Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

September 22, 2017

Mohawk Nation News 'Kanekota Women File Objection'

KANEKOTA WOMEN FILE OBJECTION

Posted on September 22, 2017

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MNN. Sept. 22, 2017. The following notice is served on the violators of the kaia-nere-kowa by Registered Mail on September 22, 2017. 
KARONHIAKTAJEH LOUIS HALL: “WE HAVE TO RESIST”. [WARRIORS HANDBOOK]
“REGISTERED MAIL 
NOTICE OF OBJECTION – SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
TO: The Township of Southgate , 185667 Grey Cty Rd 9
RR 1 Dundalk On N0C 1B0, 519-923-3483, Petawawa Renewable Power Corporation PO Box 15   Orangeville, Ontario, Canada L9W 2Z5 416-209-7351mbell@petawawacorp.com, Corporation of Canada and Corporation of Ontario
Regarding Bio-Fuel Proposal in Dundalk Ontario within kanekota, a territory in kanienkeh, also known as rotino-shonni-onwe 
FROM: The kohtihon-tia-kwenio of the kanion-keh-haka/Mohawk of the of the rotino-shonni-onwe [Iroquois].
OBJECTION: To the encroachment by the corporate entities on a portion of our territory known by the occupiers as the “Haldimand tract” and by the onkwe-hon-weh as kanekota. It is located on the northern part of the British protectorate for the kanion-ke-haka. The corporate encroachers are trying to illegally install a biomass development on kanekota without our knowledge or permission. This imposition violates the kaia-nere-kowa, the original instructions of creation, and the order made by Captain General Haldimand in 1784.  
BASIS OF ACTION: WAMPUM 44 OF THE kaia-nereh-kowa, the great peace.
WHEREAS the original instructions designates the kohtihon-tia-kwenio – the women – are the natural caretakers of the land, water and air of “onowarekeh” [Turtle Island] since the beginning, to preserve and protect the land for the future generations.
WHEREAS the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People affirms that the all corporate entities must seek our permission and consent to encroach on our land.
WHEREAS states must fully explain their intentions for and violations of all life on turtle island; we hereby notify the above noted corporations and the Chief of the General Staff in London, of this current violation of the kaia-nere-kowa.
WHEREAS According to the original instructions between us and creation, the kohtihon-tia-kwenio, speaking for all life, order these corporations to protect all life on ono-ware-keh or leave turtle island.
WE, THE kohti-hon-tia-kwennio OF THE rotino-shonni-onwe, MAKE NOTICE OF THIS OBJECTION AS FULL AND FAIR NOTICE THAT:
These corporations will not violate our authority as true natural caretakers of the land since the beginning of the original instructions to survive and coexist with all nature as brothers and sisters on mother earth; that no foreign sovereign will pass laws and legislation violating this; and that these entities must deal with the kohtihon-tia-kwenio as required under our original instructions; that all individual or foreign entities shall not invade our human, spiritual and political rights on ono-ware-keh; and that they shall come to us through proper diplomatic channels to explain how they will fully adhere to the original instructions on all issues affecting land, water, air and all life on ono-ware-keh. turtle island.
FOR THE ABOVE REASONS, WE, THE kohtihon-tia-kwennio – IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR PHYSICAL INTEGRITY AND INHERENT RIGHTS – STATE THE FOLLOWING:
1)The women do not tolerate violations of the original instructions, ancient customs, traditions, inherent rights and agreements by the corporations of Canada and its entities. The women and the waters from the ground have a duty to sustain all life without interference.
2)These corporations are ordered to inform the women as the inherent authority on these lands and waters on behalf of our mother earth on how they will carry out the original instructions.
3)Should these corporations breach the original instructions of creation, necessary measures shall be taken. Govern yourselves accordingly.
Kanion’ke:haka of the rotino’shonni:onwe:
kohtihon’tia:kwennio rotiskarewake /s/________________
Contact: 519-925-9695. thahoketoteh, rotiskarewake aserakowa 4-325 Robert Street, Shelburne, [inside kanekota] ON L9V 3B8.
To: Prime Minister Hon. Justin Trudeau, 80 Wellington St. Ottawa ON K1A 0A2justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca; Premier of Ontario Hon. Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Legislature, Toronto 416-42-6777, kwynnempp.co@liberal.ola.org; Gen. Sir Nicholas Carter, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB”
Tekentiokwenhuksten are the 49 families that make up the rotino-shonni-onwe/Iroquois confederacy. They form the circle that exercises the power of the people that comes from the original instructions.  
Notice published on Sept. 22, 2017.
The Skillet sing about resistance: “I am a nation, I am a million faces. Formed together, made for elevation. I am a soldier, I won’t surrender. Faith is like a fire that never burns to embers. (Who’s gonna stand up, who’s gonna fight?) The voice of the unheard (Who’s gonna break these chains and lies?) Love is the answer. I gotta speak it, believe it, that’s how I feel inside. can’t, can’t sit here quiet.”
Mohawk Nation News kahentinetha2@yahoo.com for more news, to donate and sign up for MNN newsletters, go to mohawknationnews.com More stories at MNN Archives.  Address: Box 991, Kahnawake [Quebec, Canada] J0L 1B0 

