Punishment By Naming The Faceless

Ojibwe Confessions at Ojibwe Confessions: Indigenous View Point - 6 days ago

I remember the Oka "Crisis" of 1990. Many of us Indian folk would not be in Quebec for the attacks by the Military on Mohawks over Land. The Town of Oka wanted to build a golf course on Mohawk land. The treatment of the Indians by the Military and by the public was and is shameful. One of the things which is forever etched in my mind, my memory is the photos of white men, white women throwing rocks at Indian Women, Indian Elders and Indian kids as they drove across a bridge. There was a whole town of folk throwing rocks at Indian people. The cops stood by and watched. I can still s... more »