Oka Crisis
Historical background of the crisis
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mahir
The governor of New France granted lands belonging to the Oka Mohawk to a Catholic seminary in 1717. The Mohawk claimed that this land was to be held in trust for them by the seminary.
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trmichaels
Replied to:  The governor of New France granted lands belonging to the Oka...
In 1961, the Mohawk tribe filed a legal complaint when a golf course was constructed on this land.
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