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September 21, 2017

American Indian Movement International Film Festival 2017



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Still Winning -- Standing Rock Water Protectors are 'Those who run ahead'




Photo Cassi Alexandra for NPRStanding Rock Water Protectors are still winning, on the homefront and around the world
By Brenda NorrellCensored News
Those with vision, who are ahead of their time, are often not appreciated by the mainstream. But as time goes on, the reality, and the power, of what the water protectors in Standing Rock camps accomplished, is being manifest.
The spiritual resistance of the camps, and the non-violent direct action of Red Warrior Camp, brought the 'Water is Life' movement to the world and set in motion a new force for mankind.
Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier and the police he brought in from throughout the United States, responded with brutality and excessive force, violating the civil rights and human rights of water protectors.
Now, in Rochester, Minn., a police officer suspended for supporting Standing Rock, and speaking out against police excessive force, has won a $1 million lawsuit.
"The city of Rochester will pay a police officer $1 million to settle a discrimination and retaliation claim. Lt. Elisa Umpierre filed the claim saying she was suspended for comments she made on Facebook in support of protesters at Standing Rock and another about excessive force by police officers."
Back in North Dakota, Esquire magazine interviews Rattler, an Oglala Lakota water protector from Pine Ridge, who made a stand to protect the Missouri River and the drinking water of millions from Dakota Access pipeline.
Esquire is one of many national and international publications now realizing that the stand at Standing Rock is only the beginning.
Esquire writes, "Rattler, 45, legal name Michael Markus, is one of six native activists facing near-unprecedented federal charges related to the Standing Rock protest camps against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)."
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12181154/still-fighting-at-standing-rock/
Kanahus Manuel, Secwepemc, is a water protector from what is known as British Columbia, Canada. Kanahus' efforts to build tiny houses in the path of a pipeline have attracted widespread media attention.
Kanahus writes that Trans Mountain Kinder Morgan is now applying for a permit for a 1,000 man Man Camp in Blue River, unceded Secwepemc Territory.
"Time to fall in line and get to the frontlines," Kanahus writes.
Already, oil and gas workers living in the Man Camps on the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation in North Dakota, have violated and abused Native women and children, and are a magnet for criminals looking for quick money and violence, while poisoning the water, land and air.
Internationally, a delegation of powerful Indigenous women are departing for Norway, Switzerland and Germany. The second divestment delegation of WECAN International will meet with banks and financial institutions urging divestment in Energy Transfer Partners, Dakota Access Pipeline, and fossil fuels.
The Autumn 2017 Indigenous Women's Divestment Delegation members include: LaDonna Brave Bull Allard (Lakota historian, member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and founder/landowner of Sacred Stone Camp); Dr. Sara Jumping Eagle (Oglala Lakota and Mdewakantonwan Dakota pediatrician, living and working on the Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota); Jackie Fielder (Mnicoujou Lakota and Mandan-Hidatsa, Campaign Coordinator of Lakota People's Law Project and organizer with Mazaska Talks); Michelle Cook (Diné/Navajo, human rights lawyer and a founding member of the of the Water Protector Legal Collective at Standing Rock); and Tara Houska (Anishinaabe, tribal attorney, National Campaigns Director of Honor the Earth, former advisor on Native American affairs to Bernie Sanders); along with Osprey Orielle Lake (WECAN Executive Director and delegation facilitator.)
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2017/09/indigenous-women-from-standing-rock-and.html
With hurricanes, earthquakes, volcano eruptions and wildfires, the attention to water protectors and climate change intensifies.
Standing Rock water protectors are the beacons.
They are those who run ahead.


