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July 11, 1990.
Doses given to Gespeg members in Kanesatake will be accounted for in COVID-19 vaccine shipments back home.
In what local leaders call a “gesture of inter-nation solidarity,” Kanesatake will vaccinate members of the Micmac Nation of Gespeg, a First Nations community more than 800 kilometres away.
About half of Gespeg community members live outside of the territory, which is located off the gulf of Saint-Lawrence.
Over the weekend, about 250 of them will be able to access their home community’s vaccine supply in Kanesatake, through a new dosage exchange program.
“It's very important, as a nation of First Nations people, that we stick together,” said Micmac Nation of Gespeg Chief Terry Shaw. “That's our strength, because we are on common ground.”
“I decided, okay, all their members living within our region, we would open up our infrastructure to vaccinate their people,” said Serge Otsi Simon, Grand Chief of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) nation of Kanesatake northwest of Montreal.
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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (Dir. Alanis Obomsawin) I see clips included in this film get circulated all the time on...
The failure of the current government to act decisively during the recent Wet’suwet’en dispute demonstrated Canada’s preference for symbolic change rather than resolving land claims
Sean Carleton is an assistant professor in history and native studies at the University of Manitoba.
July 11 marks the 30th anniversary of what is commonly known as the Oka Crisis. In the summer of 1990, a 78-day standoff (July 11 to Sept. 26) occurred between the Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawks) of Kanesatake and the Quebec provincial police and Canadian military. For many Canadians, armed police officers and soldiers facing off with Indigenous land defenders appeared to be a crisis. But for the Mohawks of Kanesatake, the standoff was simply the most recent event in a 270-year struggle for their land rights.
The clash at Kanesatake was supposed to be a turning point in Indigenous-settler relations in Canada. In the years after, the Canadian government promised to never again let land disputes develop into costly conflicts. In the 30 years since, however, Canada has not delivered on that promise. The 30th anniversary of the Oka Crisis is an opportunity to reflect on the past and also take stock of the current state of Indigenous-settler relations in Canada to envision a better future.
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Statement by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh following his phone conversation with Ellen Gabriel of the Mohawk community of Kanesatake:
Statement by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh following his phone conversation with Ellen Gabriel of the Mohawk community of Kanesatake:
“Tuesday evening, I had the opportunity to speak with Ellen Gabriel about land protection actions being undertaken by the Kanesatake Longhouse. She shared with me an update on the situation in Kanesatake and the reasons behind the hunger strike that is currently taking place in her community.
All parties, including Oka's mayor, agree that the federal government must help to resolve the current situation by respecting their constitutional obligations, including wampum commitments and international commitments to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
I committed to visiting her at the Longhouse, and I invite all other leaders to do the same. The next government will have to begin negotiations with the entire community to address the stalemate as well as the roots of this situation that has gone on for too long. Reconciliation and a true nation-to-nation relationship are not just words; they require work, and I am willing to do it.”
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‘This is my contribution to reconciliation,’ developer Gregoire Gollin said of the 60 hectares of land that was not returned in 1990 to the Mohawk council
In 1989, the mayor of Oka, Que., announced plans to build 60 condominiums and expand a golf course from nine to 18 holes. The next summer protesters dragged a fishing hut onto the proposed expansion site and erected a banner, reading, “Do you know that this is Mohawk land?”
Soon, Mohawks from Ontario and New York knew it; protesters on Parliament Hill knew it, and Canada was rattled by blockades, hunger strikes and, in Oka, gunfire.
It has been 29 years since the Oka Crisis, the 78-day conflict between defenders of the piece of land and provincial police and the Canadian Army, which resulted in the death of police officer Cpl. Marcel Lemay.
Then Premier Robert Bourassa called in the army and there were tense face-to-face confrontations between natives and soldiers.
They eventually reached a deal to end the barricade and cancel the expansion of the golf course. Still, the 60 hectares of treed land were not returned to the local council, the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake.
Although Ottawa confirmed the status of the land as Mohawk with what’s called the Interim Land Base Governance Act, there was no organized handover. Instead, the community was left with a no-man’s-land — neither native reserve nor municipal park.
On Thursday, the 29th anniversary of the start of the standoff, Quebec developer Gregoire Gollin said he acted in the “spirit of reconciliation” and signed an agreement to return the pine forest to the council.
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