The crisis began on July 11, 1990, and lasted 78 days until September 26, with two fatalities. The dispute was the first well-publicized violent conflict ...

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The Oka Crisis, occurring in 1990, was a significant and violent land dispute between the Mohawk people of Kanesatake and the Canadian government. The conflict was ignited by plans to expand a golf course and construct townhouses over ancestral burial grounds, which the Mohawk had historically inhabited for centuries.

Oka Crisis

Oka Crisis Kanesatake Resistance
Casualties and losses
1 killed 30 wounded1 killed 75 wounded
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The aftermath of the Oka Crisis has had immeasurable psychological, behavioural, physical and emotional effects on all community members, including children. Some community members reported feeling anxious, fearful, angry and depressed, and those feelings were not addressed until three years later.

Mulroney served as the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. He died Thursday at the age of 84. One of the defining moments of Mulroney's tenure was his handling of what is commonly called the Oka Crisis in 1990.Mar 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 K...

The Oka Crisis, occurring in 1990, was a significant and violent land dispute between the Mohawk people of Kanesatake and the Canadian government.

Jun 30, 2020In March of 1990, the Mohawk erected a blockade to prevent the arrival of bulldozers scheduled to break ground on the golf course expansion. The ...

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 ...

The Oka Crisis, a seventy-eight-day standoff between Mohawk protesters and provincial law enforcement over the proposed expansion of a golf-course onto disputed ...

Sep 7, 2021The Oka Crisis of 1990 left one person dead, several men in prison, and communities scarred. But 30 years later, on a somewhat positive note, it ...

Jul 21, 2020The Oka Crisis marks a critical transition in the state's use of the military against its own citizens and the subsequent rise of militarized police in North ...

Jul 11, 2025July 11, 1990 was the start of what's been called the “Oka crisis” that lasted 78 days. The dispute was over the land known as The Pines – ...

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