Article copyright Brenda Norrell, Censored News
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September 20, 2017

Indigenous Women From Standing Rock And Allies On Divestment Delegation In Europe




Indigenous Women From Standing Rock And Allies
On Divestment Delegation In Europe


By WECAN

PRESS RELEASE - Indigenous Women From Standing Rock And Allies On Divestment Delegation In Europe

Censored News

Update September 28, 2017

Media Contact:
Emily Arasim (general inquiries) – emily@wecaninternational.org, +1(505)920-0153
Osprey Orielle Lake (urgent inquiries in Europe) – osprey@wecaninternational.org, +1(415)722-2104
Michelle Cook (general inquiries) - divestinvestprotect@gmail.com

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, California (September 20, 2017) – From September 30th through October 14th, 2017, a delegation of Indigenous women from across the United States who have been at the forefront of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) resistance effort and other movements to stop fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure which pose threats to Indigenous and human rights, self-determination, lands and culture will travel to Norway, Switzerland and Germany. The delegation will urge financial institutions to divest from and cancel credit facilities with pipeline companies that endanger rights and neglect Indigenous People’s right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) as outlined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Norway, Switzerland and Germany house several of the world's largest financial institutions that, through either corporate level or project level finance, support dangerous extraction projects across Indigenous territories in the U.S. and globally - making these countries vital locations for frontline and impacted women leaders to engage directly with banks, public officials, civil society groups, and media.

The Autumn 2017 Indigenous Women's Divestment Delegation, facilitated by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International in partnership with Indigenous women leaders and their directives, is part of a growing movement that has found the pursuit of institutional divestment to be an effective strategy to hold banks and fossil fuel related companies accountable to indigenous rights and protection of land, climate and water.

Autumn 2017 Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegation members include - LaDonna Brave Bull Allard (Lakota historian, member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and founder/landowner of Sacred Stone Camp); Dr. Sara Jumping Eagle (Oglala Lakota and Mdewakantonwan Dakota pediatrician, living and working on the Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota); Jackie Fielder (Mnicoujou Lakota and Mandan-Hidatsa, Campaign Coordinator of Lakota People's Law Project and organizer with Mazaska Talks); Michelle Cook (Diné/Navajo, human rights lawyer and a founding member of the of the Water Protector Legal Collective at Standing Rock); and Tara Houska (Anishinaabe, tribal attorney, National Campaigns Director of Honor the Earth, former advisor on Native American affairs to Bernie Sanders); along with Osprey Orielle Lake (WECAN Executive Director and delegation facilitator).

Full Delegate biographies available here: wecaninternational.org/pages/autumn17-divestment-spokeswomen

In addition to advocating for fossil fuel divestment and investment in a renewable energy future - delegates will share vital updates regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline, the growing pipeline resistance by Indigenous peoples and allies to Keystone XL (TransCanada), Trans Mountain (Kinder Morgan), Energy East (TransCanada), and Line 3 (Enbridge) pipeline projects; and the success of municipal divestment campaigns across the United States.

