The Mohawk Resistance, or Oka Crisis, was a 78 day stand off between Mohawk protesters, police, and the Canadian army. It began when the mayor of Oka announced the expansion of a golf course and condo development on disputed land that included a Kanesatake Mohawk burial ground. Protesters formed a blockade to stop development, and when two injunctions were ignored, the Quebec provincial police were ordered to intervene. The police used tear gas and concussion grenades against protestors and a gunfight broke out. During the confrontation, a police officer was killed. Protests expanded beyond Oka as Kanesatake drew national attention, and tensions escalated—including non-Indigenous residents stoning cars full of women, children, and elders leaving the Kahnawake reserve. Eventually the army was called in to end the protest. The golf course expansion was cancelled and the land purchased by the federal government. This land still has not been transferred to Kanesatake.