"We were going to hold our ground": Behind the lines of a Mohawk protest

Tracey Deer is an award-winning director who grew up on a Mohawk reservation near Montreal, Canada. When she was 12-years-old, a nearby reservation became involved in a land dispute known as the Oka Crisis. Developers wanted to build a golf course on an indigenous burial ground, and the Mohawk organised a protest camp. Things escalated into an armed standoff, and the violence that ensued would deeply traumatise Tracey. Now she’s made a film, Beans, a semi-fictional account of her experiences during the crisis. Get in touch: [email protected]: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Harry Graham (Photo: A Mohawk man during the Oka Crisis. Credit: Getty Images/Christopher Morris-Corbis)