The Delegation will be based in Oslo, Norway from September 30 - October 4; in Zurich, Switzerland from October 5 - 10; and in Munich and Frankfurt, Germany from October 11 - 14. Press and media are encouraged to reach out to WECAN International to schedule interviews.

“We stand to protect the water and our Mother Earth. We stand to divest from fossil fuel so our children can live. We stand because we have no other choice. Min Wiconi, Water is Life.” explains LaDonna Brave Bull Allard (Lakota historian, member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and founder/landowner of Sacred Stone Camp)

“Indigenous peoples impacted by DAPL and destructive fossil fuel development projects are determined to continue education and advocacy efforts related to bank divestment from companies causing and/or contributing to indigenous human rights abuses in the United States. The Divestment Delegation is an opportunity to evaluate the efficacy of banks’ human rights policy as well as to educate the public on the distinctions and contrasts between the normative human rights standards of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) and its negative image; a coercive indigenous consultation model practiced by state and non-state actors for natural resource extraction in the U.S. In spite of the human rights violations, it is also a time for indigenous peoples and communities to vision, imagine, nurture, and create new and more just balanced economies.” explains Michelle Cook (Diné/Navajo, human rights lawyer and a founding member of the of the Water Protector Legal Collective at Standing Rock)

"I always knew that I had to prepare for something, a time when the people and land would need me to be ready.  That time is now.  What will you do when that time has arrived? For those of us, who know that we need to change how all of us live on this earth so that we may live, so our grandchildren who are not yet born may have a chance - we have to stand up, and make our voices and our power known. That time is now." explains Dr. Sara Jumping Eagle (Oglala Lakota and Mdewakantonwan Dakota pediatrician, living and working on the Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota)

“We will carry one message from our homelands to financial institutions in Europe: respect indigenous women’s rights to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent. If banks continue to harm our women, children, and elders, we will continue to push divestment and hurt what is most precious to them - their bottom dollar." explains Jackie Fielder (Mnicoujou Lakota and Mandan-Hidatsa, Campaign Coordinator of the Lakota People's Law Project and organizer with Mazaska Talks)

“Gross human rights violations associated with fossil fuel infrastructure are not limited to the well-publicized fight at Standing Rock. All over the world, indigenous peoples and Mother Earth's finite freshwater resources are threatened by needless fossil fuels projects. We ask the banking industry to take a stand for all people that big oil won't. Stop funding destruction and abuse with consumer money. We want just transition to renewable energy and the lives of your customers to matter more than oil profits.” explains Tara Houska (Anishinaabe, tribal attorney, National Campaigns Director of Honor the Earth, former advisor on Native American affairs to Bernie Sanders)

 “With extreme weather from devastating floods to raging fires currently being experienced around the world - it could not be more clear that the Earth is sending us an urgent message that we must take immediate action to keep fossil fuels in the ground - and re-vision and re-build a just and sustainable future for all. In the context of the global Fossil Fuel Divestment movement, the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network is working to ensure that Indigenous and frontline women have the opportunity to speak for themselves, directly to the institutions, governments and policy makers whose decisions are harming their communities and territories through their continued investment in violent, destructive projects. It has never been more vital to listen to the voices of Indigenous women leaders. Together, with their voices at the forefront, we can restore the health of our communities, transition to clean energy, and seek justice for those who continue to be impacted on a daily basis by fossil fuel development at Standing Rock and around the world.” explains Osprey Orielle Lake (Executive Director and Founder of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, WECAN)

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About The Women's Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
@WECAN_INTL

The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN International) is a solutions-based, multi-faceted organization established to engage women worldwide as powerful stakeholders in climate change, climate justice, and sustainability solutions. WECAN International was founded in 2013 as a project of the 501(c)3 Women’s Earth and Climate Caucus (WECC) organization.
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