Fifty Year Anniversary of 1968 Bridge Blockade

 

Kahn-Tineta Horn (center) and Mike Mitchell (right) listen to the Cornwall Chief of Police. All photos courtesy of Mike Mitchell.

By Kaniehtonkie

On an extremely cold morning fifty years ago in December 1968, about 50 Kanien'keháka, mostly women, gathered at the foot of the bridge on Kawehno:ke to protest. This protest proved pivotal in the movement of Native American/Aborigina...



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