Mohawks and supporters continue to demand real reconciliation and settlement of decades-long land claim
A rolling convoy is shown to commemorate the thirty year anniversary of the Oka crisis in Oka, Que., Saturday, July 11, 2020.Slow-moving vehicles waving flags and sounding their horns marked the 30th anniversary of the Oka crisis on Saturday, with community activists urging real reconciliation and a settlement to the long-standing land claim that remains unresolved three decades later.
“The stand taken that summer became an important symbol for peoples across North America, inspiring them to take similar stands against the emancipation of their ancestral lands,” Gabriel said. “Our basic human rights were violated by the Surete du Quebec , the Canadian army, condoned by the governments of Quebec and Canada, pushed forward by private enterprises including those within the municipality of Oka,” Gabriel said.Three decades later, however, the underlying land dispute remains unresolved.The trio of federal ministers that oversee Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada said in a statement the pain and trauma inflicted continues to this day.
Like the conversation around residential schools and murdered and missing Indigenous women, Gabriel said the issue in Kanesatake won’t be an easy one. “A lot of people joined in and it lasted a good two hours, driving on the highway at about 10 kilometres an hour,” said Joe Deom, a sub-chief in the Bear clan.
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