Oka Crisis

Oka Crisis Kanesatake Resistance
Date July 11 – September 26, 1990 (2 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) Location Oka, Quebec Result See aftermath End of Mohawk blockade Federal government purchased the Pines from Municipality of Oka to prevent further development.[1]
Belligerents
Quebec	Mohawk
Commanders and leaders
John de Chastelain	Ellen Gabriel
Units involved
Canadian Armed Forces Royal 22e Régiment Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sûreté du Québec	Warrior Society Local and non-local sympathizers
Strength
Force Mobile Command: 4,500 soldiers more than 1,000 vehicles[2] RCMP: Small number positioned at various barricades and patrols Sûreté du Québec: 10–100 Special operatives 2,000 regular police Dozens of vehicles	Non-local activists: more than 2,500 activists/warriors[3] Local activists: 75–600 armed warriors (at various times; including non-locals) Dozens of unarmed local activists
Casualties and losses
1 killed[4] 30 wounded[5][6]	1 killed[7] 75 wounded[2]

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, which began on July 11, 1990, and lasted 78 days until September 26, with two fatalities. The dispute was the first well-publicized violent conflict between First Nations and provincial governments in the late 20th century.^[13]