Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), also known as the Kanesatake Resistance, was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, which began on July 11, 1990, and lasted 77 days until September 26, 1990, with two fatalities. The dispute was the first well-publicized violent conflict between First Nations and the Canadian government in the late 20th century.