --> 00:50:31.374
YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN\'T MISS
YOU. YOUR CAR WAS ALL BUSTED UP.
00:50:31.375 --> 00:50:36.625
- THERE WAS ONE ELDERLY MAN WHO,
AFTER THE INCIDENT,
00:50:36.626 --> 00:50:38.583
SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND DIED
00:50:38.584 --> 00:50:41.833
THE DAY AFTER. SO THAT WAS QUITE
00:50:41.834 --> 00:50:44.876
DEVASTATING AS WELL.
00:50:49.167 --> 00:50:53.458
- I DON\'T KNOW WHAT THEY THINK
OF US TODAY BUT...
00:50:53.459 --> 00:50:54.708
IT WAS OUT OF OUR CONTROL AND...
00:50:54.709 --> 00:50:59.500
THEY DIDN\'T TAKE THE MEANS
OR THE MEASURES TO PREVENT
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
00:50:59.501 --> 00:51:01.958
I THINK THEY WERE WELL AWARE.
00:51:01.959 --> 00:51:06.666
BUT BECAUSE BEFORE THAT,
WHEN PEOPLE WERE GOING ACROSS,
00:51:06.667 --> 00:51:09.416
THERE WAS INCIDENTS THAT WERE
HAPPENING THERE.
00:51:09.417 --> 00:51:11.958
ANYWAYS THESE GUYS,
WHEN THEY WENT TO COURT,
00:51:11.959 --> 00:51:15.958
THEY GOT A SMACK IN THE HAND.
AND THAT WAS IT.
00:51:15.959 --> 00:51:18.999
-THIRTEEN PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED:
00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:23.333
ELEVEN ADULTS AND TWO JUVENILES.
00:51:23.334 --> 00:51:27.750
ONE MAN WAS SENTENCED TO
10 CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS
AT BORDEAUX JAIL.
00:51:27.751 --> 00:51:30.166
TEN OF THEM RECEIVED
CONDITIONAL DISCHARGES
00:51:30.167 --> 00:51:34.458
AND VARIED FINES GOING
FROM $100 TO $1,000,
00:51:34.459 --> 00:51:37.958
WITH PROBATION OF UP
TO TWO YEARS.
00:51:37.959 --> 00:51:42.959
THE CHARGES AGAINST
THE TWO JUVENILES WERE DROPPED.
00:52:15.292 --> 00:52:18.249
- THEY BLOCKED US FROM COMING
OUT OR GOING THROUGH.
00:52:18.250 --> 00:52:19.708
SO NOW WE DON\'T WANT THEM
TO COME OUT.
00:52:19.709 --> 00:52:23.374
-OKAY, WITHIN SOME TIME THIS
EVENING, THE ARMY IS GOING
TO BE GOING IN...
00:52:23.375 --> 00:52:26.416
- I DON\'T CARE ABOUT THE ARMY.
- CHILDREN AND ELDERLY PEOPLE.
00:52:26.417 --> 00:52:31.250
- THAT\'S TOO BAD. IT\'S A REAL
SHAME. I FEEL SORRY FOR THEM.
00:53:15.959 --> 00:53:23.958
- AS AN ATHLETE, ONE THING
IS THAT I GAINED RESPECT
00:53:23.959 --> 00:53:27.166
FROM OTHER ATHLETES
IN OTHER COUNTRIES
00:53:27.167 --> 00:53:29.416
BECAUSE OF MY PERFORMANCE
LEVELS.
00:53:29.417 --> 00:53:30.958
[REPORTER]: LANE NUMBER 5.
00:53:30.959 --> 00:53:32.958
IN THE LEAD. NOW WITH A FULL
BOAT-LENGTH LEAD.
00:53:32.959 --> 00:53:35.875
NOBODY IS GOING TO CATCH
THE CANADIANS, I DON\'T THINK.
00:53:35.876 --> 00:53:38.416
WE HAVE ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL
FOR CANADA.
-YEAH!
00:53:38.417 --> 00:53:44.374
-HUGH FISHER AND ALWYN MORRIS
WIN THE GOLD MEDAL FOR CANADA
IN THE K.2 1000 METRES.
00:53:44.375 --> 00:53:48.666
A LOT OF SACRIFICE BY BOTH OF
THESE FINE CANADIAN ATHLETES.
00:53:48.667 --> 00:53:49.958
-THE FRIENDS THAT I MET
00:53:49.959 --> 00:53:53.958
AND THE PLACES THAT I\'VE BEEN
AND THE RESPECT THAT
I WAS SHOWN,
00:53:53.959 --> 00:53:55.917
I WILL NEVER FORGET.
00:53:55.918 --> 00:53:58.082
-WINNERS OF THE GOLD MEDALS.
00:53:58.083 --> 00:54:02.250
THE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS.
THE TEAM FROM CANADA!
00:54:03.042 --> 00:54:06.958
- I\'M SHARING THIS VICTORY
WITH THE KAHNAWAKE RESERVE,
00:54:06.959 --> 00:54:08.625
WITH THE MOHAWK INDIANS
IN CANADA
00:54:08.626 --> 00:54:12.583
AND WITH ALL THE NATIVE
PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA.
00:54:12.584 --> 00:54:13.958
I FEEL REALLY STRONG ABOUT...
00:54:13.959 --> 00:54:17.625
ABOUT BEING AN ATHLETE, BEING
NATIVE AND BEING CANADIAN.
00:54:17.626 --> 00:54:20.958
AND CARRYING IT UP HERE HAD
VERY MUCH SIGNIFICANCE FOR ME.
00:54:20.959 --> 00:54:23.833
AND I JUST HOPE MY GRANDFATHER
FEELS VERY PROUD OF ME.
THANK YOU.
00:54:23.834 --> 00:54:28.750
I ALWAYS HAD AN EASY TIME MAKING
FRIENDS AND TAKING PEOPLE FOR
THEIR WORD.
00:54:28.751 --> 00:54:32.625
AND WHETHER THAT\'S SOMETHING
THAT I LEARNED
00:54:32.626 --> 00:54:36.625
AS A YOUNG MAN, GROWING UP
IN KAHNAWAKE
00:54:36.626 --> 00:54:41.750
OR WITH MY GRANDPARENTS,
IT WAS PART OF ME. SO,
00:54:41.751 --> 00:54:44.082
WHEN I MADE ALL
THESE ARRANGEMENTS
00:54:44.083 --> 00:54:47.958
WITH LA SURETE
00:54:47.959 --> 00:54:50.875
AND GIVEN CERTAIN ASSURANCES,
00:54:50.876 --> 00:54:54.208
I HAD TO GO ON THEIR WORD
AND MY OWN DEEP FEELINGS
00:54:54.209 --> 00:54:57.917
THAT THIS THING WAS GOING
TO BE OKAY.
00:54:57.918 --> 00:55:02.082
WHEN YOU RELAY THAT KIND
OF MESSAGE
00:55:02.083 --> 00:55:04.833
IN YOUR OWN TERMS,
IN YOUR OWN WORDS,
00:55:04.834 --> 00:55:09.541
AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENED,
00:55:09.542 --> 00:55:11.500
YOU LOSE SOMETHING.
00:55:11.501 --> 00:55:14.125
YOU LOSE THAT FAITH.
00:55:15.959 --> 00:55:21.625
AND IT\'S SO DIFFICULT
TO BRING IT BACK IN TERMS
OF REDEVELOPING IT.
00:55:21.626 --> 00:55:24.791
IN RETROSPECT, IT\'S ALWAYS
TWENTY-TWENTY.
00:55:24.792 --> 00:55:27.541
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SMARTER
TO SAY, \"LOOK.
00:55:27.542 --> 00:55:30.999
THERE\'S A BIG CROWD HERE.
IT\'S NOT GONNA WORK.
00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:32.249
GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
00:55:32.250 --> 00:55:36.875
WE WILL WORK OUT ANOTHER WAY
IN WHICH TO DO THIS AT
A LATER DATE.\"
00:55:36.876 --> 00:55:38.958
THERE WAS A LOT
OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.
00:55:38.959 --> 00:55:43.918
PEOPLE DID GET HURT BY THE GLASS
AND THE STONES.
00:55:46.042 --> 00:55:48.124
THOSE THINGS HEALED.
00:55:48.125 --> 00:55:53.875
AND THE FACT THAT IT HAPPENED
HERE, IN THIS COUNTRY,
00:55:53.876 --> 00:56:00.458
SUGGESTS SOME VERY DEEP-DOWN
PROBLEMS FROM A SOCIAL
STANDPOINT.
00:56:00.459 --> 00:56:04.666
HOW LONG IS THAT WOUND GOING
TO TAKE TO HEAL? I DON\'T KNOW.
00:56:04.667 --> 00:56:07.626
MAYBE NOT IN MY LIFETIME.
00:56:11.501 --> 00:56:14.082
- MAYBE THE PEOPLE
THAT AGREED TO IT,
00:56:14.083 --> 00:56:17.124
WHO WERE IN COMMAND
AND WHO ALWYN SPOKE TO,
00:56:17.125 --> 00:56:19.917
MAYBE WERE SINCERE
AND DID IT IN GOOD FAITH.
00:56:19.918 --> 00:56:21.750
BUT AGAIN, IT WAS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE
00:56:21.751 --> 00:56:28.583
OF THE ORDERS NOT BEING
FOLLOWED BY LINE OFFICERS.
00:56:28.584 --> 00:56:30.416
-TO ME, IT WAS PLANNED.
00:56:30.417 --> 00:56:35.541
IT HAD TO BE PLANNED FOR THEM
TO GET EVERYBODY THERE AND...
00:56:35.542 --> 00:56:36.999
ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON.
00:56:37.000 --> 00:56:42.501
WORD GETS AROUND AND THAT\'S IT.
EVERYBODY KNOWS.
00:57:08.918 --> 00:57:11.958
- MY BROTHER WORKED ON
THAT BRIDGE.
00:57:11.959 --> 00:57:15.958
ON THE KAHNAWAKE END.
00:57:15.959 --> 00:57:18.958
ALL MOHAWKS, NO WHITE MEN.
00:57:18.959 --> 00:57:26.791
THE STEEL ARRIVED FROM LACHINE,
TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF
THE BRIDGE.
00:57:26.792 --> 00:57:28.333
IT CAME BY RAIL
00:57:28.334 --> 00:57:31.999
AND THEN, IT WAS TRUCKED IN
FROM THERE.
00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:34.583
MY LATE BROTHER LOUIS
00:57:34.584 --> 00:57:36.625
HAD A TEAM OF HORSES
00:57:36.626 --> 00:57:39.458
AND THEY PLOWED THE ROAD
SAME AS THEY WOULD PLOW
00:57:39.459 --> 00:57:45.291
ON THE FARMLAND, TO BREAK UP
THE PLAQUES OUT,
00:57:45.292 --> 00:57:48.291
BEFORE THE TRUCKS
COULD GET THROUGH.
00:57:48.292 --> 00:57:52.875
THEY HAD AN ARMY OF MEN
FROM HERE
00:57:52.876 --> 00:57:55.458
TO SHOVEL THE SNOW.
00:57:55.459 --> 00:57:59.625
AND IF YOUR SHOVEL WAS TOO
SMALL, THEY WOULDN\'T HIRE YOU.
00:57:59.626 --> 00:58:02.875
YOU HAD A REGULAR SNOW SHOVEL
00:58:02.876 --> 00:58:04.541
BEFORE YOU WENT TO WORK.
