Trick or Treaty

Alanis Obomsawin
Canada, 2014
  • In Conversation
    Alanis Obomsawin
  • Joanne Barker

    Professor of American Indian studies at San Francisco State University and author of Native Acts: Law Recognition and Cultural Authenticity. She is Lenape (an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians).

  • Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie

    Director of the Gorman Museum and professor of Native American studies at UC Davis

Trick or Treaty is about both tracing and making history. Obomsawin’s powerful documentary includes an in-depth analysis of the notorious Treaty No. 9, a 1905 agreement under which First Nations communities were deceived about the actual content of the document, resulting in the government-sanctioned loss of sovereignty over their traditional homeland. The film also documents contemporary indigenous leaders and youth as they fight for the protection and respect of their lands and resources threatened by more recent legislation.

FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Alanis Obomsawin
Cinematographer
  • René Sioui Labelle
  • Philippe Amiguet
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 84 mins
Source
  • National Film Board of Canada