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Primary Source Evidence

Primary Source Evidence. Examining the Oka Crisis, 1990. Primary Source Evidence. Record everything you did in the last 24 hours Put a checkmark beside any item for which there will be a trace. How many of the traces were accidental? (A) How many were purposeful? (P)

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Primary Source Evidence

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  1. Primary Source Evidence Examining the Oka Crisis, 1990

  2. Primary Source Evidence • Record everything you did in the last 24 hours • Put a checkmark beside any item for which there will be a trace. • How many of the traces were accidental? (A) How many were purposeful? (P) • How many of these traces will likely be preserved? Circle those.

  3. Primary Source Evidence DISCUSS: • How well do those final traces represent your life? • What do they say about you? • What might be some of the challenges historians face? TASK: • As a group, generate a series of questions to ask as you read primary sources "I left a trace" activity from The Big Six

  4. Minds On: The Oka Crisis Document 10 Stand-off Photo Sept. 1, 1990 What questions do you have about this picture? What is going on in this picture? Use your primary source questions. Photo: Canadian Press, 1990, accessed at CBC Archives

  5. Oka Crisis: Background Background Information Wikipedia contributors. "Oka Crisis." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 26 Feb. 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. The Oka Crisis was aland dispute between a group ofMohawk people and the town ofOka,Quebec, Canada which began on July 11, 1990 and lasted until September 26, 1990. One person died as a result. The dispute was the first well-publicized violent conflict betweenFirst Nations and theCanadian government in the late 20th century. Still from:Obomsawain, A. Khanesetake: 270 years of resistance,National Film Board, 1993. The crisis developed from a local dispute between the town of Oka and the Mohawk community ofKanesatake. The town of Oka was developing plans to expand agolf course andresidential development onto land which had traditionally been used by the Mohawk. It includedpineland and a burial ground, marked by standing tombstones of their ancestors. The Mohawks had filed aland claim for the sacred grove and burial ground near Kanesatake, but their claim had been rejected in 1986.

  6. Action: Examine the Evidence Watch the videos Document 1 - Mohawks Protest Golf Course Plans at Oka, CBC News Clip April 1, 1989http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/civil-unrest/the-oka-crisis-1/not-on-our-land.html Document 3 - Tension Mounts at Oka roadblock - CBC News Clip July 11, 1990 http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/civil-unrest/the-oka-crisis-1/tempers-flare.html Document 11 - Canadian Army Intervenes at Oka, CBC news clip September 1, 1990 http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/civil-unrest/the-oka-crisis-1/dramatic-showdown.html Use the questions you just developed for examining primary sources to examine your assigned source

  7. Consolidation: Share Share your results with the class Journal Reflection Which are the 2 most important questions to ask? Why

  8. Minds On: Ethical Dimensions What do we owe the people of the past?

  9. Ethical Dimensions Are we obligated to right injustices of the past? Students in a classroom in Resolution NWT (Nathional Archives)

  10. Ethical Dimensions Are we obligated to memorialize soldiers? Does this glorify war?

  11. Ethical Dimensions What does it mean if we say yes, we are obligated? What does it mean if we say no, we are not obligated? Who decides what history is considered important?

  12. Action: 4 Corners What should we do today about the Oka crisis? Be prepared to explain why you chose that corner using EVIDENCE

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