The Mohawk filmmaker was 12 years old in 1990, when the land dispute erupted around the court decision to allow an expansion of Club de golf Oka’s course by nine holes, infringing on Mohawk ...

But the macro picture of the problem is not what matters in “Beans.” To communicate the impact of that racism and xenophobia, particularly as exemplified by the 1990 Oka Crisis in Quebec, Deer ...

The crisis began after months of benign actions by Mohawk activists to protest against the expansion of a golf course and condominium village near Oka, Quebec. The Mohawk contended that the land ...

Oka Crisis: Mohawk claim to pine forest never resolved. The Mohawks of Kanesatake will on Saturday mark 25 years since the start of the standoff that became known as the Oka Crisis on the very ...

A rolling convoy is shown to commemorate the thirty year anniversary of the Oka crisis in Oka, Que., Saturday, July 11, 2020. ... A similar event took place Saturday in Kahnawake Mohawk Reserve, ...

Oka Crisis: Mohawk claim to pine forest never resolved TIMELINE: 78 days of civil unrest The issue resurfaced at a municipal meeting Thursday to update the bylaw, which has been in place for two ...

The drama “Beans” sets its coming-of-age story during the 1990 Oka crisis, when Mohawk residents of Oka, Quebec, began protesting the expansion of a golf course into Native burial ground.

Serge Simon says that as far as he’s concerned, the current dispute over a developer’s intention to donate a parcel of land to the Mohawk community will not lead to a repeat of the 78-day ...

The crisis began on July 11, 1990 when Mohawk in Kahnestake erected barriars blocking the highway north and access to the forest on the edge of Oka. Mohawk in Kahnawake blocked a bridge and ...

Tracey Deer based “Beans” on her experiences as a child during the 1990 Oka crisis, a confrontation between the Mohawk people and the government. By Laurel Graeber Tracey Deer can still ...

'We had to suffer for other people's gains,' Mohawk. The 78-day Oka crisis left lingering bitterness and mistrust between Mohawks and their neighbours.

Mohawk activists drove out of a forested area in Kanesatake and began a very slow and loud rolling blockade toward Oka. READ MORE: Convoys mark 30th anniversary of Oka crisis as land dispute ...