Trick or Treaty?

2014 • 1h 25m • Documentary

The Fight for Justice

Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the infamous 1905 agreement wherein First Nations communities relinquished sovereignty over their traditional territories — to reveal the deceptions and distortions which the document has been subjected to by successive governments seeking to deprive Canada’s First Peoples of their lands.

Director

Alanis Obomsawin

Writers

Alanis Obomsawin

Status

Released