Oka Crisis

  • Proposal of golf course and luxury homes was announced

  • Mohawks protested against the expansion in Kanehsatake

  • Tree cutting to start development

    75-100 Mohawks showed up to protest
  • A protest camp was established in the Pines

  • Kahnawake warriors arrive and join the protesters

  • Two people die at Akwesasne

  • Armed police assault on a blockade at Kanehsatake

  • Police attack

  • Oka was the top story in Canadian TV & print media

    All through the summer of 1990
  • Crisis ends

    Construction was cancelled