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CBC Radio 1 Program Unreserved 20 September 2015 Unreserved looks back 25 years at the Oka Crisis
March 11, 1990: Kanesatake Mohawks set up blockade. Want to stop town of Oka expanding golf course on land claimed by Indians. Land is part of larger parcel in region claimed by Mohawks.
July 11: Some 100 provincial police officers attack blockade with assault rifles, concussion grenades and tear gas. Cpl. Marcel Lemay, 31, is shot and dies in hospital. Mohawks in Kahnawake near suburban Chateauguay block highways leading to Mercier Bridge in solidarity, threatening to blow it up if there is another assault.
Aug. 12: Provincial police in Chateauguay use tear gas to disperse several hundred people throwing rocks and bottles and demanding Mercier Bridge be re-opened.
Aug. 14: More than 2,500 soldiers and army equipment travel to four locations near Oka and Chateauguay.
Aug. 16: Negotiations involving Mohawks, provincial and federal governments begin while international observers take up places at barricades.
Aug. 17: Canadian Forces announce soldiers and equipment will be sent to replace provincial police at barricades in Oka and Chateauguay.
Aug. 29: Army and Warriors agree to remove barricades blocking roads leading to Mercier Bridge.
Sept. 1: Army advances on Mohawk positions, takes down barricades at Kanesatake.
Sept. 18: Soldiers and Mohawks at Kahnawake brawl with rifle butts, rocks and fists during joint army-provincial police search for hidden weapons. At least 30 people are injured.
Sept. 26: Holdout Mohawks at Kanesatake walk out in defiant surrender to end 78-day standoff.
Source — CBC Radio 1 Unreserved Website
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