Oka Crisis
1990 land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka),[8][9][10] also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke),[1][11][12] was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, which began on July 11, 1990, and lasted 78 days until September 26, with two fatalities. The dispute was the first well-publicized violent conflict between First Nations and provincial governments in the late 20th century.[13]
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