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On Saturday, Feb 15th, around 50 people snuck onto some train tracks in Vaughan, Ontario (just north of Toronto) and shut down the second biggest rail yard in Canada. They were soon joined by a large crowd of supporters who helped hold down the blockade for the rest of the day.

The so called “Oka Crisis” is one of the most legendary battles between indigenous land defenders and settles in the last century. This uprising against colonization set the tone for native resistance in Turtle Island to this day. We at subMedia.tv like to big up the Mohawks of Kanehsata:ke whenever possible, and in honor of the 25th anniversary of this rupture, we bring you two videos from our vault.

The Oka Crisis in five minutes, is an extract of an interview with indigenous militant Gord Hill, who breaks down just what happened there.