U.S. embassy cables

Quebec asked for FBI help during 2004 Kanesatake crisis: U.S. diplomatic cables

14 years ago By Mark Blackburn

Quebec authorities requested help from the F.B.I. after “gun slingers” from Colorado arrived in Kanesatake, the Mohawk community at the centre of the Oka crisis, to back a “resistance” force that sprung after a federally-funded raid of the territory ended in disaster, according to diplomatic cables obtained by APTN National News.

Ottawa wants controversial Canadian border post put on U.S. soil: U.S. embassy cable

14 years ago By Mark Blackburn

The Conservative government has asked the U.S. to allow the placement of a Canadian border post on American soil, according to a U.S. embassy cable recently released by Wikileaks, giving the clearest indication to date that Ottawa has decided to permanently shutter its customs office on Akwesasne Mohawk territory.