00:58:04.542 --> 00:58:10.583
THE IRON WORKERS ON
THE MERCIER BRIDGE ITSELF,
00:58:10.584 --> 00:58:14.041
IT WAS VERY, VERY TOUGH.
00:58:14.042 --> 00:58:16.917
IT WAS COLD, WINDY.
00:58:16.918 --> 00:58:21.291
ONE WHOLE WEEK,
BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
00:58:21.292 --> 00:58:24.124
THEY DIDN\'T PUT IN
AN HOUR\'S WORK.
00:58:24.125 --> 00:58:28.249
BEING CHRISTMAS,
THE COMPANY TURNED AROUND
00:58:28.250 --> 00:58:33.374
AND PAID THEM ONE HOUR EACH,
EVERY MAN.
00:58:33.375 --> 00:58:39.291
WHICH WASN\'T VERY MUCH, LET ME
TELL YOU. SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS.
00:58:39.292 --> 00:58:42.458
THAT WAS THE HOURLY RATE
AT THE TIME.
00:58:42.459 --> 00:58:43.958
THOSE ARE THE IRON WORKERS.
00:58:43.959 --> 00:58:48.833
WE WERE ONLY LABORERS,
WORKING ON THE ABUTMENTS.
00:58:48.834 --> 00:58:52.166
WE WERE ONLY MAKING
30 CENTS AN HOUR.
00:58:52.167 --> 00:58:54.876
THAT WAS BIG MONEY THEN.
00:58:56.792 --> 00:59:02.583
IN THE SPRINGTIME, I STARTED
WORK AT THE QUARRY,
00:59:02.584 --> 00:59:05.584
FEEDING THE STONE CRUSHER.
00:59:07.959 --> 00:59:11.708
THEY USED THE CRUSHED STONES
TO BUILD THE ROADS.
00:59:11.709 --> 00:59:14.917
TEN HOURS A DAY,
SIX DAYS A WEEK.
00:59:14.918 --> 00:59:18.666
THAT\'S THE ONLY TIME
I EVER WORKED CLOSE TO HOME.
00:59:18.667 --> 00:59:24.500
[NARRATOR]: THE CONSTRUCTION
OF HONORE-MERCIER BRIDGE
STARTED IN 1932.
00:59:24.501 --> 00:59:26.958
THEY WORKED ALL YEAR ROUND.
00:59:26.959 --> 00:59:32.291
BY JULY 12, 1935, THE CHURCH AND
THE STATE WERE WELL REPRESENTED
00:59:32.292 --> 00:59:36.249
AT THE INAUGURATION
OF THE BRIDGE.
00:59:36.250 --> 00:59:40.750
IN 1955, AN ORDER IN COUNCIL
WAS PASSED,
00:59:40.751 --> 00:59:43.917
PERMITTING THE EXPROPRIATION
OF MOHAWK LAND
00:59:43.918 --> 00:59:45.374
BY THE SEAWAY OFFICIALS.
00:59:45.375 --> 00:59:49.124
THIS MEANT THAT THE PRIVY
COUNCIL WAS TO ALLOW
00:59:49.125 --> 00:59:56.833
THE SEIZURE OF 1,855 ACRES
OF MOHAWK LAND.
00:59:56.834 --> 00:59:58.958
WHEN PEOPLE REFUSED TO MOVE,
00:59:58.959 --> 01:00:03.124
A BAILIFF AND POLICE OFFICERS
CAME AND EVICTED THEM.
01:00:03.125 --> 01:00:06.334
[CHANSON MOHAWK]:
01:00:43.167 --> 01:00:46.124
[NARRATOR]: TONS OF CLAY DUG OUT
OF THE CANAL
01:00:46.125 --> 01:00:49.500
WERE DUMPED ON
KAHNAWAKE FARMLAND.
01:00:49.501 --> 01:00:53.917
THE SEAWAY NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT
BRIDGES HIGH ENOUGH TO ALLOW
01:00:53.918 --> 01:00:55.958
THE PASSAGE OF LARGE SHIPS.
01:00:55.959 --> 01:01:01.959
THE MERCIER BRIDGE WAS RAISED
AND A TWIN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTED.
01:01:02.792 --> 01:01:07.041
A LIFT WAS ALSO ADDED TO
THE EXISTING TRAIN BRIDGE.
01:01:07.042 --> 01:01:12.500
THEN, THE BRIDGES NEEDED
NEW HIGHWAY APPROACHES.
01:01:12.501 --> 01:01:16.917
THAT MEANT MORE EXPROPRIATION
FOR THE MOHAWK PEOPLE.
01:01:16.918 --> 01:01:19.041
- THE OTHER BRIDGE
WAS GOING UP TO,
01:01:19.042 --> 01:01:21.958
THE RAILWAY BRIDGE
AT THE SAME TIME.
01:01:21.959 --> 01:01:27.124
THE LIFT BRIDGE, ALL INDIANS
WORKED ON THE SOUTHSHORE.
01:01:27.125 --> 01:01:29.666
FIVE MEN WITH A PUSHER
01:01:29.667 --> 01:01:31.750
AS THEY ERECTING.
01:01:31.751 --> 01:01:37.041
AND THE RIVETING,
FOUR MEN TO A CREW.
01:01:37.042 --> 01:01:41.958
WITH THE HEATER STICK RING
AND TWO RIVETERS CHAINED TO HIM.
01:01:41.959 --> 01:01:44.958
YOU WOULDN\'T THINK THERE WERE
01:01:44.959 --> 01:01:49.459
THAT MANY INDIANS IN KAHNAWAKE,
DID YOU?
01:03:09.959 --> 01:03:15.209
- I\'M ASKING HIM, \"WHEN ARE
WE GONNA GO BACK TO WORK?\"
01:03:18.375 --> 01:03:23.291
[NARRATOR]: BY 1959,
THE SEAWAY WAS COMPLETED.
01:03:23.292 --> 01:03:26.166
AND THE MOHAWKS
WOULD FOREVER AFTER
01:03:26.167 --> 01:03:29.125
SUFFER THIS NEW INTERFERENCE
IN THEIR LIVES.
01:04:01.876 --> 01:04:04.917
KAHNAWAKE MEANS,
\"BY THE RAPIDS.\"
01:04:04.918 --> 01:04:08.208
WELL, THE RAPIDS ARE
NO LONGER IN VIEW.
01:04:08.209 --> 01:04:12.374
MUCH LAND IS LOST
AND THE BEACH FRONT
01:04:12.375 --> 01:04:14.751
IS GONE.
01:04:25.667 --> 01:04:28.249
- THIS IS A GOOD
DEMONSTRATION OF...
01:04:28.250 --> 01:04:29.958
I\'LL FUCKIN\' CUT YOU IN HALF.
01:04:29.959 --> 01:04:33.375
- YEAH? WHY DON\'T YOU COME
AND TRY IT?
01:04:35.959 --> 01:04:37.750
-THIS IS OUR LAND.
01:04:37.751 --> 01:04:39.625
WE CAN\'T GO ANY PLACE ELSE.
01:04:39.626 --> 01:04:41.208
WE CAN\'T GO TO ANOTHER COUNTRY.
01:04:41.209 --> 01:04:42.791
THIS IS OUR HOME. WE HAVE
NOWHERE TO GO.
01:04:42.792 --> 01:04:46.750
THEY HAVE THEIR TANKS.
THEY HAVE THEIR BARBWIRE.
THEY HAVE ROCKET LAUNCHES.
01:04:46.751 --> 01:04:49.958
THEY HAVE ALL THE ARMAMENTS, YOU
KNOW, THAT YOU GO TO WAR WITH.
01:04:49.959 --> 01:04:51.041
YOU DON\'T DO THAT
WITH NATIVE PEOPLE HERE
01:04:51.042 --> 01:04:57.082
WHO HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THEIR
ANCESTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY DON\'T STARVE.
01:04:57.083 --> 01:05:00.333
BUT WE CAN\'T TAKE ANYMORE OF
THEIR LAND TAKING FROM US.
01:05:00.334 --> 01:05:01.791
I MEAN, THIS IS
ALL WE HAVE LEFT.
01:05:01.792 --> 01:05:06.958
THEY HAVE THE POWER IN
THEIR HANDS TO CHANGE
HISTORY RIGHT NOW.
01:05:06.959 --> 01:05:10.959
THEY COULD CHANGE IT BY DEALING
WITH THE LAND ISSUE.
01:05:13.834 --> 01:05:16.541
- THE ARMED FORCES MANDATE
WAS TO SEARCH
01:05:16.542 --> 01:05:19.792
THEIR VEHICLES, I GUESS,
FOR WEAPONS.
01:05:21.083 --> 01:05:23.958
YOU COULD HAVE LEFT THE
COMMUNITY A DOZEN TIMES
01:05:23.959 --> 01:05:25.166
DURING THE DAY.
01:05:25.167 --> 01:05:26.416
AND YOU PASSED
THE SAME CHECKPOINT
01:05:26.417 --> 01:05:29.166
AND THEY LOOKED AT THE SAME
PEOPLE AND YOU WOULD HAVE
01:05:29.167 --> 01:05:32.458
TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.
IF WE WERE GOING TO
01:05:32.459 --> 01:05:34.958
HAVE TO SUFFER THAT KIND OF
INDIGNITY THEN WE,
01:05:34.959 --> 01:05:38.082
IN TURN ALSO, WOULD RETALIATE
BY OUR OWN PLAN
01:05:38.083 --> 01:05:42.959
OF ACTION TO CREATE AS MUCH
RESISTANCE AS WE COULD.
01:05:44.542 --> 01:05:46.791
YOU\'RE NOT PAID TO THINK,
THAT\'S YOUR PROBLEM.
01:05:46.792 --> 01:05:49.333
IT WAS DEMANDED OF ME
TO OPEN THE TRUNK
01:05:49.334 --> 01:05:51.958
OF MY CAR AND I SAID NO.
I SAID, \"YOU OPEN IT.\"
01:05:51.959 --> 01:05:56.917
AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH FOR
15, 20 MINUTES OR WHATEVER IT
WAS, OR HALF AN HOUR.
01:05:56.918 --> 01:06:00.291
AND I SAID, \"I\'M NOT OPENING IT.
YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT\'S IN THERE?
01:06:00.292 --> 01:06:01.958
YOU OPEN THE DAMN THING\",
YOU KNOW.
01:06:01.959 --> 01:06:04.958
\"HERE\'S THE KEYS.\" AND
THE OFFICER WOULD REFUSE.
01:06:04.959 --> 01:06:07.958
AND WE KEPT GOING...
FINALLY, AS SILLY AS IT SOUNDS,
01:06:07.959 --> 01:06:12.459
WE BOTH HELD THE KEY AND WE BOTH
OPENED THE TRUNK.
01:06:12.667 --> 01:06:20.667
AT LEAST, I KNEW THAT I WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE INVOLVED WITH
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
01:06:20.876 --> 01:06:24.833
BUT I DID MANAGE TO GET THERE
LATER ON IN THE DAY.
01:06:24.834 --> 01:06:27.958
BUT IT\'S JUST AN EXAMPLE
OF HOW DIFFICULT
01:06:27.959 --> 01:06:31.458
IT WAS FOR US TO DO THE THINGS
THAT WE HAD TO DO
01:06:31.459 --> 01:06:34.000
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
01:06:35.042 --> 01:06:41.166
[NARRATOR]: ON AUGUST 28,
THERE WERE SECRET MEETINGS
AT THE HILTON HOTEL,IN DORVAL.
