The History Hour
The History Hour
BBC World Service
The Oka Crisis
50 minutes Posted Jul 15, 2017 at 1:00 pm.
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A watershed moment for Canada's indigenous people as Mohawks take on the developers, the birth of UKIP in Britain, memories of the poet Irina Ratushinskaya who died earlier this month - plus dance music with ballet star Nureyev's defection and illegal raving in England's countryside.

(PHOTO: A Mohawk activist confronts a soldier. Credit: IATV NEWS)