Lasagna: The Man Behind the Mask

The events at Oka in 1990 saw the Canadian Armed Forces confront some 40 armed Mohawk “Warriors” who were defending their community’s resistance against a further colonial encroachment on their native lands. “Lasagna,” one of the Mohawk leaders, was “unmasked” as Ronald Cross. This is his story – and the story of the ongoing struggles of Native nations in land disputes.