01:06:41.167 --> 01:06:43.333
MOHAWK LEADERS
01:06:43.334 --> 01:06:46.958
AND OFFICIALS OF FEDERAL
AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS
01:06:46.959 --> 01:06:51.750
WERE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE
A PEACEFUL ENDING TO
THE STAND-OFF.
01:06:51.751 --> 01:06:55.958
-AND I\'LL CONTINUE MY
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
CONFEDERACY.
01:06:55.959 --> 01:06:58.958
[NARRATOR]: THE BARRICADES
WOULD BE DISMANTLED
01:06:58.959 --> 01:07:02.791
BY BOTH THE ARMY
AND THE WARRIORS.
01:07:02.792 --> 01:07:05.291
THE MERCIER BRIDGE WOULD BE OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC
01:07:05.292 --> 01:07:10.082
AND COLONEL GAGNON PROMISED
THE ARMY WOULD NOT ENTER
THE RESERVE
01:07:10.083 --> 01:07:12.918
ONCE THE BRIDGE WAS OPENED.
01:07:15.459 --> 01:07:18.833
THE BARRICADES ON THE
MERCIER BRIDGE CAME DOWN.
01:07:18.834 --> 01:07:22.833
REPAIR WORK WAS RESUMED
ON THE BRIDGE.
01:07:22.834 --> 01:07:26.166
EXPERTS SEARCHED FOR
EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
01:07:26.167 --> 01:07:28.959
ON THE BRIDGE AND IN THE RIVER.
01:07:29.584 --> 01:07:33.124
- ONE DAY, I SAW A SUBMARINE
COMING THROUGH AND I RAN.
01:07:33.125 --> 01:07:34.708
I GOT MY CAMERA.
01:07:34.709 --> 01:07:36.500
AND I TOOK PICTURES.
I SAW IT ON THE NEWS,
01:07:36.501 --> 01:07:40.583
WHEN THEY WERE INTERVIEWING AND
THEY SAID, \"NO, THERE WASN\'T
A SUBMARINE THAT DAY
01:07:40.584 --> 01:07:45.625
THAT CAME THROUGH. THE INDIANS
ARE MAKING IT UP.\"
01:07:45.626 --> 01:07:48.291
AND THE HELICOPTERS, THEY CAME
RIGHT OVER HERE.
01:07:48.292 --> 01:07:52.374
MAYBE SIX FEET OFF
ON TOP OF THE WATER.
01:07:52.375 --> 01:07:55.041
THESE HELICOPTERS WERE
SO LOUD...
01:07:55.042 --> 01:07:59.958
I REMEMBER TELLING THE KIDS,
\"JUST... LIKE, IGNORE IT.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK.\"
01:07:59.959 --> 01:08:02.958
[NARRATOR]: IN THE MEETING
WITH THE WARRIORS,
01:08:02.959 --> 01:08:07.374
COLONEL GAGNON ANNOUNCED
THAT HIS ORDERS HAD CHANGED.
01:08:07.375 --> 01:08:11.082
THE ARMY WAS PREPARING TO ENTER
THE KAHNAWAKE RESERVE.
01:08:11.083 --> 01:08:12.999
IRONICALLY,
01:08:13.000 --> 01:08:16.958
IN MANY BATTLES, THE MOHAWKS
WERE ALLIED TO THE FRENCH
01:08:16.959 --> 01:08:22.333
AND ENGLISH CANADIANS TO DEFEND
CANADA AGAINST THE AMERICANS.
01:08:22.334 --> 01:08:24.958
IN 1847,
01:08:24.959 --> 01:08:27.541
FOR SERVICE IN CANADA,
01:08:27.542 --> 01:08:31.208
119 MEDALS WERE GIVEN
TO INDIAN WARRIORS,
01:08:31.209 --> 01:08:34.291
OF WHICH 82 WERE FOR THE
CHATEAUGUAY RIVER BATTLE.
01:08:34.292 --> 01:08:38.833
THESE WARRIORS WERE ABENAKIS,
01:08:38.834 --> 01:08:40.458
ALGONQUINS,
01:08:40.459 --> 01:08:42.958
NIPISSINGS AND IROQUOIS.
01:08:42.959 --> 01:08:48.708
ALTHOUGH THE MOHAWKS WERE ROBBED
OF THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS,
01:08:48.709 --> 01:08:53.124
THEY HELPED DEFEND CANADA
AGAINST ITS ENEMIES
01:08:53.125 --> 01:08:56.584
AND FOUGHT THROUGHOUT
BOTH WORLD WARS.
01:09:02.918 --> 01:09:04.750
MEANWHILE,
01:09:04.751 --> 01:09:06.082
IN KANEHSATAKE,
01:09:06.083 --> 01:09:07.541
THE ARMY ADVANCED
01:09:07.542 --> 01:09:09.583
AND TOOK OVER THE PINES.
01:09:09.584 --> 01:09:11.958
THE WARRIORS MOVED TO
THE TREATMENT CENTER.
01:09:11.959 --> 01:09:15.208
- BASICALLY, I WOULD LIKE YOU
TO CONTACT YOUR GENERAL
01:09:15.209 --> 01:09:16.958
OR WHOEVER IT IS,
01:09:16.959 --> 01:09:19.958
AND STOP THE ADVANCEMENT
OF THESE TROOPS.
01:09:19.959 --> 01:09:22.041
-I\'M NOT RESPONSIBLE
ON THIS SITE.
-I\'M JUST SAYING
01:09:22.042 --> 01:09:25.541
HE CAN ISSUE THE ORDER
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL WE CAN
RESOLVE THESE THINGS PEACEFULLY.
01:09:25.542 --> 01:09:29.082
SO THEY ARE NOT RECOGNIZING
OUR CONFEDERACY.
01:09:29.083 --> 01:09:31.918
-HEY, IT\'S AGAINST THE LAW.
01:09:38.834 --> 01:09:43.124
[NARRATOR]: THE ARMY ROLLED IN
WITH THEIR ARMOURED VEHICLES,
01:09:43.125 --> 01:09:48.250
ALL THE WAY TO THE LONGHOUSE
AND RAIDED IT.
01:09:49.542 --> 01:09:50.918
-HEY!
01:09:53.667 --> 01:09:59.374
- THE VERY ATTACK ON ONE OF
OUR LONGHOUSES IS DISGUSTING.
01:09:59.375 --> 01:10:01.958
WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR SINAGOGUES,
01:10:01.959 --> 01:10:05.626
YOUR CHURCHES, ATTACKED THE WAY
OURS WAS YESTERDAY?
01:10:11.042 --> 01:10:12.249
[NARRATOR]: FINALLY,
01:10:12.250 --> 01:10:17.166
THE BRIDGE WAS OPENED TO
THE PUBLIC ON SEPTEMBER 6.
01:10:17.167 --> 01:10:19.458
- THEY WERE FLYING RIGHT OVER
OUR HOUSES.
01:10:19.459 --> 01:10:20.708
THE CHINOOKS, THE DOUBLE BLADES.
01:10:20.709 --> 01:10:24.958
THOSE THINGS ARE BIG. THEY\'RE
LONG. THEY\'RE LIKE 30 FEET OFF
YOUR ROOF.
01:10:24.959 --> 01:10:26.625
THREE OR FOUR OF THEM.
01:10:26.626 --> 01:10:28.875
FLYING ALL OVER THE TOWN.
ALL OVER THE ISLAND.
01:10:28.876 --> 01:10:30.958
- WE WERE SITTING HERE
HAVING LUNCH.
01:10:30.959 --> 01:10:35.208
AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THERE
WAS HELICOPTERS FLYING ALL OVER.
01:10:35.209 --> 01:10:39.041
ARMY MEN JUST FLOWING
OUT OF THE HELICOPTERS.
01:10:39.042 --> 01:10:44.958
THEN PEOPLE FROM TOWN JUST
PULLED UP, PULLED UP, PULLED UP.
01:10:44.959 --> 01:10:47.249
THERE WAS PEOPLE ALL OVER.
01:10:47.250 --> 01:10:49.750
- WE WERE COMING BACK
FROM A MEETING IN MONTREAL.
01:10:49.751 --> 01:10:54.541
AND I RECEIVED A CALL ON MY CELL
PHONE THAT THE ARMY WAS AT
THE ISLAND.
01:10:54.542 --> 01:10:58.999
WE SHOULD GET THERE AS QUICKLY
AS WE COULD TO TRY AND CALM
THINGS DOWN.
01:10:59.000 --> 01:11:01.583
THERE WAS A KIND OF A STAND-OFF
01:11:01.584 --> 01:11:06.583
ON THE SMALL BRIDGE THAT GOES TO
THE ISLAND BETWEEN THE MAINLAND
OF KAHNAWAKE
01:11:06.584 --> 01:11:08.208
AND THE TEKAKWITHA ISLAND.
01:11:08.209 --> 01:11:10.458
THERE WAS BARBED WIRE
THAT HAD BEEN STRUNG
01:11:10.459 --> 01:11:13.958
AND THE ARMED FORCES WERE
STANDING ON THE ISLAND ITSELF.
01:11:13.959 --> 01:11:16.833
AND PEOPLE DEMANDING,
01:11:16.834 --> 01:11:19.459
\"WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?\"
01:11:20.501 --> 01:11:22.958
FIRST, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.
BUT THEN,
01:11:22.959 --> 01:11:24.958
ONE OF THE COMMANDING OFFICERS
CAME OVER AND SAID THAT
01:11:24.959 --> 01:11:26.833
THEY HAD RECEIVED EVIDENCE
THAT THERE WAS WEAPONS
01:11:26.834 --> 01:11:29.082
THAT WERE HIDDEN ON THE ISLAND
AND THAT THEY WERE SEARCHING
01:11:29.083 --> 01:11:34.416
THE ISLAND TO FIND OUT WHETHER
THERE WAS ANY TRUTH TO THIS
INFORMATION
01:11:34.417 --> 01:11:37.917
THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED.
01:11:37.918 --> 01:11:39.833
-AND EVEN ACROSS THE SEAWAY,
01:11:39.834 --> 01:11:41.541
LIKE FOUR OR FIVE,
MAYBE SIX APC\'S,
01:11:41.542 --> 01:11:46.041
THEY EVEN HAD ARMY TANKS ACROSS
THE RIVER, WITH THEIR BARREL
POINTING RIGHT AT US.
01:11:46.042 --> 01:11:50.583
- WHAT PEOPLE SAW WAS, THERE WAS
A ROW OF SOLDIERS
01:11:50.584 --> 01:11:53.875
WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS,
GAS MASKS.
01:11:53.876 --> 01:11:55.958
THEY HAD EVERYTHING
TO THEIR ADVANTAGE
01:11:55.959 --> 01:11:58.958
TO BE ABLE TO OVERWHELM
AND OVERPOWER OUR PEOPLE.
01:11:58.959 --> 01:12:02.124
- SOME OF THEM, I BELIEVE,
WEREN\'T REALLY...
01:12:02.125 --> 01:12:04.124
DIDN\'T WANT TO REALLY BE THERE,
YOU KNOW.
01:12:04.125 --> 01:12:07.333
IT\'S LIKE WE\'RE STUCK
ON AN ISLAND OVER HERE
01:12:07.334 --> 01:12:09.666
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE
ARE AROUND US.
