Who were involved in the Oka Crisis?

The Oka Crisis was a dispute that started off between the Mohawk First Nations group and the mayor of Oka, Jean Ouellette. He authorized the expantion from 9 to 18 holes in the already previously built golf course, despite protests by the Mohawk of Kanesatake, and concerns shown by the Québec Minister of the Environment and Minister of Native Affairs, construction was scheduled to begin. Mohawk men asked the women "progenitors of the nation” whether they should stay put or leave the land. Resistance continued, with Aboriginal supporters from across the country joining in with the Mohawk at the barricades to stop Sûreté du Québec (SQ) from entering and destroying their land. During a gun fight 31-year-old SQ Corporal Marcel Lemay was shot in the face by supposedly the First Nations, but suspicions later arouse that the SQ might of shot him in the arm where his bullet-proof vest didn’t cover, this could have been done to show that the Aborigines were the violent ones and causing trouble.

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