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  2. Oka Crisis - Wikipedia

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    The Oka Crisis (French: Crise d'Oka), [8] [9] [10] also known as the Kanehsatà:ke Resistance (French: Résistance de Kanehsatà:ke), [1] [11] [12] or Mohawk Crisis, was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada, over plans to build a golf course on land known as "The Pines" which included an indigenous burial ground.

  3. Face to Face (photograph) - Wikipedia

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    In 1995, he appeared in a softcore pornographic film, Quebec Sexy Girls II: The Confrontation, which specifically parodied the events at Oka. [3] [9] As of 2015, he was working for the Canadian Coast Guard. Cloutier would later insist that he had never supported the original cause of the conflict: a golf course.

  4. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance - Wikipedia

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    Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance is a 1993 feature-length documentary film by Alanis Obomsawin, highlighting the events of the 1990 Oka Crisis.Obomsawin documents the events of The Siege of Kanehsatake over 78 days, capturing a rare perspective of an important turning point in Canadian history.

  5. John Ciaccia - Wikipedia

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    John Ciaccia (March 4, 1933 – August 7, 2018) was a Canadian politician who was provincial cabinet minister from Montreal, Quebec.Ciaccia served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1998, representing the Mount Royal riding for the Quebec Liberal Party.

  6. Floridians balk at DeSantis administration plan to build golf ...

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    The golf course is not a threatened species in the Sunshine State — but the Florida scrub-jay is. State parks "are the last strongholds for a lot of wildlife in rapidly urbanizing communities in ...

  7. Charles Blair Macdonald - Wikipedia

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    Charles Blair Macdonald (November 14, 1855 – April 21, 1939) was a major figure in early American golf.He built the first 18-hole course in the United States, was a driving force in the founding of the United States Golf Association, won the first U.S. Amateur championship, and later built some of the most influential golf courses in the United States, to the extent that he is considered the ...

  8. Ellen Gabriel - Wikipedia

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    Ellen Gabriel (born 1959), [1] also known as Katsi'tsakwas, is a Mohawk activist and artist [2] from Kanehsatà:ke Nation – Turtle Clan, known for her involvement as the official spokesperson, chosen by the People of the Longhouse, [3] during the Oka Crisis.

  9. 'How Many Golf Balls Can You Fit in a School Bus?' and Other ...

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    Brain teaser or puzzle interview questions are sometimes used when interviewing candidates for engineering and other analytical types of positions. Here is an example of a brain teaser interview ...