01:12:09.667 --> 01:12:11.917
BUT THEY HAD THEIR GUNS.
WE DIDN\'T HAVE NO GUNS.
01:12:11.918 --> 01:12:14.500
- ARE YOU PREPARE TO LET
OUR PEOPLE MOVE OUT?
01:12:14.501 --> 01:12:16.750
-NO!!
01:12:16.751 --> 01:12:18.500
- A COUPLE OF THE SOLDIERS
THAT WERE THERE
01:12:18.501 --> 01:12:22.958
WERE ALSO IN THE LONGHOUSE RAID
AND WE RECOGNIZED THEM
01:12:22.959 --> 01:12:26.666
\'CAUSE THEY\'RE THE ONES
THAT WE FOUGHT WITH, YOU KNOW.
01:12:26.667 --> 01:12:30.541
AND YOU COULD TELL THAT
THEY WERE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE,
01:12:30.542 --> 01:12:32.082
STANDING THERE.
01:12:32.083 --> 01:12:36.583
THEY WERE JUST WAITING
FOR ORDERS WHICH WAS...
01:12:36.584 --> 01:12:38.541
WHAT WERE THEY GONNA DO?
01:12:38.542 --> 01:12:40.249
THEY WEREN\'T GONNA
COME INTO TOWN.
01:12:40.250 --> 01:12:44.750
-ONCE THEY WOULD HAVE MADE IT
OVER THAT BRIDGE, THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN MARTIAL LAW IN TOWN.
01:12:44.751 --> 01:12:46.416
AND THEN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
EVEN WORSE.
01:12:46.417 --> 01:12:49.917
TO HAVE AN APC PARKED
OUTSIDE MY HOUSE? NO WAY.
01:12:49.918 --> 01:12:52.208
HAVE ARMY GUYS WALKING AROUND
OUR TERRITORY? NO WAY.
01:12:52.209 --> 01:12:57.666
IT WOULD NOT HAVE LASTED.
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
BIG WAR, FOR SURE.
01:12:57.667 --> 01:13:01.041
- THE GUYS THAT WERE ON THE FORCE
EVEN SAID IT.
01:13:01.042 --> 01:13:04.708
IF THEY COME IN,
01:13:04.709 --> 01:13:07.876
THEY\'RE GONNA GO
WITH THE PEOPLE.
01:13:09.167 --> 01:13:14.833
-THAT HAD TO BE ONE OF THE MOST
BRAVEST MOMENTS THAT I\'VE
EVER SEEN
01:13:14.834 --> 01:13:18.082
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD
AND DURING MY LIFETIME.
01:13:18.083 --> 01:13:25.041
OF OUR PEOPLE DEFENDING
THEIR TERRITORY AGAINST
TREMENDOUS ODDS.
01:13:25.042 --> 01:13:27.959
-COME ON!
01:13:30.918 --> 01:13:33.958
WE ARE RIGHT! THEY\'RE WRONG!
01:13:33.959 --> 01:13:36.958
THEY\'RE ATTACKING US!
THEY\'RE PROUD!
01:13:36.959 --> 01:13:40.708
LOOK AT THEM ALL.
YOU\'RE ALL PROUD.
01:13:40.709 --> 01:13:43.041
- THEN OUR TOWN BROUGHT
A DUMP TRUCK
01:13:43.042 --> 01:13:44.999
TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE BRIDGE.
01:13:45.000 --> 01:13:48.249
BLOCKED IT.
MORE PEOPLE ARRIVED.
01:13:48.250 --> 01:13:50.416
PEOPLE WERE GETTING ROWDY.
01:13:50.417 --> 01:13:52.958
- THEY WERE REALLY CLOSE
TO THE BRIDGE THERE,
01:13:52.959 --> 01:13:55.416
THE ARMY. THEY MADE A CIRCLE.
01:13:55.417 --> 01:14:00.249
THEY WERE THROWING WIRE
FROM THE HELICOPTERS.
01:14:00.250 --> 01:14:02.583
AND AS FAST AS THEY WERE
THROWING IT,
01:14:02.584 --> 01:14:06.375
THE PEOPLE WERE PICKING IT UP.
01:14:11.959 --> 01:14:13.999
-THEY START SHOOTING AT US.
01:14:14.000 --> 01:14:15.958
BUNCH OF TEAR GAS START GOING
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
01:14:15.959 --> 01:14:22.417
PEOPLE START RUNNING, OVER THE
BRIDGE TO GET OVER IT, TO GET
AWAY FROM THEM.
01:14:31.000 --> 01:14:32.458
EVEN WOMEN THERE
THAT WERE PREGNANT.
01:14:32.459 --> 01:14:37.249
THEY COULD SEE THEY WERE
PREGNANT, BUT YET THEY STILL
THREW THE GAS AT US.
01:14:37.250 --> 01:14:39.416
-MORE TEAR GAS. FIGHTS.
01:14:39.417 --> 01:14:43.166
THERE WAS FIGHTING.
EVERYBODY WAS FIGHTING.
01:14:43.167 --> 01:14:45.959
I MYSELF WAS FIGHTING.
01:14:50.876 --> 01:14:53.416
- IT WASN\'T PLANNED.
PEOPLE WERE THERE
01:14:53.417 --> 01:14:55.583
WE\'RE JUST A BIG FAMILY.
THAT\'S ALL.
01:14:55.584 --> 01:14:58.541
WE\'RE GONNA STAY THAT WAY.
WE\'RE GONNA STAY UNITED
01:14:58.542 --> 01:15:04.042
AND WE\'RE GONNA BE
AS STRONG AS ALWAYS.
01:15:09.918 --> 01:15:13.041
- TWO ARMY MEN JUST THREW ME
RIGHT OVER THE BRIDGE.
01:15:13.042 --> 01:15:16.708
AND THERE WAS A BIG ROCK
OVER HERE AT THE TIME.
01:15:16.709 --> 01:15:22.666
LANDED ON THAT, ON MY HIP.
FLED INTO THE WATER.
01:15:22.667 --> 01:15:24.625
THERE WAS PEOPLE ALL IN HERE.
01:15:24.626 --> 01:15:29.083
WASHING THEIR FACE,
GETTING THE TEAR GAS.
SO THEY COULD SEE AGAIN.
01:15:32.709 --> 01:15:36.374
I REMEMBER A TEACHER
I HAD IN HIGH SCHOOL.
01:15:36.375 --> 01:15:39.416
HE WAS STANDING THERE.
HE\'S YELLING AND YELLING,
\"HOLD ON! HOLD ON!\"
01:15:39.417 --> 01:15:42.833
AND I\'M TELLING HIM, \"HELP ME!\"
I DIDN\'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM.
01:15:42.834 --> 01:15:45.958
I MADE IT TO THE SECOND PIER.
01:15:45.959 --> 01:15:47.958
THEN SHIPS STARTED PASSING.
01:15:47.959 --> 01:15:50.958
THE CURRENT,
JUST PULLING YOU IN.
01:15:50.959 --> 01:15:54.708
IT PULLED ME RIGHT UP
TO THE BOAT.
01:15:54.709 --> 01:15:57.125
RIGHT UNDERNEATH.
01:15:58.250 --> 01:16:00.500
THIS IS WHERE THE ELDERLY MAN,
ALBERT STA,
01:16:00.501 --> 01:16:06.082
HIS FATHER SONNY WAS HOLDING
MY HEAD ABOVE THE WATER
01:16:06.083 --> 01:16:08.918
TO KEEP ME FROM GOING UNDER.
01:16:12.042 --> 01:16:14.958
THEY LIFTED ME OUT OF
THE WATER AND PUT ME
01:16:14.959 --> 01:16:17.458
ONTO THE BOAT.
01:16:17.459 --> 01:16:19.750
AND THEY DROVE OFF AND PUT ME
01:16:19.751 --> 01:16:21.958
IN THE AMBULANCE.
01:16:21.959 --> 01:16:25.958
AND FINALLY, I GOT TO
THE HOSPITAL.
01:16:25.959 --> 01:16:29.125
I HAD A FRACTURED HIP
IN TWO SPOTS.
01:16:31.709 --> 01:16:34.958
SO MUCH I WANTED
TO GET BACK AT THEM.
01:16:34.959 --> 01:16:37.999
AND I STILL REMEMBER
THEIR FACES.
01:16:38.000 --> 01:16:39.958
TWO OF THEM, ESPECIALLY.
01:16:39.959 --> 01:16:42.833
SOMETIMES, I CAN\'T EVEN WALK.
01:16:42.834 --> 01:16:46.416
IT\'S GONNA BE A WOUND
THAT\'S GONNA BE THERE
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
01:16:46.417 --> 01:16:50.082
- SOME HAD MASKS ON AND THEN,
THEY WOULD STAND SO LONG.
01:16:50.083 --> 01:16:53.708
AND THEN, ANOTHER LINE WOULD
COME IN AND THEY WOULD TAKE
01:16:53.709 --> 01:16:57.124
THEIR MASKS OFF. IT WAS LIKE
THEY WERE ALWAYS ON DUTY.
01:16:57.125 --> 01:17:00.000
SHOT US WITH TEAR GAS
AND EVERYTHING.
01:17:01.792 --> 01:17:02.958
-ONCE THE AIR CLEARED,
01:17:02.959 --> 01:17:05.625
THEN WE NOTICED THEY WERE TRYING
TO CROSS THE BRIDGE.
01:17:05.626 --> 01:17:07.791
THAT\'S WHEN WE STARTED STONING.
01:17:07.792 --> 01:17:10.124
WE LEARNED THAT FROM
WHISKEY TRENCH.
01:17:10.125 --> 01:17:14.458
WE LEARNED THAT FROM WHAT THEY
DID TO OUR PEOPLE WHO WENT OVER
THE MERCIER BRIDGE.
01:17:14.459 --> 01:17:15.958
OKAY, THEY WANT TO DO
THAT TO OUR PEOPLE,
01:17:15.959 --> 01:17:19.958
SO THAT\'S WE DO.
THEY HAD THEIR HELMETS AND
ALL OF THEIR GEAR WITH THEM.
01:17:19.959 --> 01:17:21.583
THEY WERE HALFWAY ACROSS
THE BRIDGE BUT US,
01:17:21.584 --> 01:17:23.208
WE DIDN\'T GIVE UP.
WE JUST KEPT WORSE AND WORSE,
01:17:23.209 --> 01:17:28.000
THROWING MORE STONES,
MORE STONES. THEY COULDN\'T
TAKE IT. THEY BACKED OFF.
01:17:34.083 --> 01:17:39.167
-PEOPLE STARTED PUSHING THEM
BACK, AWAY FROM THE BRIDGE
ENTRANCE.
01:17:39.959 --> 01:17:44.416
AND THEN, THEY WERE TO MARCH
OVER THE BRIDGE, THROUGH
THE COMMUNITY ITSELF,
01:17:44.417 --> 01:17:48.374
JUST TO SHOW THAT THEY HAD TAKEN
THE COMMUNITY SO TO SPEAK.
01:17:48.375 --> 01:17:51.958
AND THE PEOPLE\'S RESISTANCE
PREVENTED THEM FROM DOING THAT.
01:17:51.959 --> 01:17:57.166
- AND THE WOMEN ARE THE TITLE
HOLDERS TO THE LAND.
