Thursday, December 11, 2008

Oka Crisis Timeline

It started and ended in March 1990 and ended in September 26 1990. Here are some events that happened in the time being.
March 8 1989- The Golf Course Club announced that they were going to build a Golf Course on the Mohawks first nation's land

March 10 1990- The Mohawks first nations barricaded a road and planned to build a golf course on the land.

March 11 1990- The Mohawk people started to occupy there wooded land to protect their burial ground

April 1 1990- 300 Mohawk people opposed to the expansion in the peaceful village of oka

July 11- The Police intervened because they thought there was criminal activity around the barricade

April 27- The federal government and the Mohawk Council held a meeting discussing land purchase program, this is all mainly over the golf course, which is clearly part of the purchase

July 28- The Enviromental minister ordered the oka corporations to stop all work places that they mention. But the Oka people ignored the warning
August 16- People begin to start talking about peace
August 20- A company in Quebec called the "van doos" brought three barricades and arrived at the final barricade
August 27- Negotiations are called off, and they send the army to take down the barricades
August 29- The Mohawks at the Bridge Blockade negotiated an end to there protest
January 26- Chief Simon was replaced

September 20- The main barricade was taken down
September 25- The final end to the crisis happened, a warrior walked around with a long stick setting off flares to send a signal if there were any escapes in the area

September 26- The Oka Crisis was over, the Mohawks threw there guns in the fire and burned tobacco and went back to the reserve



1 comment:

sweet_treva said...

Your timeline is very unorganized and wrong months in some places might want to consider reviseing it