Social & Global Studies

Social & Global Studies

Oka Crisis Photo Analysis

Photo Students Must Use For Analysis

Photo Caption “Standoff “

 
Central Question You Must Ultimately Answer in Your Project
 
Using your Ladder of Inference analysis and given your research and analysis of the 3 criteria of Historical Significance:
On balance, does the photo titled “Standoff” accurately represent the HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE of the Oka Crisis?
 
 
 
Project Details 
 
STEP 1 → Complete the ladder of inference for the assigned photo titled “Standoff” → See TEMPLATE below.  Use only the photo and caption to complete STEP 1.  FOCUS on what you SEE.
 
 
STEP 2 → Conduct DETAILED RESEARCH about the Oka Crisis then and now to assist in interpreting, analyzing, and completing the 3 criteria under HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.  Use the research sources on this project page AND your own research.  The top 4 recommended sources from our virtual library are: Global Issues in Context, Canadian Points of View, Explora, & CBC Curio.  Notable mentions are Canadian Encyclopedia & Canada in Context.  The MINIMUM research requirement is to directly quote 2 research sources for  each of the 3 criteria.  Exceed expectations by offering 3 per criteria and academic research sources beyond the recommended sources above.  Each P.E.E.L. should be 6 to 8 sentences.
 
 

Historical Significance Template

STEP 3 → CONCLUDE whether or not the assigned photo titled “Standoff” accurately represents both the 3 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE criteria AND your supporting research on the crisis and its impacts.  Provide 3 detailed REASONS for your conclusion.
 
Your CONCLUSION should answer the question:
 
From your research and analysis: On balance, does the photo titled “Standoff” accurately represent the HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE of the Oka Crisis? →
 
1. Does the photo accurately capture the historical significance of the Oka Crisis? (4 Sentences)
 
2. Supporting REASON drawn from CRITERIA 1 that DIRECTLY REFERENCES a RESEARCH SOURCE (4 to 6 Sentences).
 
3. Supporting REASON drawn from CRITERIA 2 that DIRECTLY REFERENCES a RESEARCH SOURCE (4 to 6 Sentences).
 
4. Supporting REASON drawn from CRITERIA 3 that DIRECTLY REFERENCES a RESEARCH SOURCE (4 to 6 Sentences).
 

 

 

Supporting Resources

 
 

                        Textbook Reading About the Oka Conflict in the Context of Canadian Identity, Indigenous Peoples and Self-Determination

Original News Broadcast (CBC) 

                 Waneek Horn-Miller Remembers Oka (2019 Interview)

 

LISTEN to CBC Radio 1 Program Unreserved 20 September 2015 Unreserved looks back 25 years at the Oka Crisis

 
 
 
WATCH the 1993 NFB Film     Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Timeline

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

 

 

Oka Crisis Photo Analysis Rubric

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