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Kanesatake, Quebec
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Kanesatake is a Mohawk community on the shore of Lac des Deux-Montagnes in southwestern Quebec, Canada, near Montreal.
Its recent political history has been troubled. In 1990, the nearby town of Oka attempted to construct an extension of a golf course onto a burial ground used by the people of Kanesatake. The Mohawks occupied the land, and when the Sûreté du Québec and Canadian Forces intervened, the result was the prolonged standoff of the Oka Crisis, in which one police officer was killed.
More recently, disputes over the governance of Chief James Gabriel have resulted in violence, including the arson of the chief's home and car, and his exile to Montreal.
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