The Oka (UK: / ˈɒkə /, US: / ˈoʊkə /; Russian: Ока IPA: [ɐˈka]) is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as the town of Kaluga.

The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), [8] [9] [10] also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke), [1] [11] [12] or Mohawk Crisis, was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, over plans to build a golf course on land known as "The Pines" which included an indigenous ...

2020年6月30日 · The Oka Crisis taught First Nations communities across Canada that the fastest way to make Canadians pay attention to their issues and come to the negotiating table was to disrupt their daily lives. Blockades were the perfect tool to accomplish this goal peacefully, but escalation motivated in part by a lingering racist colonial history led to ...

Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance is a 1993 feature-length documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, highlighting the events of the 1990 Oka Crisis. Obomsawin documents the events of The Siege of Kanehsatake over 78 days, capturing a rare perspective of an important turning point in Canadian history.

The Kanesatake Resistance, also known as the Oka Crisis or the Mohawk Resistance at Kanesatake, was a 78-day standoff (11 July–26 September 1990) between Kanyen'kehà:ka (Mohawk) protesters, Quebec police, the RCMP and the Canadian Army. It took place in the community of Kanesatake, near the Town of Oka, on the north shore of Montreal.

2015年11月11日 · The Oka Legacy is a POV documentary that explores how the Oka Crisis has influenced contemporary Indigenous identity in Canada. In the summer of 1990, all eyes were on the small town of Oka, Quebec.

In the summer of 1990, the Mohawks of Kanehsatake and Kahnawake reserves (near the town of Oka in Quebec), stood off against Canadian security forces to protect encroachment on their land. This event is commonly known as the Oka Crisis of 1990, and is a critical example of the ongoing, strained relationship between Indigenous groups and ...

2024年12月23日 · Justin Trudeau is being urged to apologize for the Oka Crisis. Here’s what that means. The Oka Crisis, a 78-day standoff in 1990, brought global attention to Indigenous rights and sparked major...

The so-called “Oka Crisis” is one of the most legendary battles between indigenous land defenders and settlers in the last century. This uprising against colonization set the tone for native resistance in Turtle Island to this day.

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