One Dead Indian

Discussion in 'TV' started by Fizzyliftingdrink, Jan 5, 2006.

  1. Fizzyliftingdrink

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    Who watched it? What did you think?

    This was on last night on CTV, it's the story of The Chippewa protestors who were trying to get their land back from the government.
    They were having a peaceful protest at the Ipperwash Provincial Park, because it was land that was "borrowed" by the government back in 1942 to be used as a military camp, but it was never returned. Decades later (1995), the people of Stoney Point Reserve got tired of being ignored, so they inhabited the park for a peacful protest. One unarmed man was killed by police, Dudley George.

    I thought it was a pretty fair movie. Since it was produced by the Aboriginal People's Television Network, I thought for sure it would be slanted more towards the Natives side. It wasn't however. They showed some of the police as comassionate towards the natives and their cause.
    I thought it was great, and it even made a few tears come to my eye.


    Here's a link to the amnesty international page with more information if you're curious.
    http://www.amnesty.ca/IndigenousPeoples/actions/view.php?load=arcview&article=152&c=Indigenous%20Peoples%20Actions
     

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