AMAZING OR DISGUSTING? $58 Million to Foot Kanehsatake War
By Kahentinetha Horn
Mohawk Nations News
June 2, 2007
This is a story about psychotic bureaucrats and reckless senior Quebec and Ottawa officials who worked out plans to destroy the people of Kanehsatake. They blackmailed their puppets, like greedy James Gabriel, “You do this and that or you don’t get the money”. They wanted to get the niobium mine going and to make Kanehsatake part of the municipality of Oka who would run our territory. To do this, they had to remove the Mohawks from the land under which lays the mineral coveted by the military-industrial complex, niobium.Though it’s a public company, Quebec, Canada and US are all share holders in Niocan Inc. “Niobium” is rare. It makes steel stronger, lighter and more flexible than they are. The military wants this for warheads, missiles, outer space exploration and to take over the universe. We’ve been fighting against this mine since the 1970s.We have been wondering why millions of dollars were spent on our community.Tests were done by going down certain levels into the earth. Mirslav Nastiv, of Natural Resources Canada, found out that Niocan had tampered with the testing of the area. When the rocks are disturbed, cancerous radon gases were released. We now have one of the highest levels of cancer in our community. The hearings concluded that Niocan could not be licensed because of our land claim and that we had not been consulted. [Was this salting “Bre-X” style?]Grand chief James Gabriel was a court appointed chief. His mentor was lawyer, Eric Maldoff, of Heenan & Blaikie of Montreal. He was sent into Kanehsatake by former Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, with orders to “keep Kanehsatake off the front pages”. Maldoff became James Gabriel’s “Canadian idol”. The button to send in the militia to take us over on January 12, 2004 was pushed by former Prime Minister Paul Martin.After the Mohawk Crisis of 1990 we set up the Mohawk Coalition with three objectives: 1. Consult with people on issues relating to land, governance and economic development; 2. Represent the people according to our mandate in negotiations relating to land; and 3. Receive and disburse any monies transferred from the government for the above purposes. The Coalition was never dissolved. In 1999 Indian Affairs got James Gabriel and Clarence Simon to secretly reregistered it in Quebec. Then they funnelled millions in government funds and bought weapons and vehicles registered to the corporation.According to the 750 pages of ‘Access to Information’ documents we have, the whole scheme was laid out for many years. The documents are between high level bureaucrats – Jacques Chagnon of Quebec Public Security, Rob Write and Eric Maldoff of the Privy Council Office, Chantal Bernier and Ann McLellan of the Solicitor General’s Office, Wayne Easter of Justice, Walter Walling and Andy Scott for Indian Affairs. They all worked hand in hand to take us down.Their goal was to take down the people, the Police Commission and the cigarette stores. To do this they had to control the policing, criminalize us and demonize us through high cost public relations like Communications [“sponsorship scandal”] Strategy of Montreal. They worked for both Indian Affairs and Niocan and are still under criminal investigation. They decided the best way to control us at gunpoint.From 2003 to the present Indian Affairs directed funds and manipulated the one sided war on Kanehsatake. Treasury Board Acts were violated to divert $58 million into a stolen corporation. To set it up, Indian Affairs got James Gabriel to mismanage our money so they could push third party and co-management on us, putting Hartell and PriceWaterhouseCooper in charge, each receiving millions of our money. We were never told of this re-routing of our money.In a December 16, 2003, letter from Grand Chief James Gabriel to Peter Fisher of Ann McLelland’s office, secret deals and meetings were reported./ Eric Maldoff and Walter Walling had no business being involved in these policing meetings. These documents proved that Eric, Ann, Walter and the others plotted for many years before the armed attack on us on January 12, 2004.Indian Affairs paid for 16 court cases that James Gabriel launched against us for asking too many questions. They wanted to return ultimate power to their puppet, James Gabriel.In 2003 James Gabriel started hiring the goons. 67 were recruited from Quebec. Chief Ted Moses of the Crees said they were lied to about the operation. He pulled out his men. Most of the goons were called “Raccoon babysitters”, with arms-length criminal records, untrained in guns, some were lumberjacks and many were not legally allowed to carry guns, let alone sniper rifles.In 1996 PCO hired Richard Walsh, a known felon, to find dirt and set us up. He said just about every one in Kanehsatake was a “criminal”. Indian Affairs gave $900,000 for the raid on our police station.