Our Nationhood
(2003, 96 min.) CANADA
Producer and director: Alanis Obomsawin (Abenaki)
Produced for: the National Film Board of Canada

The ongoing struggles of the Mi'kmaq community at Listuguj in Quebec, and the issue of logging on their traditional lands are the subjects of Our Nationhood. As the focus turns to a standoff facing the community-the tension between traditional and government-sanctioned leaderships-the film asserts the importance to aboriginal people of nationhood and the management of their own resources.

Image credit: Alanis Obomsawin - courtesy of the filmmaker; Our Nationhood