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Anniversaries are a strange thing in Canada, depending on who you are and which side you're watching from. It's been 30 years since an event you may know as the Oka Crisis; but that's not where the story begins for The Secret Life of Canada.

Twenty years after the Oka Crisis there are differing views over whether the relationship between the government and First Nations peoples has improved.

Anniversaries are a strange thing in Canada, depending on who you are and which side you're watching from. It's been 30 years since an event you may know as the Oka Crisis; but that's not where the story begins for The Secret Life of Canada.

The 78-day standoff that began on July 11, 1990, between the Mohawk community of Kanesatake, Quebec police and later the Canadian military put Indigenous rights on the international stage that summer, along with Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall’s warrior flag.

Protesters standing face-to-face with armed officers from the national guard – Canadian Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller has been there, and is reminding Canadians how real racism is in this country.

Here's a look back at the key events of the standoff between Kanesatake Mohawks and police and the Canadian military in the summer of 1990 that still shapes the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada.

When the razor wire came down in Kanehsatake, 78 days after the crisis began on July 11, 1990, Quebec tried to pretend it never happened, says Mohawk writer Taionrén:hote Dan David. No wonder so little has changed in the three decades since.

Solving the land dispute has been of the highest importance to the Mohawk community, but it hasn’t been an easy process between federal bureaucracy, confidentiality clauses and ongoing development in the area.

Here's a look back at the key events of the standoff between Kanesatake Mohawks and police and the Canadian military in the summer of 1990 that still shapes the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada.

The traditional governing body in Kanesatake, Que. is opposing a proposed archeological dig in the municipality of Oka.

30 years after the standoff between Mohawks of Kanesatake, provincial police and later the army, Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall’s warrior flag remains a symbol of unity for Indigenous people..

The Oka Legacy is a POV documentary that explores how the Oka Crisis has transformed contemporary Indigenous identity in Canada. Through Mohawk filmmaker Sonia Bonspille Boileau's own personal journey, The Oka Legacy retraces the events that took place in her hometown in 1990 by talking with people who lived through the events firsthand, like Clifton Nicholas and Waneek Horn Miller, as well as with those who overcame grief like Francine Lemay and those like Melissa Mollen Dupuis and Johnny Jones who, even hundreds of kilometers away, were inspired to do great things. These compelling characters recount their own personal Oka Crisis stories and reflect on what its legacy is and what it should be.

On April 8, 2024 a solar eclipse is expected to cross the lands of the Haudenosaunee. This is an important reminder of the beginning of the Haudenosauneee and the creation of oldest democratic gov…