$58 million was diverted through the stolen corporation to James Gabriel’s militia. In the meantime our programs and services were cut.Yes, $58 million can fund a big war. Millions were given to James Gabriel and his militia to buy illegal weapons. If Canada is a decent law-abiding country, don’t go to the RCMP. The RCMP bought the weaponry April 2003, one year before the raid. This included: 30,000 bullets for every man woman and child; international sniper rifles; Ruger range rifles; cases and cases of 30 round automatic clips; body bags; MP 5’s [an illegal silencer] by HK with all the accessories, which is not standard police equipment; M9-63 vision goggles; SL 6-37 mm Multy-Role 6 shot ‘launcher’ [what!!]; S-N 717; 3-speed heat # 2CS continuous discharge grenade; 12 – t16-cs Flameless Explusion Grenade; tasers; tear gas; concussion grenades; M16s, Perabolic microphones and other spy equipment; flak jackets; Winchester 55GR full metal jacket; AR 15s; M 40s; Magnums [maybe even tanks in the bushes!]; ballistic shields; Icom radios; Marine binoculars; Tri-chamber flameless expulsion grenades CS in a canister marked “toxic” by National Defense; crowd control pepper spray; Cassette tape recorder to entertain the troops while on duty; Multiport Plus distraction device from National Defence; and lots of other toys not on the list. Lethal or what?Also purchased were cars and all the computers and technical equipment needed to set up a topnotch police station for Kanehsatake in Laval. These are mostly high tech military equipment not issued to just any military and certainly not to any police. A lot of the weaponry disappeared.A list of vehicles from the Manowan Police Station, dated May 4, 2004. [Leon Newashish 819-971-8861, Richard Moar and Serge Fontaine] shows that between April 15–23, 2004, more than 10 vehicles were purchased. Of these only 3 were insured as police vehicles or registered at the Quebec Vehicle registry office. At least 3 were sold to chief of police and favored members of the community for $300-$400. One was $42,000 charged to the KMP and a PriceWaterhouseCooper trust account. One vehicle was registered and insured as a police vehicle, according to Jean Pierre Godbout of Samson & Associates of Ottawa who did the preliminary audit investigation.To register these cars, they stole the “Mohawk Coalition” non-profit corporation. Eric and Walter helped funnel all this money into it.In a “Secret” Quebec Public Security document dated September 20, 2005, entitled “Strategic Considerations”, Chantal Bernier and Public Security decided to make changes to Kanehsatake governance. Senior bureaucrats changed the procedures for validating a band council resolution. In an August 3, 2006 letter from Quebec Regional office, Indian Affairs decided that “a council resolution is valid as long as it is accepted by a majority of the council”. This they said “was strictly motivated by a concern for consensus in the community” on public safety. This was to make sure their puppet James Gabriel got and kept power.The rigged election of 2005 was funded and manipulated by Indian Affairs. They gave money to James Gabriel and his favored candidates. Indian Affairs and Eric Maldoff monitored it closely. Monique Gagnon of Quebec Regional office gave “extraordinary funding to deal with the general election, the various litigation stemming” in case James Gabriel lost. Even so, James Gabriel did lose to Steve Bonspille. An additional $500,000 was transferred to cover his expenses. They wanted a “winning condition” and illegally extended his term of office until the election.In 2005 the six chiefs who were under the influence of Indian Affairs took an action in Federal Court to fire Steve Bonspille, who refused to sign their sell-out proposals and to stop him from having public meetings.The band council signed Bill S24 to municipalize Kanehsatake and harmonize it with Oka. Steve Bonspille refused to sign. The mayors and the government were informed, “No deals”. There is a forensic audit going on as well.To get this $58 million the funds went through the Solicitor General’s Office, Public Safety, Indian Affairs and Eric Maldoff for the PCO.All this for Niocan Inc.Jacques Chagnon, then Minister of Public Security for Quebec, said that, according to the “Police Act”, these mercenaries could not come to another territory carrying guns in their trunks without being sworn in by Public Security. James Gabriel himself swore them in at the Laval Hilton Hotel where all the guns were stored. There are videos of this. The Quebec Police SQ pulled out of the operation because “it was too dangerous”.Public