The 78-day stand-off over a golf course
The 78-day stand-off over a golf course
In July 1990 Mohawk protesters clashed with Canadian forces over the development of a golf course on their ancient burial ground.
The impasse lasted for three months and was a watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-40492727/the-78-day-stand-off-over-a-golf-course
The video is at the BBC link. It's slightly less then 4 minutes long and well worth the effort.
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The golf course expansion that had originally triggered the crisis was cancelled and the land under dispute purchased from the developers by the federal government for $5.3 million
The Oka crisis, remember it well.
To tell the truth I had never heard of it. Funny how many of these stories don't get the play they deserve. I was on the BBC website and this video caught my eye so I thought I'd look into it further. It seems that it is yet another story being lost to history and I don't know why. Or actually I suspect why, but can't understand that it has to be so. I mean this was only 26 years ago, not ancient history, yet why is this the first I am hearing of it? I am not an uninformed person when it comes to the news or current events and have followed them (I thought) closely all of my life.
"The Oka crisis, remember it well."
As do I, not only from when it actually happened, but on seeing Alanis Obamsawin's documentary on it. In fact I wrote quite a bit about it in a article I posted on Kavika's Anishinaabe group over four years ago.
Remember the article well, Buzz....Great article.
Perhaps the news just didn't travel so well outside of Canada?