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Incident at Restigouche
Before that: History of Manawan – Part Two
Alanis Obomsawin, CA 1972, DCP (from 16mm), colour, 21 min. English
In History of Manawan, Atikamekw elder Cézar Néwashish talks about traditional hunting and how it has changed under pressure from Western society. This is followed by a milestone in indigenous resistance cinema: Incident at Restigouche. In June 1981, police stormed the Mi'kmaq reserve of Restigouche by water, land and air. The trigger was the ongoing dispute over traditional fishing rights. While the Mi'kmaq caught six tonnes of salmon, recreational and industrial fishermen took over 900 tonnes. Obomsawin reconstructs the events with impressive clarity and confronts the fisheries minister responsible. (M.G.)
Introduction Michaela Grill