Security Emergency Preparedness Canada contracted an independent auditor [Samson & Associates of Ottawa] to audit policing funds received from Public Security Canada and Quebec. The August 2, 2006 report found that funds were provided by Indian Affairs to the militia. Money was taken from health, education and welfare of the community and funneled to policing. “Bullets for books!”Public Security Minister, Stockwell Day, said there is enough evidence to warrant a forensic audit of the Kanehsatake Police and James Gabriel’s former council along with all their Ottawa and Quebec masterminds.Peter Hutchens of Hutchens Grants and Associates knew that this corporation had been stolen from the Mohawk Coalition. [Peter Hutchens, 514-849-2403 admin@hsgiegal.ca]. Mary Cree was on the original board. She contacted Hutchens to see if it was still active. He advised her to resign.Steve Bonspille wrote to Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice about the theft of the corporation. Steve found out that the Corporation was taken to the Quebec Corporations Office and re-registered in the names of James Gabriel, Clarence Simon and Leona Bonspille. It was reset up to funnel all funding for band activities, purchases, policing, economic development and education. The money was diverted to set up the militia. This constituted fraud. This is way more than the usual budget for Kanehsatake.In July 26, 2006 Steve asked the minister, “Could they stop the operations of the council and the negotiation process?” Prentice never answered. In a letter dated August 29, 2006, Pierre Nepton, the Quebec Regional director danced around this question.There needs to be a public inquiry with subpoena powers and to lay charges.Jacques Chagnon, in a transcript dated January 13, 2006, rips apart the illegal Mohawk raid of January 12, 2004. He lays blame for the debacle on Ottawa. James Gabriel made power plays with “mercenaries” hired with federal funds. The raid was illegal, “Duplessis-like”. He personally blames James Gabriel and Wayne Easter of the Solicitor Generals Office for the [foolhardy and dangerous] January 12, 2004 operation. In particular, Wayne Easter should never have authorized a $900,000 special anti-crime subsidy to the Kanehsatake band council for this operation. The federal government should have “heeded the advice” of the RCMP and the SQ which said the raid would be a big mistake. Chagnon added he would never have approved the recruiting of Aboriginal “mercenaries” from reserves across Quebec. He thinks that Gabriel was trying to establish “absolute power” [at gunpoint].Chagnon goes on to say that the media was directed by the public relations “spinners” to make James Gabriel into a “martyr saint”. Gabriel pulled off a “tour de force” getting himself armed by Ottawa, using totally illegal methods to bring in an army of mercenaries into the territory to replace the chief of police. 418-991-6523 lucie.baulne@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca.Cry Baby James. When the ‘forensic audit’ walls came crashing down in 2007, Maldoff disappeared under his rock to protect his reputation and money. He was making $1.5 million as a “slime ball” broker. The PCO accepted it. James Gabriel didn’t want to be left holding the bag. He begged the minister for Maldoff’s return, to at least be his “mentor”[mental].CONTACT: Quebec Environmental Dept. louise bourdages@bape.gouv.gc.ca; Miroslav Nastev;miroslav.nastev@mcan.gc.ca of Natural Resources Canada; Walter walling wallingw@ainc-inac.gc.ca; Chantal bernier Chantal.bernier@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca; L.Guay@JUSTICE.gc.ca; David Hallman davie.hallman@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca; Margaret.bloodworth@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca; Gilles.rochon@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca; Eric Maldoff % Jim Prentice (819) 953-4941; Kanehsatake, (450) 479-1973, cell.: (514) 708-8933; Mohawk Coalition 450-479-8275Kahentinetha HornMNN Mohawk Nation NewsKahentinetha2@yahoo.com & Katenies20@yahoo.comUpdates, speakers, workshops, sign up, go tohttp://www.mohawknationnews.com/Please sign Women Title Holders petition.Link: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/IroquoisSubscribe: http://www.mohawknationnews.com/news/subscription.phpLink to MNN. 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June 5, 2007
June 3, 2007
Migrant Walk for Life arrives in Tucson
Photos by Brenda Norrell
TUCSON -- Walking 75 miles in the desert heat, from Sasabe at the border to Tucson, walkers called attention to the human rights crisis at the border. Walking in solidarity with migrants and demanding an end to deaths in the desert, the "Migrant Trail: We Walk for Life," arrived in Tucson Sunday at noon.
