Incident at Restigouche

Incident at Restigouche is a 1984 documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin chronicling a series of two raids on the Listuguj Migmaq First Nation Restigouche by the Sûreté du Québec in 1981 as part of the efforts of the Quebec government to impose new restrictions on Native salmon fishermen Incident at Restigouche delves into the history behind the Quebec Provincial Police QPP raids on the Restigouche Reserve on June 11 and 20 1981 The Quebec government had decided to restrict fishing resulting in anger among the Micmac Indians as salmon was traditionally an important source of food and income Using a combination of documents news clips photographs and interviews this powerful film provides an indepth investigation into the historymaking raids that put justice on trial