Oka 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 ...
Kanesatake Resistance (Oka Crisis) - The Canadian Encyclopedia
Jul 11, 2013 · 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.
78 days of unrest and an unresolved land claim hundreds of ... - CBC.ca
Jul 11, 2020 · A police officer, Sû ré te du Québec Cpl. Marcel Lemay was killed — sparking the 78-day standoff known as the Oka Crisis.
Standoff at Oka - CBC.ca
In March 1990, Mohawks warriors at Kanesatake set up a blockade over disputed land with the municipality of Oka. In August, Canadians soldiers were called in to serve at the standoff.
The Oka Crisis - ArcGIS StoryMaps
Dec 18, 2023 · Oka Crisis Blockades. A famous standoff between a Mohawk defender and a Canadian soldier. Summary: The Oka Crisis, spanning 78 days from July to September 1990, unfolded as a result of a contentious land dispute between the Mohawks of Kanesatake and the town of Oka in Quebec, Canada.
A warrior, a soldier and a photographer — remembering the Oka …
Aug 22, 2015 · Canadian Press photographer Tom Hanson took this shot of warrior Richard Livingston Nicholas standing astride an upturned police van at the beginning of the Oka Crisis, on July 11, 1990.
Canada’s Oka Crisis marked a change in how police use force
Jul 21, 2020 · During the summer of 1990 Mohawk Indians from the Kanesatake Indian Reserve, Quebec Provincial Police and Canadian army soldiers engaged in a 78 day stand-off that was sparked by the town of...
Kanesatake Resistance (Oka Crisis) (1990) - Indigenous Peoples in ...
Oct 1, 2024 · 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.
The Pines that set off the Oka Crisis: 'Once that’s gone, what’s left?’
Jul 11, 2020 · Thirty years after that tense standoff in Kanesatake, the conflict lives on in the bodies and minds of those who experienced it first-hand. And the land they fought for remains threatened.
Oka standoff: Mohawk barricades went up 25 years ago
Jul 6, 2015 · What began as a dispute between Kanesatake Mohawks and the neighbouring town of Oka, Que. over a proposed golf-course expansion turned into a costly 78-day standoff with police and the...