How does the tension in the oka crisis escalate

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Assignment:

This Place: 150 Years Retold

"Warrior Nation"

By: Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

The Oka Crisis, also known as the Mohawk Resistance, was a 78-day standoff in 1990 between Mohawk protesters, Quebec Provincial police, and the Canadian military. The standoff was over a land dispute that included the proposed expansion of a golf course and development of condominiums on land that included a sacred Mohawk burial ground.

Eventually, the golf course expansion was cancelled.

Questions:

1. ???In 1987, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney attempted to win Quebec's consent to the revised Canadian Constitution. The result was the Meech Lake Accord. It was an agreement between the federal and provincial governments to amend (change) the Constitution. The Accord proposed strengthening provincial powers and declaring Quebec a "distinct society." The Accord was never put into effect. Political support for it unravelled in 1990. Many Québécois saw the Accord's failure in English Canada as a rejection of Quebec. Support for separatism soared in Quebec and led to the 1995 Quebec Referendum.

Why were Indigenous people, such as the Manitoba Legislature Assembly member Elijah Harper, and others against the Meech Lake Accord?

2. The Oka crisis begins on pages 226 and 227. Describe what occurs.

3. ???On page 229, the mother (Raven) flashes back to the time she would have been about her son's (Washashk) age. How does her memory contrast the behavior of her son on the previous page?

4. How does the tension in the Oka crisis escalate?

5. Ellen is the spokesperson for the Mohawk during the crisis. What is her message to the media?

6. Washashk and his mother return to Manitoba. How has he changed?

7. Kanontienentha writes a letter back to Washashk telling him what happened at Oka after he left. How did the situation at Oka worsen?

8. What examples of respect, bravery, and love can be found in the story?

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