Mohawks of Kanesatake

Alternate Names
Mohawks of Kanesatake
Latitude
45.48290868
Longitude
-74.1296991
Province
Quebec
Region
Quebec
Type
First Nation Location
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Beating the Odds

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gloria Nelson
Joyce Bonspiel-Nelson
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 10, no. 9, Our Children and Youth are Sacred, November 2005, pp. 533-535
Description
Looks at two crises faced by the Kanesatake (Oka) community and the resulting implementation of programs and services to assist the community deal with lasting trauma.
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Building Library Communities: Skawenni:io Tsi Iewennahnotahkhwa

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Madeleine Lefebvre
Feliciter, vol. 49, no. 5, [Information Resources for Aboriginal Peoples], 2003, pp. 228-229
Description
Comments on creation of a community library in the territory of Kahnawake, due to a letter written by a thirteen year old student to her local paper.
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Cultural Survival Canada - 15.4

Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, A Decade of CSQ, Winter, 1991
Description
Outlines recent court victories for the Grand Council of the Cree of Quebec, a reneged promise to the Lubicon Cree regarding logging in Alberta, and a fund-raising effort to offset lawyer fees for the people of Kanesatake.
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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Film about the historic confrontation at Kanehsatake and the village of Oka, Québec in the summer of 1990 when the mayor of Oka agreed to appropriate sacred Mohawk land for a private golf course. This film contains scenes of violence. Duration: 119:24.
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The Land Claim Dispute at Oka

Alternate Title
Background Paper (Library of Parliament, Research Branch) ; BP-235E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patricia Begin
Wendy Moss
Peter Niemczak
Description
Brief overview of the issues involved and the facts of the 1990 clash between Mohawks from Kanesatake and Kahnawake and the Sûreté du Québec and ultimately the Canadian Armed Forces. Revised version. Originally published September 1990.
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The Native American Entrepreneur and the Mohawk Civil War

Alternate Title
America Haus Munich, April 11-13, 2005, 26th American Indian Workshop
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sandra Busatta
Description
Discusses how the concept of sovereignty, with its accompanying refusal to recognize the international border between Canada and the United States, has led to the illegal activities of groups, such as the Warrior Society, on the St. Regis reservation and the Kahnawake and Kanesatake reserves.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Claude Bisonnette

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claude Bisonnette
Description
This file contains an individual presentation by Claude Bisonnette, a non-Aboriginal who is a certified life insurer in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. He began working with the citizens of Kahnawake in 1987, to the surprise of his co-workers. Bisonnette had to assure them that "(I)f I was having problems with the Mohawks I simply wouldn't go back there." He tells the Commissioners that he is often shocked at the negative attention minor incidents in Kahnawake are given and says the media doesn't help.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mr. Patton, Mohawk Trail Longhouse and Curtis Nelson, Kanesatake Longhouse

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curtis Nelson
Description
This file contains a presentation by Mr. Patton and Curtis Nelson that addresses the symbolism of the Two-Row Wampum, increasing environmental pollution, and the Oka Crisis of 1990. Nelson states that the "Crown must find ways to provide resources for our original government so that fairness can be achieved, so that we may reverse centuries of colonialism and we can one day become self-sufficient without compromising our integrity as a nation." A lengthy question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Rev. Dr. R. Burn Purdon, Rev. Faye Wakeling and Rev. Pierre Goldberger, Members, Montoring Committee on Native Concerns of the Montreal-Ottawa Conference, United Church of Canada

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. Burn
Faye Wakeling
Pierre Goldberger
Description
This file contains a presentation by Rev. Dr. R. Burn Purdon, Rev. Faye Wakeling and Rev. Pierre Goldberger.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Akwesasne Justice by Louise Thompson and Joyce King-Mitchell

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Louise Thompson
Joyce King-Thompson
Description
This file contains a portion of Volume 2 of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario. This portion of the Volume includes a presentation given by Louise Thompson and Joyce King-Thompson of the Akwesasne Justice Department, on the subject of the Akwesasne court system.
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The Summer of 1990

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Description
Reveals findings and recommendations from a hearing surrounding the events that took place at Kanesatake and Kahnawake during the summer of 1990. Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
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Window of Opportunity? Internet Gambling in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Justin Rex
David J. Jackson
Canadian Public Policy, vol. 35, no. 1, March 2009, pp. 121-137
Description
Discusses the current condition of Internet gambling in Canada and how the Kahnawake Mohawk Nation in Quebec is one of the largest online gambling sites in the world.
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