01:17:57.167 --> 01:17:59.751
AND WE\'LL NEVER GIVE THAT UP.
01:18:00.375 --> 01:18:08.083
NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN TAKE
THE VALUE OF OUR LAND.
01:18:10.125 --> 01:18:14.249
- AND ALL YOU HAD WAS PEOPLE
WITH THEIR SPIRIT
01:18:14.250 --> 01:18:15.708
AND THEIR STRENGTH,
01:18:15.709 --> 01:18:17.750
DEFENDING THEIR TERRITORY,
THEIR VILLAGE,
01:18:17.751 --> 01:18:20.416
THEIR HEART WHERE
THEIR CHILDREN ARE.
01:18:20.417 --> 01:18:24.292
THAT\'S REALLY WHAT THIS WAS
ALL ABOUT.
01:18:36.542 --> 01:18:41.708
- JUST WHAT KEPT US, GAVE US
THE STRENGTH, WAS OUR ANCESTORS
01:18:41.709 --> 01:18:45.125
THROUGH OUR SPIRITUALITY.
01:18:51.959 --> 01:18:54.124
AND WE\'RE GONNA BE HERE FOREVER.
01:18:54.125 --> 01:18:56.958
WE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE.
01:18:56.959 --> 01:18:58.666
WE\'RE NOT GONNA GO AWAY.
01:18:58.667 --> 01:19:00.791
NO ONE\'S GONNA DRIVE US OUT.
01:19:00.792 --> 01:19:02.958
WE\'RE GONNA REMAIN HERE.
01:19:02.959 --> 01:19:04.791
-NEED BLOOD BEFORE YOU LEAVE?
01:19:04.792 --> 01:19:08.250
- SO THE PEOPLE OUT THERE
SHOULD KNOW THAT.
01:19:17.751 --> 01:19:22.500
- IT WAS A VERY TENSE
AND DANGEROUS SITUATION.
01:19:22.501 --> 01:19:24.958
IT ALMOST ERUPTED INTO
01:19:24.959 --> 01:19:30.208
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN, I GUESS,
A TRAGIC SITUATION.
01:19:30.209 --> 01:19:32.917
ONE OF THE SOLDIERS
DID GET ATTACKED
01:19:32.918 --> 01:19:36.501
AND WAS BEATEN BY SOME
OF OUR PEOPLE.
01:19:38.417 --> 01:19:39.750
[GUNSHOTS]
01:19:39.751 --> 01:19:41.958
- RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE ISLAND,
THERE\'S A HOSPITAL.
01:19:41.959 --> 01:19:45.791
THERE\'S A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE IN
THERE. IMAGINE HOW THEY FELT?
01:19:45.792 --> 01:19:48.958
SCARED, AND THEY HEAR
GUNSHOTS GOING OFF.
01:19:48.959 --> 01:19:50.291
-TO DEFEND THEIR COMRADE,
01:19:50.292 --> 01:19:53.958
ONE OF THE SOLDIERS FIRE
ONE OF THE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS
01:19:53.959 --> 01:19:55.833
THAT THEY HAD INTO THE AIR.
01:19:55.834 --> 01:19:57.666
AND THAT CREATED A SITUATION
WHICH THEN,
01:19:57.667 --> 01:20:00.958
THE REST OF THEIR COLLEAGUES
THEN POINTED THEIR WEAPONS
AT EVERYBODY
01:20:00.959 --> 01:20:05.124
AND TO MYSELF, I SAID, \"THIS IS
IT. THEY\'RE GONNA SHOOT.\"
01:20:05.125 --> 01:20:07.666
BUT THEY DIDN\'T.
01:20:07.667 --> 01:20:12.083
THEY MANAGED TO TAKE THE INJURED
COLLEAGUE BACK.
01:20:15.250 --> 01:20:20.583
PEOPLE WERE STILL QUITE
INSISTING THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO LEAVE.
01:20:20.584 --> 01:20:22.750
THAT THEY HAD NO CHOICE.
01:20:22.751 --> 01:20:26.834
THE SOLDIERS THEMSELVES,
THEY WERE SCARED.
01:20:27.250 --> 01:20:31.999
BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE THE ANGER
AND THE HATRED OF OUR PEOPLE
01:20:32.000 --> 01:20:34.625
FOR THEM BEING THERE.
01:20:34.626 --> 01:20:37.458
THEY ALSO RAIDED
THE MARINE ITSELF.
01:20:37.459 --> 01:20:41.958
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY SEIZED
ALCOHOL AND RECORDS AND
ALL KINDS OF THINGS
01:20:41.959 --> 01:20:46.375
WHICH, FROM WHAT I KNOW AND FROM
WHAT I UNDERSTAND, HAD NEVER
BEEN RETURNED.
01:20:47.501 --> 01:20:49.625
AND THEY ASKED FOR TIME.
THEY SAID, \"LOOK,
01:20:49.626 --> 01:20:52.416
WE HAVE X NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON
THE ISLAND OVER HERE.
01:20:52.417 --> 01:20:56.708
IN ORDER FOR US TO EVACUATE,
WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SEVERAL,
01:20:56.709 --> 01:20:59.333
SEVERAL TRIPS IN ORDER
TO PICK EVERYBODY UP.\"
01:20:59.334 --> 01:21:00.958
SOME PEOPLE SAID, \"WE DON\'T CARE
01:21:00.959 --> 01:21:05.459
HOW THEY GET OUT OF HERE.
LET THEM SWIM IF THEY WANT.\"
01:21:07.709 --> 01:21:09.958
- WE STAYED THERE
TILL NIGHT TIME,
01:21:09.959 --> 01:21:11.958
TILL THEY WERE READY
TO MOVE OUT.
01:21:11.959 --> 01:21:14.166
- WE STOPPED THEM FROM COMING
INTO OUR TERRITORY
01:21:14.167 --> 01:21:16.958
AND WE SENT THEM
RIGHT BACK HOME.
01:21:16.959 --> 01:21:19.501
SAME WAY THEY CAME IN.
01:21:20.417 --> 01:21:24.999
[NARRATOR]: THE CONFRONTATION
LASTED SEVEN HOURS.
01:21:25.000 --> 01:21:29.416
THE ARMY COULD NOT ENTER
THE TOWN AS THEY HAD PLANNED.
01:21:29.417 --> 01:21:33.291
AT SUNDOWN,
THE HELICOPTERS AIRLIFTED
01:21:33.292 --> 01:21:37.292
THE 140 SOLDIERS OFF THE ISLAND.
01:21:48.125 --> 01:21:52.958
-THE LAST HELI THAT TOOK OFF
ALMOST DIDN\'T EVEN MAKE IT OFF
THE GROUND.
01:21:52.959 --> 01:21:55.291
THAT\'S HOW OVERLOADED THEY WERE.
01:21:55.292 --> 01:21:58.249
AND IN A HURRY TO GET OUT
OF HERE.
01:21:58.250 --> 01:22:02.124
[NARRATOR]: IN LATE AFTERNOON,
01:22:02.125 --> 01:22:05.292
THE 78-DAY SIEGE CAME TO AN END.
01:22:16.876 --> 01:22:21.542
- COME ON, GET UP! GET UP!
GET THE FUCK UP!
01:22:25.334 --> 01:22:29.416
- THE SOLDIERS HANDCUFFED
EVERYONE EXCEPT THE CHILDREN
01:22:29.417 --> 01:22:32.500
AND PUT THEM IN WAITING BUSSES.
01:22:32.501 --> 01:22:35.958
THEY WERE TAKEN TO AN ARMY CAMP.
01:22:35.959 --> 01:22:39.583
IN FARNHAM, THEY REMAINED
IN THE BUSSES
01:22:39.584 --> 01:22:41.958
UNTIL 4 A.M. THEN,
01:22:41.959 --> 01:22:44.791
ONE BY ONE, THEY WERE
INTERROGATED
01:22:44.792 --> 01:22:47.958
BY THE ARMY AND THE POLICE.
01:22:47.959 --> 01:22:52.208
THEIR LAWYERS ARGUED FOR HOURS
TO SEE THEIR CLIENTS.
01:22:52.209 --> 01:22:56.958
WHEN THEY FINALLY WERE ALLOWED
IN THE BASE, THEY WERE NOT
PERMITTED
01:22:56.959 --> 01:23:00.625
TO BE PRESENT AT
THE INTERROGATION.
01:23:00.626 --> 01:23:03.666
THE WARRIORS WERE RELEASED
01:23:03.667 --> 01:23:08.083
NINE DAYS LATER, AFTER THE
LAYING OF CRIMINAL CHARGES.
01:23:10.667 --> 01:23:12.249
-THE SPIRIT WAS HIGH.
01:23:12.250 --> 01:23:14.625
CONFIDENCE WAS ALWAYS
HIGH UP HERE.
01:23:14.626 --> 01:23:16.249
THERE WAS NO OTHER...
01:23:16.250 --> 01:23:18.416
NO OTHER MOTIVE FOR ANYBODY
BEING HERE
01:23:18.417 --> 01:23:21.166
OTHER THAN DEFENDING THIS LAND.
01:23:21.167 --> 01:23:25.583
AND WHEN IT COMES TO LAND,
NATIVE PEOPLE
01:23:25.584 --> 01:23:27.291
HAVE VERY LITTLE LEFT.
01:23:27.292 --> 01:23:30.625
WE HAD IT TREATIED AWAY,
STOLEN AWAY.
01:23:30.626 --> 01:23:35.833
OR OUTWARDLY TAKEN FROM THEM,
INCLUDING RIGHTS,
01:23:35.834 --> 01:23:40.500
JUST GENERAL DISREGARD
FOR OUR HERITAGE.
01:23:40.501 --> 01:23:42.791
SO NOTHING CAN SHOCK A NATIVE
01:23:42.792 --> 01:23:48.083
BECAUSE IT\'S ALREADY BEEN DONE
TO THEM REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT
HISTORY.
01:24:06.667 --> 01:24:08.625
- I HAVE NO FEAR
OF GOING TO JAIL.
01:24:08.626 --> 01:24:11.374
IF I GO TO JAIL, I\'LL GO TO JAIL
WITH MY HEAD HIGH.
01:24:11.375 --> 01:24:15.458
I\'LL COME OUT OF JAIL WITH MY
HEAD TEN TIMES HIGHER THAN THAT.
01:24:15.459 --> 01:24:19.875
-IF YOU GO TO ANY NATIVE
TERRITORY THROUGHOUT
NORTH AMERICA,
01:24:19.876 --> 01:24:21.958
AND YOU ASK IF WE\'RE GUILTY,
01:24:21.959 --> 01:24:24.958
WE\'RE NOT GUILTY.
AND THAT\'S WHAT COUNTS.
01:24:24.959 --> 01:24:27.875
AS LONG AS OUR PEOPLE FEEL
01:24:27.876 --> 01:24:29.833
THAT WE\'RE INNOCENT,
01:24:29.834 --> 01:24:31.750
THEN I\'LL GO TO JAIL.
01:24:31.751 --> 01:24:32.875
BECAUSE WHILE I\'M IN JAIL,
01:24:32.876 --> 01:24:39.959
I KNOW I\'LL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF
ALL ABORIGINAL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
NORTH AMERICA.
01:24:53.959 --> 01:24:59.958
- YOU ALL KNOW WHAT WE ALL HAD
TO GO THROUGH OVER THE YEARS.
