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Jul 23, 2020 · It's been three decades since the groundbreaking 78-day standoff between Mohawks and Canadian soldiers. The Agenda reflects on the significance of the resistance that began outside Montreal in June 1990, how it's influenced Indigenous people and culture, and the land claim challenges that remain. Read transcript.
- 'It Hasn't Gotten Better'
- ''Our People Were Looked at as The Bad Guys'
- Working Toward The Future
John Cree, an elder from Kanesatake, feels the same, but said that assertion of self-determination and defending the land is something that needs to extend beyond his Kanien'kehá:ka community. "It's not just the Mohawks. Every Native person in Canada, land is a big issue," said Cree. "It reminded me to teach my children about their rights and who t...
Roxann Whitebean, a filmmaker from Kahnawake, was only six years old during the summer of 1990. Whitebean and her older sister lived with their grandmother in a house along the St. Lawrence Seaway. Although she was young, she remembers a helicopter landing near her home, Canadian army tanks lining the piece of land between the seaway and river, sta...
Tewateronhiakhwa Nelson was born after 1990. The 21-year-old, who is currently studying at Carleton University in Ottawa, notices the effects the crisis had on her mother and grandmother in Kanesatake. "I'm sort of grateful that I didn't have to go through that," said Nelson. "My mom at the time was 14 years old. I can't imagine being 14 and having...
Jul 11, 2020 · July 11, 2020. This week marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Oka crisis. What started with the proposed expansion of a golf course west of Montreal, turned into a 78-day stand-off ...
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NOW PLAYING. July 11 marks the 30th anniversary of the 1990 Oka Crisis. Here's a look back at Oka's long and complicated history. MONTREAL -- Randy Horne is a retired steelworker who lives in ...
Nov 20, 2010 · Twenty Years of Struggle: A Retrospective on the “Oka Crisis”. Sarita Ahooja, Fred Burrill, and Cleve Higgins / Issue 11 / 11/20/2010. Twenty years ago, the people of Kanehsatake and Kahna-wake rose up in defense of their ancestral lands, facing off against government officials, the police, and the Canadian Army.
Jul 11, 2020 · The ensuing conflict came to a head on July 11, 1990, when provincial police raided a protest camp in the Pines. Shots were exchanged. A police officer, Sû ré te du Québec Cpl. Marcel Lemay was ...
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Jul 2, 2021 · MONTREAL -. The Oka Crisis might be 31 years in the past, but a new feature film gives the events the immediacy of someone who was there. 'Beans' was re-enacted and filmed in the communities where ...
