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JUNE 22, 2000

The Kanesatake Mohawk have signed an interim agreement with the federal government, giving them control of about 1,200 hectares of land purchased by the government over the last 75 years. The land will remain the legal property of the government, but the Kanesatake will manage and operate the land, establishing their own laws, zoning rules, and dispute processes.

The agreement also would "harmonize" Kanesatake laws with bylaws of the Municipality of Oka. Oka was the site of an armed 78-day standoff in 1990 over the expansion of a golf course in Oka onto land the Mohawk feel belongs to them.

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Mohawks reach tentative land deal, 10 years after Oka crisis (AP 6/22)