Fighting For Their Land: The Kanesatake Resistance

For 270 years, the Indigenous at Oka had seen their land sold off and developed without consultation. Then, for several months in 1990, a group of Mohawk Indigenous stood up against developers to prevent a golf course from being built onto their land. It would change Canada forever.

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Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/oka-crisis

CBC: Oka Crisis - The legacy of the warrior flag

CityNews: 35 years since the start of the Oka Crisis

Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/crown-indigenous-relations-northern-affairs/news/2020/07/30th-anniversary-of-the-oka-crisis.html

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