The Oka crisis of 1990 has led to the start of reconciliation between the Canadian government and the indigenous community. The impact of the Oka crisis has still been seen in Kanehsatake. I wanted to focus on this topic because I grew up not far from the town of Oka and went to school with many people who live in Kanehsatake. I want to give a voice to the indigenous people of Kanehsatake. The Oka crisis took place in the summer of 1990 in the city of Oka just northwest of Montreal. This exhibit will focus on the Oka crisis during the 78-day standoff between the government and indigenous people. It will discuss the history before the Oka crisis, during and the years afterwards. The artifacts that I have chosen to speak the truth and show the resistance of indigenous people. The Oka crisis created a realization for indigenous communities that if they fight together the government will see the strength of the indigenous people. The fight over the land had started long before the summer of 1990 in Oka. The fight over the land in Oka started with the Sulpicians when the Roman Catholic church told them that they could have the land. The Mohawk community has fought with the Canadian government over the land for a long time when in 1868 the government gave them the title of “interim land base” (de Bruin 2013). Due to the government not calling the land a reserve made sure that the community was not under the Indian Act. The mayor of Oka wanted to expand a golf course and build townhouses into the Pines they were not consulted. The Mohawks of Kanesatake had protested the mayor’s plans for months beginning in March 1990. The mayor had sent two injunctions to have the blockade removed but the people of Kanesatake had ignored them causing the mayor to involve the Surete du Quebec. On the morning of July 11, the Surete du Quebec moved in to remove the blockade causing violence. There was escalation between the police and the Mohawk community. The community of Kahnawake blocked the Mercier bridge and the police created their own blockades and checkpoints to enter the town of Oka and Kanehsatake. The Oka Crisis made the Canadian government more aware of Indigenous rights and land claims. It also made the government more aware of the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada.