In the summer of 1990, the Oka Crisis exposed a rupture in the relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada. In the wake of the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, the conflict made visible a contemporary Indigenous presence that Canadian society had imagined was on the verge of disappearance. Stories of Oka examines the standoff in relation to film and literary narratives.
In the summer of 1990, the Oka Crisis exposed a rupture in the relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada. In the wake of the fai...
