Despite hours of coverage by major news networks and thousands of words in newspapers and magazines, chances are you're confused by that conflict at Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory near Montreal in January.

It began as a story about a crime-fighting chief. It evolved into a tale about mob rule. And it wound up as an account of a government taking the bull by the horns. By that time, the media should have known better, but they'd moved on leaving us wondering just what is happening in this community.

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