Trick or Treaty?

2014· 85 min★ 6.5· Documentary

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

Cast: Alanis Obomsawin

Director: Alanis Obomsawin