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This week, Mohawks from Kanesatake, Canada are acknowledging a 30-year-old land conflict that is still not resolved. On July 11th, 1990, a protest against a proposed golf course expansion and condominium project on land significant to the Mohawk erupted into an armed standoff. For 78 days, Mohawks blocked roads, demanding the Canadian government return the land to the tribe. A provincial police officer was shot and killed. A Canadian soldier stabbed and a Mohawk girl in the chest with his bayonet while the girl held her 4 year old sister. The development project was cancelled, but the land is still not returned to the tribe. We’ll get a review of the original resistance and hear about the legacy three decades later.
Guests:
Ellen Gabriel (Mohawk) – veteran of the Oka Crisis
Waneek Horn-Miller (Mohawk) – Mohawk Olympian and veteran of the Oka standoff
Break 1 music: D.R.E.A.M. (single) Neon Nativez (artist)
Break 2 music: Cary’s Groove (song) Cary Morin (artist) Dockside Saints (album)
