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Culture and the Canada - U.S. border

teaching resources | audiovisual

 

Mohawks of Akwesasne talk about experiences of border crossing after 9/11 - CBC

part of: Canada-US Post-9/11 "Border Stories" from CBC (Audio)

You Are On Indian Land - 1969 film by Mort Ransen, available from National Film Board of Canada. "The film shows the confrontation between police and a 1969 demonstration by Mohawks of the St. Regis Reserve on the bridge between Canada and the United States near Cornwall, Ontario."

Two Countries, One Street - 1955 film by Jean Palardy, available from National Film Board of Canada. "This short documentary visits the 3 Quebec border towns of Rock Island, Stanstead and Beebe, and the Vermont town of Derby Line to see how residents and officials cope with a civic life that is cut down the middle by an international boundary."

Bizarre Borders: Canada and the United States (YouTube)