01:24:59.959 --> 01:25:04.167
WE HAD TO TALK ABOUT THIS LAND.
01:25:09.959 --> 01:25:11.999
IN ORDER THAT THIS LAND
01:25:12.000 --> 01:25:17.249
WE LIVE ON, THIS EARTH,
IS VERY PITIFUL NOW.
01:25:17.250 --> 01:25:19.833
A LOT OF HURT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING HERE,
01:25:19.834 --> 01:25:25.417
NOT ONLY TO US PEOPLE BUT TO
THE LAND, TO THE TERRITORIES.
01:25:27.959 --> 01:25:30.958
THIS IS ALL OUR CONCERN,
01:25:30.959 --> 01:25:34.833
ALL OF US DIFFERENT TRIBES.
01:25:34.834 --> 01:25:37.958
ON THIS EARTH.
01:25:37.959 --> 01:25:42.209
WE ALL ONLY HAVE ONE HEART.
01:26:11.042 --> 01:26:13.500
I GIVE THE MOHAWK PEOPLE,
01:26:13.501 --> 01:26:15.750
THE SIX NATIONS
OF THIS TERRITORY,
01:26:15.751 --> 01:26:18.082
ALL THE RESPECT THAT I COULD
EVER GIVE THEM.
01:26:18.083 --> 01:26:24.875
I CAN\'T DO ENOUGH FOR THEM
BUT TO SAY I THANK THEM FOR
OPENING MY EYES
01:26:24.876 --> 01:26:29.959
ALONG WITH OTHER NATIONS
ACROSS CANADA.
01:26:31.375 --> 01:26:35.291
[NARRATOR]: THE CRISIS WAS FAR
FROM BEING OVER IN KAHNAWAKE.
01:26:35.292 --> 01:26:40.958
THE POLICE CONTINUED TO HARASS
THE PEOPLE NONSTOP FOR THE NEXT
TWO YEARS.
01:26:40.959 --> 01:26:44.708
-WHEN YOU CAME BACK TO
KAHNAWAKE, WAS THE ARMY
STILL HERE?
01:26:44.709 --> 01:26:45.750
-OH YES. OH YES.
01:26:45.751 --> 01:26:50.208
THEY GAVE US A HARD TIME
WHEN WE WERE COMING BACK.
-WHAT HAPPENED?
01:26:50.209 --> 01:26:51.958
-SOMEWHERE ON HIGHWAY 30,
01:26:51.959 --> 01:26:55.249
WE HAD TO SHOW ALL OUR STUFF,
WHAT WE BROUGHT BACK.
01:26:55.250 --> 01:26:57.500
ALL OUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
AND WHAT HELPED US OUT,
01:26:57.501 --> 01:27:02.958
WAS MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE,
IT\'S WRITTEN THAT MY FATHER
WAS AT WAR. THE FIRST WORLD WAR.
01:27:02.959 --> 01:27:04.416
THAT\'S THE YEAR I WAS BORN, UH?
01:27:04.417 --> 01:27:08.833
AND THEN, THE PROVINCIAL POLICE,
HE SAYS, \"OKAY, YOU CAN GO.\"
01:27:08.834 --> 01:27:13.208
WE WENT MAYBE FROM HERE
ACROSS THE SEAWAY.
01:27:13.209 --> 01:27:15.583
THERE WAS ANOTHER BUNCH
THAT WE HAD TO STOP THERE.
01:27:15.584 --> 01:27:19.041
WE HAD TO REPORT AGAIN THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE WERE COMING HOME.
01:27:19.042 --> 01:27:20.291
AGAIN WE WERE CHECKED.
01:27:20.292 --> 01:27:23.875
YOU KNOW, THE MERCIER BRIDGE.
AGAIN THERE WAS ANOTHER BUNCH.
01:27:23.876 --> 01:27:25.583
AND THERE WAS ABOUT
FIVE OR SIX CARS
01:27:25.584 --> 01:27:29.500
BEHIND US. WE WERE ALL STOPPED.
WE HAD TO GET OUT,
01:27:29.501 --> 01:27:31.875
CHECKED WHAT WE HAD IN THERE.
01:27:31.876 --> 01:27:33.166
AND ONCE WE GOT IN KAHNAWAKE,
WELL,
01:27:33.167 --> 01:27:37.458
I MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
AND I THANKED GOD THAT I WAS
BACK HOME.
01:27:37.459 --> 01:27:39.958
- EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT OF TIME,
THEY HARASS YOU.
01:27:39.959 --> 01:27:43.166
THEY PULL YOU OVER, THEY CHECK
YOUR TRUNK. THEY CHECK
UNDERNEATH YOUR SEATS.
01:27:43.167 --> 01:27:47.249
EVEN THE COPS, YOUR TIRE IS LOW,
THEY GIVE YOU A TICKET FOR THAT.
01:27:47.250 --> 01:27:48.999
AND THEY SEARCH YOU.
01:27:49.000 --> 01:27:51.458
YOUR I.D. YOUR CAR, EVERYTHING.
01:27:51.459 --> 01:27:53.333
LIKE TWO MINUTES LATER,
YOU\'RE GOING BACK HOME.
01:27:53.334 --> 01:27:56.500
THEY KNOW IT\'S YOU, THEY SEARCH
YOU, THEY DO IT AGAIN.
01:27:56.501 --> 01:27:58.249
IT\'S JUST HARASSMENT.
01:27:58.250 --> 01:28:00.500
THEY HAD NO BUSINESS HERE AFTER.
01:28:00.501 --> 01:28:02.374
IF YOU\'RE A MOHAWK,
01:28:02.375 --> 01:28:03.958
YOU\'RE IN TROUBLE.
01:28:03.959 --> 01:28:06.082
- THE PRIMARY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
01:28:06.083 --> 01:28:08.249
IN THE TERRITORY OF KAHNAWAKE
01:28:08.250 --> 01:28:10.041
IS THE PEACE KEEPERS.
01:28:10.042 --> 01:28:14.791
- ONE EVENING, WE WERE RETURNING
FROM ST-CONSTANT
01:28:14.792 --> 01:28:17.333
WHERE WE HAD OUR
MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRED.
01:28:17.334 --> 01:28:23.166
AND ASSISTANT-CHIEF WHITE AND
MYSELF HAD COME INTO THE FIRST
CHECKPOINT WITHIN THE RESERVE,
01:28:23.167 --> 01:28:24.999
AND WE\'RE STOPPED
BY THE MILITARY POLICE
01:28:25.000 --> 01:28:28.082
AND ASKED TO STEP OUT OF OUR
VEHICLES, ASKED TO PUT OUR HANDS
01:28:28.083 --> 01:28:31.249
OVER OUR HEAD, THEN WE WERE
ADVISED WE WERE PLACED
UNDER ARREST
01:28:31.250 --> 01:28:34.958
FOR POSSESSION OF ARMS, OF
REGISTERED, RESTRICTED WEAPONS.
01:28:34.959 --> 01:28:38.708
WELL, WE\'VE BEEN CARRYING
FIREARMS AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY
01:28:38.709 --> 01:28:41.708
WITHIN KAHNAWAKE FOR
APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS,
01:28:41.709 --> 01:28:44.875
AND WE\'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM
UNTIL MONDAY.
01:28:44.876 --> 01:28:46.958
- THE PEACEKEEPERS ARE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION
01:28:46.959 --> 01:28:48.625
AS PEACE OFFICERS
IN THE COMMUNITY OF KAHNAWAKE.
01:28:48.626 --> 01:28:50.791
THEY\'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO PATROL THE COMMUNITY
OF KAHNAWAKE.
01:28:50.792 --> 01:28:54.500
THEY\'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
APPREHEND OFFENDERS IN THE
COMMUNITY OF KAHNAWAKE,
01:28:54.501 --> 01:28:56.208
BOTH INDIAN AND NON-INDIAN.
01:28:56.209 --> 01:28:58.249
ANYBODY WHO COMES INTO
THE COMMUNITY WHO THINKS
01:28:58.250 --> 01:29:01.291
THEY CAN COMMIT A CRIMINAL
INFRACTION AND GET AWAY WITH IT
01:29:01.292 --> 01:29:04.041
BECAUSE OF THIS POSSIBILITY
OF CHARGES, ARE SORELY WRONG.
01:29:04.042 --> 01:29:05.917
I UNDERSTAND THAT
01:29:05.918 --> 01:29:08.666
THE DECISION TO INVESTIGATE THE
POSSIBILITY OF LAYING CHARGES
01:29:08.667 --> 01:29:10.082
WAS MADE BY THE
PROVINCIAL POLICE.
01:29:10.083 --> 01:29:15.208
- I HOPE THE SURETE DECIDES TO BE
REASONABLE ABOUT THIS,
01:29:15.209 --> 01:29:17.958
BECAUSE IT CAN HAVE
A RECIPROCAL EFFECT.
01:29:17.959 --> 01:29:21.041
- IT IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
01:29:21.042 --> 01:29:23.166
WHENEVER THEY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING IN KAHNAWSAKE,
01:29:23.167 --> 01:29:26.666
THEY FEEL THEY CAN COME AND
THEY DON\'T HAVE TO CONSULT.
01:29:26.667 --> 01:29:29.208
WE HAVE A LEGITIMATE
POLICE AGREEMENT
01:29:29.209 --> 01:29:31.041
WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
01:29:31.042 --> 01:29:32.708
AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
THAT SAYS OTHERWISE.
01:29:32.709 --> 01:29:38.208
I THINK AT THAT TIME,
WE PROBABLY WERE THE MOST
HEAVILY POLICED COMMUNITY
01:29:38.209 --> 01:29:42.125
YOU\'D FIND ANYWHERE
IN NORTH AMERICA.
01:29:46.959 --> 01:29:49.583
-WE WERE LIVING IN CHATEAUGUAY.
01:29:49.584 --> 01:29:52.458
AND I WAS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
01:29:52.459 --> 01:29:53.292
OF ST. WILLIBROD SCHOOL.
01:29:53.293 --> 01:29:58.791
AND THEY CAME OUT WITH THE
SAYING THAT WE BETTER NOT LET
THE MOHAWK CHILDREN COME BACK
01:29:58.792 --> 01:30:01.124
RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE IT\'S NOT
SAFE FOR THEM.
01:30:01.125 --> 01:30:04.124
AND I DECIDED TO SPEAK OUT,
WHICH I DID.
01:30:04.125 --> 01:30:07.166
AND THERE WAS A MEETING
AT THE SCHOOL BOARD.
01:30:07.167 --> 01:30:09.041
WE WERE IN THE FRENCH BOARD
AT THE TIME.
01:30:09.042 --> 01:30:13.833
AND I WENT PREPARED WITH TWO
SPEECHES, ONE IN FRENCH AND ONE
IN ENGLISH.
01:30:13.834 --> 01:30:18.333
AND I DIDN\'T EVEN GET A CHANCE
TO START.
01:30:18.334 --> 01:30:20.958
THE HATRED WAS FIERCE
IN THE ROOM.
01:30:20.959 --> 01:30:25.917
PEOPLE WERE ATTACKING
THE GAZETTE REPORTER.
01:30:25.918 --> 01:30:28.458
THEY THREW HIS PHONE
ACROSS THE ROOM.
