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\"By Any Means Necessary\" tells the story of the Buffalo River Dene Nation, a First Nation located in Saskatchewan, Canada, and their current legal battle with the government of Canada. In 1994, when two hunters were arrested for trespassing and illegally hunting within a government-controlled facility, the community of Buffalo River rose to the defense of the hunters. Band elders asserted that the land in question was part of their traditional lands and the treaty signed with Canada in 1906 gave them the right to use that area. Through a series of cases and appeals, a guilty verdict was finally handed down by the Canadian legal system. Determined to clear the name of the hunters, the Buffalo River Dene Nation is now attempting to charge Canada in the International Court of Justice with the breaking of their 100 year-old treaty (www.myspace.com/indianofilms).
Both film screenings are co-sponsored by the following: California State University, Long Beach\'s American Indian Studies and Film and Electronic Arts Departments; Center for the First Amendment Studies; the City of Long Beach\'s Corporations for the Public Arts; KPFK (http://www.kpfk.org) FM 90.7 Los Angeles, FM 98.7 Santa Barbara and American Indian Airwaves. For more information call (562)434-4892, email at: burnt.swamp@verizon.net, or visit www.kpfk.org
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