Mohawk Nation News 'Rekindling Resistance'

REKINDLING RESISTANCE

Posted on August 1, 2026 by Kan1enkehaka

Mohawk Nation News
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GREAT WHITE ROOTS OF PEACE

MNN. July 26, 2026. To acquire peace, Dekanawida did not base his ideas on faith and hope. He described a giant white pine that reached into the sky, symbolizing the sisterhood and brotherhood of all human beings. At its roots were the five nations of the original Rotinonhsión:ni Confederacy. A structure was designed to make the individual the center of power so that no dictator could seize control. The people met to discuss issues and came to an understanding. The governmental structure included the separation of powers of the judicial, executive and legislative branches. The Rotinonhsión:ni nations were made up of democratic social units to form a peaceful confederacy of all Indigenous people. After the upheaval of Indigenous culture by the European invasion, the Iroquois and many other Indigenous nations, such as the Aztec, Blackfeet, Sioux, Hopis, and others had the same ideas about the return of Indigenous thought.

Remembering Pueblo Dorothy Purley: Warnings of Merchants of Death

Dorothy Purley, Laguna Pueblo

Remembering Pueblo Dorothy Purley: Warnings of Merchants of Death

Before she died from cancer, Dorothy Purley, Laguna Pueblo, wanted the world to know what happened at Laguna and Acoma Pueblos, to her people, because of the uranium mining. She called for a meeting, and a lot of people came. They sat in a circle and decided to call the movement, "Indigenous Alliance without Borders," to show the world that the environmental destruction was targeting all Native Americans, all Indigenous Peoples, crossing all borders. During those years, she told me her story and she took her story to the world. In memory of Dorothy Purley.

Dorothy described how the workers in the mines would bring the radiation home on the dust on their clothes, the dust would coat their food and the crops, and the grass that the sheep and livestock ate. "They usually conducted their blasts during our noontime and evening meals, when our village women would dry their fruits and vegetables during the harvest season. A fine layer of dust would cover our food, but we simply rinsed it off not knowing that it was toxic." The U.S. government knew the radiation would kill them, but never told Native people. This is her story. -- Brenda

By Brenda Norrell

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Before she died of cancer, Dorothy Purley of Laguna Pueblo described driving a uranium truck at the Jackpile Mine. Dorothy said the Pueblo workers were never told what the yellow radioactive dust would do to them. The radioactive dust blew onto their drying meats, and it poisoned the grasses that the animals eat.