In defense of Mohawk land : ethnopolitical conflict in native North America

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In defense of Mohawk land : ethnopolitical conflict in native North America / Linda Pertusati.

Pertusati, Linda, 1959- (Author).

Summary:

During 1990, a land dispute between the Mohawk territory of Kanehsatake and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada took center stage in the world community, erupting into months of intense and often violent confrontation. Rooted in the historical reality of past injustices, the events of the 1990 Mohawk-Oka conflict epitomized the relationship and struggles which exists between Aboriginal nations, ethnonationalist movements, and the state.

By examining the Mohawk-Oka conflict, this book tells a story of struggle and survival during the 1990 invasion by the Quebec provincial police and Canadian army into Mohawk sovereign land. The story is one of an embattled nation's struggle and aboriginal right to determine its political and economic destiny. Through extensive research of archived documents, newspapers, and interviews with leaders and members of the Mohawk Warrior Movement and other central figures in the Mohawk nation, the author demonstrates how politicized ethnicity and ideology can become significant factors in the repertoire of indigenous ethno-nationalist social movements for generating and maintaining social protest.

Record details

ISBN: 0791432114
ISBN: 9780791432112
ISBN: 0791432122
ISBN: 9780791432129
ISBN: 0585092494
ISBN: 9780585092492
Physical Description: xvi, 166 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-157) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 1. Introduction: Aboriginal-State Relations -- 2. The Framing of Politicized Ethnicity and Nationalism -- 3. Nations at War: History in Perspective -- 4. Culture, Ideology, and Organizational Formation: The Rise of the Mohawk Warrior Movement -- 5. The Mobilization of Mohawk Warrior Militancy -- 6. Nations at War: Voice, Peaceful Resistance, and Mobilization -- 7. Nations at War: Voice, Armed Resistance, and Maintenance of Mobilization -- 8. Politicized Ethnicity and Nationalism: Conclusions.