Armed members of the Mohawk first nations did a protest in March 1990. They were protesting plans to build a golf course on the land. They claimed was one a burial ground and contained a bunch of pines trees planted by their ancestors. They think they that the golf course is the only way to make their land more welcoming.
The Mohawk wasn't consulted with the plans of the golf course idea. The land was part of a larger piece of land that is owned by the Mohawk since 1717. The claim has been turned down be federal offices of Native claims in the 1980'a on technical grounds across the land. The Mohawks still maintained it by their own rights and keep. Then they started to go insane.
You want us to look at points from the crisis. The Soldiers were criticized a lot through this problem. People In Eastern Canada were scared for their lives during this. I can for sure understand their fear because If some people from first nations or any nation barricade the roads i'll be worried and scared to leave my home. When this happened in Quebec the first nations were threatening verbally and with weapons. This caused a very bad problem to the province.
I think most of the problem in the Oka crisis wasn't the golf course but the barricading. I think that's when people were scared for their lives and worried that they will get in trouble. People didn't leave their home because of fear. I think this gave a bad name to the Kanesatake people and they didn't receive any respect. People in General are violent people. The Oka Crisis was a very unfortunate event that took place in the history of Canada.
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