2.In 1961 a gold course was built on part of the land claimed by the Mohawk people.
3. In 1977 the Mohawks filed a claim on their land
4.In 1986 the Mohawk land claims were turned down by the Office of Native Claims, but the Mohawks still believed the land was rightfully theirs.
5. In 1989 it was announced that the golf course was going to be extended on to the Mohawk people's land.
6. On March 10 the Mohawks set up barricades blocking access to their land.
7.On April 1st about 300 Mohawk people and other protestors marched through the village of Oka.
8. On April 5th it is declared that the land was illegally occupied.
9. On July 11 a SWAT team was sent to break up the barricades, and an officer was killed.
10. On August 14 the premier of Quebec invoked the National Defence Act, which allowed him to send in the military.
11. On September 26 the Mohawk people gave up, they had had enough.
12. In June of 1991 the government started the First Nations Policing Policy.
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