By Kelly Malone
Early evening on September 26, 1990 the last of a group of Mohawk warriors left their encampment and ended a 78-day standoff called the Oka Crisis.
At the centre of the crisis was a proposed expansion, without consultation, of a golf course and a development of condominiums on traditional Kanehsatake Mohawk land which included a burial ground.
The Kanehsatake began with a peaceful blockade to prevent the expansion, but on July 11 the Quebec Provincial Police were called in and... // Read Full Article