A normally quiet Friday was interrupted this morning in Montreal with almost all local radio stations reporting that a local land developer would be heading to the native land he purchased to cut the forests down for development. The land was purchased a while back and sits on the border of Kanasatake and the town of Oka almost a across from the Pines area. The Mohawks have always claimed the land and a Mohawk friend of mine that lives in Verdun told me over the she would drive from Montreal to Kanasatake with some friends and get back to me on what happens. Kahnawake and Kanasatake are the last pieces of native land remaining in the Montreal area. This is a regrettable situation that has one greedy land developer that despite full knowledge of the consequences of his actions decided to go ahead with his project that sits over sacred land long claimed by the Mohawk nation of Kanasatake. This is exactly twenty years since that tense summer of 1990 that put Kanasatake and Montreal area mohawks in the headlines. They made a point back then that they would fight for their rights. Kahnawake on Montreal's south shore recently made the news when they decided to evict all the white folks in town even those that were married to a Mohawk. The mohawks have made it clear, they don't take any shit from the SQ, Quebec gov. or Federal gov. If there is any native tribe that is threathened by assilimation or the english language it is most certainly the Mohawks. I would imagine this gives them more of reason to fight back for their survival.
I support the mohawks 100%, and I am sure Nunavimmiut feel the same way even thou we are not the same.
Full Story (Montreal Gazette)
Developer told to leave Oka property
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