The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke),, or Mohawk Crisis, was a land dispute...
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Oka is a small village on the northern bank of the Ottawa River (Rivière des Outaouais in French), northwest of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Located in the...
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Joseph Tehawehron David (section The Oka crisis)
a Mohawk artist who became known for his role as a warrior during the Oka Crisis in 1990. Joe David grew up in Kanehsatake, a small Mohawk (Kanienkehaka)...
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team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics) were notable participants in the 1990 Oka Crisis. Waneek was stabbed in the chest by a soldier wielding a bayonet while...
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Sûreté du Québec (section Oka Crisis)
national and First Nations crisis erupted in 1990 after SQ officers attempted to enforce a court order on the Mohawks of Oka, Quebec. SQ Corporal Marcel...
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official spokesperson, chosen by the People of the Longhouse, during the Oka Crisis. Ellen Gabriel was born in 1959 in Kanehsatà:ke Nation, Quebec. From a...
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and Ojibwe activist Brad Larocque staring each other down during the Oka Crisis. It was taken on September 1, 1990, by Shaney Komulainen, and has become...
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issues in Canada when, at the end of the 78-day siege at the heart of the Oka Crisis, she was bayonetted by a Canadian soldier. Waneek Horn-Miller was a key...
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signed the agreement on behalf of the band. One Dead Indian Oka Crisis Burnt Church Crisis Gustafsen Lake Standoff Caledonia Land Dispute Harries, Kate...
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Iroquois (section Oka Crisis)
and the Sûreté du Québec that left a policeman dead. In the resulting Oka Crisis, the Warrior Society occupied both the land that they claimed belonged...
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