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Mohawk Warriors and Canadian soldiers standoff in Oka

CBC News | Posted: May 10, 2017 2:05 PM | Last Updated: May 10, 2017

And 14-year-old Waneek Horn-Miller gets caught in the middle.

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Caption: Waneek Horn-Miller was only 14 when the standoff at Oka happened, so she wasn't expecting to get caught between the Mohawk Warrior Society and Canadian authorities.

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When the Southern Quebec town of Oka wants to expand a golf course onto a Mohawk burial ground, the Mohawk barricade a road in protest. The situation blows up into a 78-day standoff between the Mohawk Warrior Society and Canadian authorities.
Waneek Horn-Miller was only 14 — still a child —when the standoff happened.

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