The $400,000,000 hostage negotiation

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When a vital arterial bridge connecting Montreal to the south shore of the St. Lawrence river was taken hostage in 1990, the Canada Armed Forces were called in to de-escalate a delicate standoff between the Mohawks of Kahnawake and the governments of Quebec and Canada. Part 3 of 3. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LandandLore Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/connormosquera.bsky.social Sources: A Brief History of the Land Dispute at Kensatake [Oka] From Contact to 1961, J. Thompson (1991) Akwesasne Notes archives At the Woods' Edge: An anthology of the history of the people of Kanehsatà:ke, B. K. Gabriel-Doxtater and A. K. Van den Hende (1995) Carrying the Burden of Peace: The Mohawks, the Canadian Forces, and the Oka Crisis, P. W. Lackenbauer (2008) CBC archives Indian Time archives Iroquois on Fire: A Voice from the Mohawk Nation, D. George-Kanentiio (2006) Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, A. Obomsawin (1993) Life and Death in Mohawk Country, B. E. Johansen (1993) Oka: A Convergence of Cultures and the Canadian Forces, T. C. Winegard (2008) Oka: A Political Crisis and its Legacy, H. Swain (2010) Oka A Political Crisis and its Legacy, S. Usborne, H. Swain, and K. Foster (2020) Rocks at Whiskey Trench, A. Obomsawin (2000) The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival, K. Louis Hall (2023) The Oka Crisis: A Mirror of the Soul, J. Ciacca (2000) When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance, E. Gabriel and S. Carleton (2024) Music: All music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Assets: Classic Red Coffee Mug by hungry_beagle is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6Xtw6 Cigarette Low Poly by pixelAlp is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/oAAzG Golf Ball LP by JmPrsh153 is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6EEPY Majorette Police Car by Loïc Norgeot is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/6ACX7 Notepad with ringbinders by SamIsTwisted is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/oDr7A Pencil by FallenBranches is licensed under CC. Available at https://skfb.ly/ouEE8 Sections: 00:00 The Bridge 07:12 The Evacuation 12:13 The Trench 15:59 The Fallout 23:34 The Accountability 29:14 The Upshot 32:49 The Rows