SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Oka Crisis, Kanesatake, Quebec, First Nations
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1st essay: 3 questions, material since exam 2. 2nd essay: 3 questions, asking exam as a whole. Town of oka, quebec wants to expand golf course. Group mohawk warrior society erects barricades on site of claimed burial ground. Occupation of disputed land begins march 10th, 1990. Little attention paid to it outside of quebec. July 11: oka mayor asks surete quebec to move in and remove protesters and barricades. Fire tear gas and concussion grenades into encampment. Gunfire erupts and police officer is wounded and killed. Police retreat leaving behind vehicles and moving equipment which are seized by protestors and used to enlarge barricades. Another grup of protesters close down the mercier bridge(which is on mohawk land) First nations groups across canada set up road blocks in solidarity with the mohawk. July 26th, federal government offers to buy the disputed land, compensate and give land to.
