Empty Daybook – Rebecca Belmore on 28 August 1990

On August 28, 1990, during Canada’s Oka Crisis, a convoy of seventy-five cars carrying Mohawk women, children, and elders were evacuated from the Kahnawake reserve in fear of an advance by the Canadian army. The path to safety meant driving through a highway underpass, where from above, Canadian citizens were able to bombard them with … Continue reading Empty Daybook – Rebecca Belmore on 28 August 1990