Photos: 1--Walkers on the final stretch into Tucson Sunday. 2--Walkers called for an end to the militarization of the border and reform of immigration policies to bring an end to migrant deaths, during a press conference at the culmination of the walk. 3--Father Bob Carney washes the feet of walkers at the end of the 75-mile Migrant Trail from Sasabe, Mexico to Tucson. Photos Brenda Norrell.
TUCSON -- Walking 75 miles in the desert heat, from Sasabe at the border to Tucson, walkers called attention to the human rights crisis at the border. Walking in solidarity with migrants and demanding an end to deaths in the desert, the "Migrant Trail: We Walk for Life," arrived in Tucson Sunday at noon.
Photos: 1--Walkers on the final stretch into Tucson Sunday. 2--Walkers called for an end to the militarization of the border and reform of immigration policies to bring an end to migrant deaths, during a press conference at the culmination of the walk. 3--Father Bob Carney washes the feet of walkers at the end of the 75-mile Migrant Trail from Sasabe, Mexico to Tucson. Photos Brenda Norrell.News articles on Migrant Trail: We Walk for Life:
Breaking News: Festival of Hope
Martin Sheen comes to Tucson Tuesday
Sheen to support two priests arrested for peaceful protest of torture at Fort Huachuca:
On the eve of a significant pretrial hearing for their November, 2006 nonviolent witness at Ft. Huachuca against military training that fosters torture, please join Fr. Louie Vitale and Fr. Steve Kelly, SJ with
Bill Quigley (human rights lawyer); Orlando Tizon (Torture Abolition & Survivors Support Coalition); Col. Ann Wright (U.S. Army, Ret.); Francisco Herrera (musician); Ted Warmbrand (musician) ; Martin Sheen (social justice activist and actor)
A celebration of hope for a future free of the terror and injustice of torture and war, talks, testimony, music, food and fellowship.
Bill Quigley (human rights lawyer); Orlando Tizon (Torture Abolition & Survivors Support Coalition); Col. Ann Wright (U.S. Army, Ret.); Francisco Herrera (musician); Ted Warmbrand (musician) ; Martin Sheen (social justice activist and actor)
A celebration of hope for a future free of the terror and injustice of torture and war, talks, testimony, music, food and fellowship.
Tuesday, June 5: 6 p.m. - potluck meal; 7 p.m. - program
at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. 3rd St., Tucson, AZ (west of Alvernon) Potluck meal in Geneva Hall (please bring a dish to share - drinks and desserts will be provided) followed by program in the sanctuary
Free, but donations gratefully accepted.
TRIAL (now a pretrial hearing)
The June 6 trial has been postponed. Instead, Fr. Louis Vitale and Fr. Stephen Kelly have been ordered to appear at 9 a.m. that same day in U.S. Magistrate Hector Estrada's court for a hearing on pretrial motions.
Supporters of the priests will join them at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, for a brief morning support rally in the courtyard in front of the U.S. District Court, 405 W. Congress St.