01:30:28.459 --> 01:30:32.958
I FELT VERY THREATENED AND I
SAID, \"LET\'S GET OUT OF HERE.\"
01:30:32.959 --> 01:30:35.625
I KNOW THAT HATRED IS EVIL,
01:30:35.626 --> 01:30:38.583
AND I DON\'T CARE IF IT
COMES OUT OF A WHITE MAN,
01:30:38.584 --> 01:30:42.249
A RED MAN, A BLACK MAN:
IT AFFECTS US.
01:30:42.250 --> 01:30:45.208
- I KEPT THEM IN FRENCH SCHOOL
BUT I SENT THEM TO LACHINE,
01:30:45.209 --> 01:30:48.208
BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST TOO MUCH
TROUBLE IN CHATEAUGUAY
01:30:48.209 --> 01:30:49.750
AND IT WAS...
01:30:49.751 --> 01:30:50.875
THEY STARTED LATE.
01:30:50.876 --> 01:30:54.249
THEY DIDN\'T LET THEM START
AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SCHOOL YEAR.
01:30:54.250 --> 01:30:56.374
THEY HAD A CORN PARTY
THE FIRST DAY,
01:30:56.375 --> 01:30:58.416
BUT OUR CHILDREN
WEREN\'T INVITED.
01:30:58.417 --> 01:31:02.208
THEY WERE THINKING OF PROTECTING
OUR CHILDREN.
01:31:02.209 --> 01:31:04.958
\'CAUSE THE ENGLISH TEACHER ASKED
WHY, SHE SAYS,
01:31:04.959 --> 01:31:07.750
\"YOU HAVE... YOU\'RE HAVING
A CORN PARTY\", SHE SAYS,
01:31:07.751 --> 01:31:10.082
\"AND IT WAS THE INDIANS THAT
GAVE YOU CORN\",
01:31:10.083 --> 01:31:14.375
AND SHE SAYS, \"ALL THE INDIAN
CHILDREN ARE NOT IN SCHOOL.\"
01:32:32.501 --> 01:32:36.999
- I WENT TO SUMMER DRAMA CAMP AND
WE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE, LIKE,
01:32:37.000 --> 01:32:38.958
A BOX, LIKE A STAGE.
01:32:38.959 --> 01:32:41.625
THIS IS MY SCHOOL ST. WILIBROD.
01:32:41.626 --> 01:32:43.666
THIS IS OUR SCHOOL YARD
01:32:43.667 --> 01:32:47.333
AND WE\'RE DOING THE ROUND
DANCE TO FOUR PEOPLE.
01:32:47.334 --> 01:32:51.750
AND THIS IS ME.
THERE\'S A FEW KIDS IN MY CLASS,
01:32:51.751 --> 01:32:54.082
AMY,
01:32:54.083 --> 01:32:57.249
AMANDA AND JULIE,
THEY WERE INTERESTED
01:32:57.250 --> 01:33:00.666
IN INDIANS AND I SHOWED THEM
THE ROUND DANCE.
01:33:00.667 --> 01:33:04.416
AND THERE\'S ABOUT THREE INDIANS
IN THAT CLASS
01:33:04.417 --> 01:33:07.166
AND WE, LIKE, DO A FEW DANCES.
01:33:07.167 --> 01:33:10.750
AND THEN, JAMES AND THEM, JAMES,
DANNY AND BROCK,
01:33:10.751 --> 01:33:12.708
THEY MAKE FUN OF US
01:33:12.709 --> 01:33:15.875
BECAUSE, LIKE, IT\'S DIFFERENT.
01:33:15.876 --> 01:33:17.917
- SO HEAVENLY FATHER,
AS THIS SMOKE RISES,
01:33:17.918 --> 01:33:20.124
WE ASK YOU TO SEND
YOUR HOLY SPIRIT,
01:33:20.125 --> 01:33:23.208
YOUR GREAT SPIRIT TO LOOK UPON
AND BLESS IT.
01:33:23.209 --> 01:33:26.208
PURIFY THE FIRE AND PURIFY
THIS FEATHER
01:33:26.209 --> 01:33:29.917
THAT WE\'LL BE USING TONIGHT,
AS WE SHARE
01:33:29.918 --> 01:33:31.208
ONE ANOTHER.
01:33:31.209 --> 01:33:33.041
PURIFY THE CIRCLE
01:33:33.042 --> 01:33:35.541
TO STRIKE OUT AGAINST ANOTHER.
- I PARTICIPATED
01:33:35.542 --> 01:33:37.458
IN A FEW HEALING CIRCLES.
01:33:37.459 --> 01:33:41.458
- GRANDFATHER, GREAT SPIRIT,
JESUS CHRIST, JEECHEE MANITOU,
01:33:41.459 --> 01:33:44.416
AND ALL THE MANY NAMES
THAT WE ADDRESS YOU WITH.
01:33:44.417 --> 01:33:47.249
-I WENT TO A SWEAT LODGE.
01:33:47.250 --> 01:33:49.750
I\'M JUST...
01:33:49.751 --> 01:33:51.875
I\'M STILL IN SEARCH, YOU KNOW,
01:33:51.876 --> 01:33:54.333
BUT I\'VE COME A LONG WAY
01:33:54.334 --> 01:33:55.458
FROM WHERE I WAS.
01:33:55.459 --> 01:34:01.958
-IN 1990, THAT SUMMER
THAT MANY OF US REMEMBER
IN DIFFERENT WAYS,
01:34:01.959 --> 01:34:04.750
IT IS GOOD TO RECALL IT.
01:34:04.751 --> 01:34:08.875
BECAUSE LIKE ANY HEALING,
WHEN WE\'RE WOUNDED
01:34:08.876 --> 01:34:12.416
AND UNLESS THE WOUND
IS CLEANSED DEEPLY
01:34:12.417 --> 01:34:16.958
AND PROFOUNDLY, THE INFECTION
WILL CONTINUE TO FESTER.
01:34:16.959 --> 01:34:20.500
-AND THE CIRCLE IS REALLY...
01:34:20.501 --> 01:34:22.249
REALLY WORKING, I THINK, RON,
01:34:22.250 --> 01:34:23.958
BECAUSE WE\'VE ALL COME TOGETHER
AND...
01:34:23.959 --> 01:34:29.166
SIT WITH NON-NATIVE BROTHERS AND
SISTERS AND WE\'RE ALL WORKING
TOGETHER
01:34:29.167 --> 01:34:30.958
AND LEAVING OUR HURTS HERE.
01:34:30.959 --> 01:34:33.166
- MY MAIN ATTITUDE WAS
THAT OF INDIFFERENCE,
01:34:33.167 --> 01:34:37.958
MAKING JOKES ABOUT THE WARRIORS
AND ABOUT THE MASKS
AND ALL THIS.
01:34:37.959 --> 01:34:41.249
AND AS MEN GENERALLY DO,
WE LIKE TO KID
01:34:41.250 --> 01:34:44.958
AND MAKE JOKES ABOUT THINGS
WE DON\'T UNDERSTAND
01:34:44.959 --> 01:34:47.958
AND THINGS OVER WHICH
WE HAVE NO CONTROL.
01:34:47.959 --> 01:34:50.458
AND IT WAS THAT IGNORANCE
01:34:50.459 --> 01:34:54.958
AND THAT LACK OF CONTROL THAT
WAS REALLY CONTROLLING US.
01:34:54.959 --> 01:34:59.999
WE GOT TO MEET THESE PEOPLE AND
THEY BECAME FRIENDS.
01:35:00.000 --> 01:35:02.124
THEY BECAME BROTHERS.
01:35:02.125 --> 01:35:04.958
WE NEEDED HEALING, THE HEALING
OF OUR INDIFFERENCE
01:35:04.959 --> 01:35:08.249
BECAUSE WE STARTED TO CARE.
- I HAD IN MY CLASS
01:35:08.250 --> 01:35:10.291
SO MANY CHILDREN FROM KAHNAWAKE,
01:35:10.292 --> 01:35:14.833
I FELT, AFTER THE CRISIS
WAS OVER,
01:35:14.834 --> 01:35:17.583
I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT
TO DO SOMETHING.
01:35:17.584 --> 01:35:21.958
AND IF I COULD HELP BUILD
BRIDGES OF RECONCILIATION
01:35:21.959 --> 01:35:23.917
BETWEEN CHATEAUGUAY AND
KAHNAWAKE,
01:35:23.918 --> 01:35:26.791
THEN THAT WAS
WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
01:35:26.792 --> 01:35:32.999
AND I ENJOYED A FEELING OF
FAMILY HERE,
01:35:33.000 --> 01:35:39.959
IN THIS HEALING CIRCLE,
THAT I HAD NEVER KNOWN.
01:35:47.667 --> 01:35:51.750
- WE DIDN\'T OPEN MANY STORES
IN 1990, 91, 92, 93.
01:35:51.751 --> 01:35:53.583
IT WAS THE LOWEST
01:35:53.584 --> 01:35:57.041
DEVELOPMENT YEARS
IN THE PROVINCE.
01:35:57.042 --> 01:35:58.999
WE HAD A CRISIS THEN.
01:35:59.000 --> 01:36:01.792
BUT IT\'S IMPROVING NOW.
01:36:02.876 --> 01:36:04.374
THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS
OF CHATEAUGUAY
01:36:04.375 --> 01:36:08.082
ARE PLEASED WITH WHAT\'S GOING ON
BETWEEN CHATEAUGUAY AND
KAHNAWAKE.
01:36:08.083 --> 01:36:12.958
- THERE WAS A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
BEFORE I EVEN WANTED TO GO BACK
01:36:12.959 --> 01:36:15.583
AND GIVE ANY OF MY BUSINESS
01:36:15.584 --> 01:36:19.875
OR ASSOCIATE WITH ANYTHING
TO DO WITH CHATEAUGUAY.
01:36:19.876 --> 01:36:27.291
SO EVEN NOW, IT\'S A VERY THIN
LAYER OF TOLERANCE THAT\'S
STILL THERE,
01:36:27.292 --> 01:36:30.583
AND PROBABLY YOU\'D PEEL
THAT BACK
01:36:30.584 --> 01:36:33.958
IF THERE WAS ANY KIND
OF A SITUATION TO OCCUR,
01:36:33.959 --> 01:36:37.542
VERY QUICKLY THAT THING
WOULD FLARE BACK UP.
01:36:42.959 --> 01:36:45.999
THEY SAY TIME HEALS THINGS.
YES, IT DOES TO A CERTAIN
EXTENT.
01:36:46.000 --> 01:36:52.458
BUT I THINK THE UNDERLYING
PROBLEMS ARE STILL... HAVEN\'T
BEEN ADDRESSED YET.
01:36:52.459 --> 01:36:57.374
- NOW HAD NOT THE MOHAWK LAND
BEEN AS IMPORTANT,
01:36:57.375 --> 01:36:59.958
THEN WE WOULD HAVE
NOT DONE THAT.
01:36:59.959 --> 01:37:01.583
AS A RESULT OF IT,
01:37:01.584 --> 01:37:06.250
OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
ECONOMICALLY DEVASTATED.
01:37:12.834 --> 01:37:14.541
-SO THE FIRST TIME I WENT BACK
01:37:14.542 --> 01:37:19.958
WHICH WAS TO ACTUALLY GO
AND SHOP THERE WAS MAYBE
A YEAR LATER.
01:37:19.959 --> 01:37:23.958
AND I FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
01:37:23.959 --> 01:37:26.541
I THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE LOOKING
AT ME, YOU KNOW.
