Examines the conflict that exists between the Mohawk Warrior
Movement and Canada within the context of the Mohawk nation's
struggle for national self-determination.
During 1990, a land dispute between the Mohawk territory of
Kanehsatake and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada took center stage
in the world community, erupting into months of intense and often
violent confrontation. Rooted in the historical reality of past
injustices, the events of the 1990 Mohawk-Oka conflict epitomized
the relationship and struggles which exists between Aboriginal
nations, ethnonationalist movements, and the state.
By examining the Mohawk-Oka conflict, this book tells a story of
struggle and survival during the 1990 invasion by the Quebec
provincial police and Canadian army into Mohawk sovereign land. The
story is one of an embattled nation's struggle and aboriginal right
to determine its political and economic destiny. Through extensive
research of archived documents, newspapers, and interviews with
leaders and members of the Mohawk Warrior Movement and other
central figures in the Mohawk nation, the author demonstrates how
politicized ethnicity and ideology can become significant factors
in the repertoire of indigenous ethnonationalist social movements
for generating and maintaining social protest.
"The events described are dramatic (and tragic) and the account
is compelling. The detailed exposition effectively conveys the
ambivalences, ambiguities, and other complexities behind the public
events. This is a story that deserves to be heard, and the analysis
is insightful and persuasive". -- Robin M. Williams, Jr., Cornell
University
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