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Mohawk Warriors and Canadian soldiers standoff in Oka

And 14-year-old Waneek Horn-Miller gets caught in the middle.

And 14-year-old Waneek Horn-Miller gets caught in the middle.

14-year-old Waneek Horn-Miller was stabbed during Oka standoff

7 years ago
Duration 1:36
Waneek Horn-Miller was only 14 when the standoff at Oka happened, so she wasn't expecting to get caught between the Mohawk Warrior Society and Canadian authorities.

When the Southern Quebec town of Oka wants to expand a golf course onto a Mohawk burial ground, the Mohawk barricade a road in protest. The situation blows up into a 78-day standoff between the Mohawk Warrior Society and Canadian authorities.

Waneek Horn-Miller was only 14 still a child when the standoff happened.