01:37:26.542 --> 01:37:30.958
I GUESS WE\'LL NEVER FORGET IT.
IT\'LL ALWAYS BE THERE.
01:37:30.959 --> 01:37:32.958
-ONE TIME, I WENT AT ZELLERS.
01:37:32.959 --> 01:37:37.791
\"AH, THESE PEOPLE! REGARDE
LA SAUVAGESSE! LA SAUVAGESSE!\"
01:37:37.792 --> 01:37:38.999
HEY, THAT\'S...
01:37:39.000 --> 01:37:42.500
THEN MY DAUGHTER MONA,
SHE SAYS, \"HEY\", SHE SAYS,
01:37:42.501 --> 01:37:43.501
\"WE\'RE NOT SAVAGES\", SHE SAYS.
01:37:43.502 --> 01:37:48.958
\"IT\'S THE PEOPLE THAT THROW
STONES AT MY MOTHER THAT\'S...
THEY\'RE THE SAVAGES.\"
01:37:48.959 --> 01:37:51.583
SO ANYWAYS, THAT STOPPED.
01:37:51.584 --> 01:37:55.666
THE MANAGER, I THINK, CAME AND
HE TOLD THEM TO STOP.
01:37:55.667 --> 01:38:00.917
SO WE DIDN\'T EVEN BUY NOTHING
THAT DAY. WE CAME BACK OUT AND
WE WENT HOME.
01:38:00.918 --> 01:38:03.208
- I FIND PEOPLE ARE STILL
STARING AT YOU.
01:38:03.209 --> 01:38:06.958
- HERE, BUT LOOK AT THIS ONE.
YOU ALWAYS LIKED BIG GLASSES.
01:38:06.959 --> 01:38:09.166
-LET ME CHECK FURTHER DOWN.
01:38:09.167 --> 01:38:12.750
-I TRY. I TRY...
01:38:12.751 --> 01:38:16.959
TO REMEMBER THE ONES
THAT HELPED.
01:38:21.000 --> 01:38:23.958
- IF WE WANT TO IMPROVE
RELATIONS,
01:38:23.959 --> 01:38:25.999
WE CAN\'T LOOK BACK ALL THE TIME.
01:38:26.000 --> 01:38:27.958
WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD.
01:38:27.959 --> 01:38:34.625
WE MAY NOT FORGET, BUT WE HAVE
THE OBLIGATION TO FORGIVE.
01:38:34.626 --> 01:38:35.958
ON BOTH SIDES.
01:38:35.959 --> 01:38:40.166
- I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO THINK
ABOUT FORGIVE AND FORGET,
01:38:40.167 --> 01:38:42.208
YOU KNOW, AND LET\'S
NOT BRING UP THE PAST.
01:38:42.209 --> 01:38:46.208
NOW WHETHER IT\'S GOOD OR BAD,
IT HAD A BEGINNING SOMEWHERE.
01:38:46.209 --> 01:38:48.333
THERE\'S A CAUSE FOR IT.
01:38:48.334 --> 01:38:51.416
IT\'S ALWAYS NECESSARY TO LOOK
BACK IN TIME
01:38:51.417 --> 01:38:53.333
AT WHAT HAS CREATED A SITUATION:
01:38:53.334 --> 01:38:57.958
WHY ARE PEOPLE DOING THINGS
AT THAT POINT?
01:38:57.959 --> 01:39:01.041
WHY ARE THERE DIFFICULTIES?
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT
01:39:01.042 --> 01:39:03.124
TO LIVE IN THE PROVINCE
OF QUEBEC, YOU KNOW?
01:39:03.125 --> 01:39:07.333
AND WHY IS IT THAT MUCH MORE
DIFFICULT FOR NATIVE PEOPLE
01:39:07.334 --> 01:39:12.583
AND IN THIS INSTANCE,
MOHAWK PEOPLE, KAHNAWAKE,
01:39:12.584 --> 01:39:14.958
TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
01:39:14.959 --> 01:39:17.459
WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS?
01:39:19.959 --> 01:39:23.625
- THE LAND ISSUE IS SOMETHING
BEHOND MY CAPACITY.
01:39:23.626 --> 01:39:27.958
I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION
BUT I CANNOT RESOLVE IT.
01:39:27.959 --> 01:39:29.875
-WE LOOK AT THE WORLD AROUND US
01:39:29.876 --> 01:39:32.958
AND THERE\'S NOT MANY GREAT
THINGS TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW.
01:39:32.959 --> 01:39:38.541
WE SEE DISPARITY, WARS GOING ON,
OPPRESSION, YOU KNOW,
01:39:38.542 --> 01:39:40.500
VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
01:39:40.501 --> 01:39:43.250
THERE\'S A LOT OF NEGATIVITY.
01:39:44.918 --> 01:39:49.166
IT\'S VERY REWARDING BECAUSE YOU
SEE THEM DEVELOPING PHYSICALLY.
01:39:49.167 --> 01:39:51.249
YOU SEE THEM DEVELOPING
SPIRITUALLY CHEV
01:39:51.250 --> 01:39:53.917
AND YOU SEE THEM
DEVELOPING MENTALLY.
01:39:53.918 --> 01:39:56.958
AND WHEN YOU SEE A BEING
DEVELOP LIKE THAT,
01:39:56.959 --> 01:39:58.958
IT\'S PRETTY HARD
TO INTIMIDATE THEM,
01:39:58.959 --> 01:40:01.041
TO MAKE THEM WALK OFF
01:40:01.042 --> 01:40:03.833
A GOOD PATH.
01:40:03.834 --> 01:40:06.041
BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL.
01:40:06.042 --> 01:40:07.583
-FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS,
01:40:07.584 --> 01:40:09.958
WELL, WE GOTTA THINK OF OUR
LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE GROWING UP,
01:40:09.959 --> 01:40:15.666
THAT ARE COMING UP AND, YOU
KNOW, TO TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER
WE HAVE LEFT ON THE RESERVE.
01:40:15.667 --> 01:40:20.501
[MOHAWK]
01:40:26.918 --> 01:40:32.541
- THE 78 DAYS THAT WE WERE HOME
ON THE LAND,
01:40:32.542 --> 01:40:35.708
THE PEACE THAT WAS THERE,
01:40:35.709 --> 01:40:36.917
JUST TO BE UNIFIED,
01:40:36.918 --> 01:40:43.750
WILL HELP US TO ALWAYS REMEMBER
THE SEVEN GENERATIONS
THAT FOLLOWS,
01:40:43.751 --> 01:40:45.958
FROM THE UNBORN
THAT\'S COMING YET.
01:40:45.959 --> 01:40:48.917
IN OUR LANGUAGE, THEY WOULD TURN
AROUND AND SAY...
[MOHAWK]
01:40:48.918 --> 01:40:50.625
\"THEIR FACES ARE NOT HERE;
THEY\'RE COMING.\"
01:40:50.626 --> 01:40:56.124
MOTHER EARTH GAVE US LIFE,
JUST LIKE A WOMAN WILL GIVE LIFE
01:40:56.125 --> 01:41:01.583
AND EACH GENERATION ANEW
WILL BRING HAPPINESS AND JOY,
01:41:01.584 --> 01:41:04.958
THAT WILL BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
THAT WE CAN LIVE.
01:41:04.959 --> 01:41:07.666
BUT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER.
01:41:07.667 --> 01:41:13.751
NOT JUST MY PEOPLE, BUT
THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD.
01:41:40.542 --> 01:41:43.374
- THAT WE DON\'T HAVE TO GO
TO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
01:41:43.375 --> 01:41:47.708
AND ASK FOR OUR SOVEREIGNTY.
01:41:47.709 --> 01:41:49.750
THAT WE DON\'T HAVE TO GO
TO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
01:41:49.751 --> 01:41:53.208
AND ASK FOR OUR RIGHTS
TO BE SELF-DETERMINING.
01:41:53.209 --> 01:41:55.041
WE HAVE THOSE.
01:41:55.042 --> 01:41:57.999
THEY\'RE INSIDE OF OUR HEARTS.
01:41:58.000 --> 01:42:00.166
THEY\'RE IN OUR BELIEFS.
01:42:00.167 --> 01:42:05.458
WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE
RIGHTS CONTINUE TO EXIST INTO
THE FUTURE,
01:42:05.459 --> 01:42:07.500
SO THAT OUR CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE
01:42:07.501 --> 01:42:10.166
TO GO THROUGH THAT KIND
OF STRUGGLE.
01:42:10.167 --> 01:42:14.041
SO THAT THEY WILL ENJOY
THE PEACE AND THE RESPECT
01:42:14.042 --> 01:42:17.959
AND THE HONOR OF BEING
ONKWEHONN: WE [MOHAWK]
01:42:19.501 --> 01:42:24.500
SO I ASK YOU, ALL OF YOU, TO
KEEP YOUR COMMITMENT STRONG,
01:42:24.501 --> 01:42:27.541
TO KEEP YOUR PRAYERS STRONG.
01:42:27.542 --> 01:42:31.750
AND I ASK ALL OF YOU TO BEGIN
TO WORK IN YOUR COMMUNITIES,
01:42:31.751 --> 01:42:36.041
TO BEGIN BUILDING YOUR NATIONS,
BUILD YOUR GOVERNMENT,
01:42:36.042 --> 01:42:39.000
BUILD YOUR PEOPLE,
01:42:40.042 --> 01:42:41.958
DEMONSTRATE AND RESPECT
AND HONOUR
01:42:41.959 --> 01:42:44.750
THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD MADE
A COMMITMENT
01:42:44.751 --> 01:42:46.666
OVER 75 DAYS.
01:42:46.667 --> 01:42:48.958
ALWAYS REMEMBER THEM.
01:42:48.959 --> 01:42:52.291
[NARRATOR]: TO HAVE THE TREATIES
RESPECTED AND RECOGNIZED
01:42:52.292 --> 01:42:55.374
BY THE GOVERNMENT
AND ITS CITIZENS
01:42:55.375 --> 01:42:56.833
HAS ALWAYS BEEN
01:42:56.834 --> 01:43:01.417
A STRUGGLE FOR ALL ABORIGINAL
PEOPLE IN CANADA.
01:43:03.751 --> 01:43:10.083
THE EXPERIENCE OF TREACHERY
AND LOSS IS THEIR HISTORY.
01:43:22.959 --> 01:43:28.750
THE 1990 STAND BY THE MOHAWKS
OF KAHNAWAKE AND KANEHSATAKE,
01:43:28.751 --> 01:43:31.375
WAS NOT IN VAIN.
01:43:32.292 --> 01:43:35.791
NEGOTIATIONS ON LAND RIGHTS
AND SELF-MANAGEMENT
01:43:35.792 --> 01:43:38.208
HAVE BEEN GOING WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
01:43:38.209 --> 01:43:42.625
AND SEVERAL NATIONS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
01:43:42.626 --> 01:43:46.416
THIS TIME, THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE
MUST BE CERTAIN
01:43:46.417 --> 01:43:52.458
THAT ANY AGREEMENT WILL BE BEST,
NOT ONLY FOR THE PRESENT,
01:43:52.459 --> 01:43:56.334
BUT ALSO FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
01:44:01.959 --> 01:44:03.791
CAPTIONS PERFORMED BY
01:44:03.792 --> 01:44:07.709
CENTRE NATIONAL
DU SOUS-TITRAGE PST INC.
01:44:23.959 --> 01:44:31.959
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