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  1. Jul 11, 2013 · Last Edited November 10, 2023. The Kanesatake Resistance, also known as the Oka Crisis or the Mohawk Resistance at Kanesatake, was a 78-day standoff (11 July–26 September 1990) between Kanyen'kehà:ka (Mohawk) protesters, Quebec police, the RCMP and the Canadian Army. It took place in the community of Kanesatake, near the Town of Oka, on the ...

  2. Jul 10, 2020 · The Oka Crisis of 30 years ago was about land and blockades, masked warriors and weapons, a pair of communities surrounded by police, and more soldiers sent to southern Quebec than Canada sent to ...

  3. Jul 10, 2020 · The Kanesatake Resistance, also known as the Oka Crisis or the Mohawk Resistance at Kanesatake, was a 78-day standoff (11 July–26 September 1990) between Kanyen'kehà:ka (Mohawk) protesters, Quebec police, and the Canadian Army. It took place in the community of Kanesatake, which includes a commons area known as “the Pines.”.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Oka_CrisisOka Crisis - Wikipedia

    The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), [8] [9] [10] also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke), [1] [11] [12], or Mohawk Crisis, was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, over plans to build a golf course on land known as "The Pines" which included an indigenous burial ground.

  5. 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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  6. Jul 11, 2020 · Sept. 26, 1990: The Oka Crisis ends when Mohawk protesters leave a drug-treatment centre where they had been holed up. 1990 to 2007: The federal government buys 179 properties to enlarge ...

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  8. Jul 16, 2020 · I was struck by how little had changed. The standoff at Oka reached a crisis point 30 years ago this week. The Sûreté du Québec, the province’s police force, moved in on July 11 to clear the ...

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