MacLeod: Hard lessons learned at Oka about Indigneous protest reverberate today

The power of Mohawk militants to intimidate governments and police is rooted at Oka, where Warrior Society militiamen stared down the governments of Quebec, Canada, police and the army for 78 days in the summer of 1990. Their anger, defiance and guns galvanized First Nations and brought the country to a sudden and dramatic precipice over the prospect of widespread Indigenous armed struggle and armed resistance. Read More