Kanehsatake

From the Mohawk Nation News. Jan. 20, 2006.

Ex-Minister Chagnon rips 'illegal' Mohawk raid Lays blame for debacle on Ottawa Former grand chief Gabriel made power play with 'mercenaries' hired with federal funds

Jeff Heinrich
The Gazette

Friday, January 13, 2006

It's been two years since a botched police operation by 67 aboriginal police officers in Kanesatake left the grand chief's house in flames and his Mohawk community in tatters.

Now the man who was Quebec's public security minister at the time says the raid was illegal, Duplessis-like, mercenary and the fault of Ottawa, which paid for it.

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