Mohawk youth -- Québec (Province) -- Social conditions, Mohawk women -- Québec (Province) -- Social conditions, Group identity -- Québec (Province) -- Kahnawake Indian Reserve, Culture conflict -- Québec (Province) -- Kahnawake Indian Reserve, Kahnawake Indian Reserve (Québec) -- Social conditions, Culture Conflict, Group identity, Social conditions, Québec, Québec -- Kahnawake Indian Reserve 

The massive Mercier Bridge looms over the eastern end of the Kahnawake Native reserve carrying commuters into the city of Montreal. For Amy, Lauren and Felicia, three Mohawk teens living in its shadow, the bridge also serves as a constant reminder of the bustling world just beyond the borders of their tiny community. Like typical teenagers, all three are wrestling with critical decisions about their futures. But for these girls, there is more at stake. The rules on the reserve can be strict and unforgiving. Move away and you risk losing your credibility, or worse, your rights as a Mohawk. Stay and you forego untold experiences and opportunities in the "outside world." With insight, humour and compassion, Deer takes us inside the lives of these three teenagers as they tackle the same issues of identity, culture and family she faced a decade earlier.
Shot over two years, and interspersed with home videos from Deer's own adolescence, Mohawk Girls provides a surprising inside look at modern Aboriginal youth culture. Deeply emotional yet unsentimental, it reveals the hope, despair, heartache and promise of growing up Native at the beginning of the 21st century.