Section 2 - Indigenous Rights

Question 1

What did the Constitution of 1982 recognize in regard to the indigenous?

Answer 1

The ancestral and treaty rights of the indigenous

Question 2

In what year was the Oka Crisis? How did it all begin? Explain

Answer 2

The town of Oka wished to expand a golf course into what mohawks saw as sacred land

Question 3

What did mohawks then do in protest of this expansion?

Answer 3

They set up roadblocks

Question 4

What was a consequence of setting up these roadblocks?

Answer 4

The SQ (sûreté quebec) intervened, and one officer was killed

Question 5

What other thing did the indigenous do in protest? What was a consequence?

Answer 5

Blocked access to the Mercier bridge so the military was called in

Question 6

How did the Oka Crisis end? (Who won?)

Answer 6

An agreement was signed the the expansion was not completed