TYENDINAGA RESISTANCE CONTINUES: O.P.P. THREATENS TO PLANT MEGA POLICE & JAIL COMPLEX IN COMMUNITY
Mohawk Nation News
May 25, 2008. The Mohawk Men released a statement about their continuing resistance to the newly purchased $2 million O.P.P state-of-the-art police facility, complete with helipad, jail cells and surveillance towers. Why is such a medieval fortress needed? Tyendinaga is where Dekanawida, the man who helped to unite the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy under the Great Law, came from. Today this is a community of 2,200 people where everyone knows who’s going to fall in love with whom before they know it themselves. Our ancestors have been living together forever. We don’t need a jail! This is a federal initiative. The colonial band council used almost one million dollars of community money without consulting us or getting a valid consent.
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Running near the Indiana and Ohio border, Craig, Aislyn and Harry, on the northern route. Photos Brita Brookes. The Longest Walk Cultural Survival Summit is planned for July 8 -- 11, before the walkers from the northern and southern routes march into Washington D.C. on July 11.