It is anticipated that military prosecutor Capt. Evan Seamone may reintroduce a motion to have the priests jailed pending trial, for which a new date will be set at the June 6 hearing.
For more information and updates, email torture.training.on.trial@gmail.com or call 520-323-8697 - and visit
at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. 3rd St., Tucson, AZ (west of Alvernon) Potluck meal in Geneva Hall (please bring a dish to share - drinks and desserts will be provided) followed by program in the sanctuary
Free, but donations gratefully accepted.
TRIAL (now a pretrial hearing)
The June 6 trial has been postponed. Instead, Fr. Louis Vitale and Fr. Stephen Kelly have been ordered to appear at 9 a.m. that same day in U.S. Magistrate Hector Estrada's court for a hearing on pretrial motions.
Supporters of the priests will join them at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, for a brief morning support rally in the courtyard in front of the U.S. District Court, 405 W. Congress St.
It is anticipated that military prosecutor Capt. Evan Seamone may reintroduce a motion to have the priests jailed pending trial, for which a new date will be set at the June 6 hearing.
For more information and updates, email torture.training.on.trial@gmail.com or call 520-323-8697 - and visit
Mohawks: 'Indian Time' for Ottawa's offer to Six Nations
'INDIAN TIME' HAS BEGUN - OTTAWA ’S OFFER TO 6 NATIONS
Mohawks: 'We have always been in the driver's seat'
By Kahentinetha Horn
Mohawk Nation News
Mohawks: 'We have always been in the driver's seat'
By Kahentinetha Horn
Mohawk Nation News
May 31, 2007
It’s not the amount of the offer. It’s the principle that counts. Canada tries for a quick cash fix with “conditions”, otherwise known as “veiled threats”. $125 million cash for 38,000 acres amounts to $3,289.47 per acre for prime land. If it was saleable, it is worth anywhere from $10,000 to $50,000 an acre.
Murray Coolican and Ron Doering presented the offer on behalf of Ottawa for the land but nothing for the environmental damage. It’s to settle claims involving the former Moulton Township , flooding of lands in Dunnville to build the Welland Feeder Canal in 1829 and the unauthorized investment of our money in the Grand River Navigation Co., in the 1830s. The value of the loss on the GRNC scheme alone would be in the billions in modern terms.
Canada took our lease money without asking us and spent it on building the "nation" of Canada, as well the Law Society of Upper Canada and McGill University, to name a few, and maybe even the “steal” road that crosses Canada .
Ottawa put the validity of our claims in writing and the world now knows. The Haldimand Tract that arches around Toronto and the “Golden Horse Show” is one of the most important and valuable areas in Canada .
The Six Nations spokesperson, on behalf of the people, dismissed the offer. We always said that we want our land. Mohawk Confederacy Chief Allen MacNaughton basically said, "It's a recognition that it’s ours and they owe us." When we get everything back, then we can start talking.
Our decisions are based on the Kaianereh’kowa, the law of “Onowarekeh [ Turtle Island ]. The Two Row Wampum governs our relationship with the colonists. We want respect for the natural owners and our natural laws. We want to exercise our jurisdiction over our land, to manage it, to control education, health care, roads, infrastructure, business management, courts and all aspects of social order. Canada is a foreign entity and is not entitled to collect any taxes on our territory. We also want a say in the immigration of people onto our land. They have to stop poisoning our land, clean it up and put it back the way they found it.
They want to give us money so that we will cease to exist. They have not understood our message. No generation can sell the land we are given by our ancestors to hold for our future generations. As long as there is one of us who adheres to our natural philosophy, the colonists can never claim Onowarekeh.
One of their conditions/threats is for us to get off our reclaimed land of “Kanenhstaton”. Do they want us to live in the air? Or to retreat back into the few trees they left behind on our land!
They want this to be a "full and final settlement" of the land claim. Dream on! When we get all of our land, resources and possessions back in our hands under our control, then we can start talking about a “settlement”!
Murray Coolican and Ron Doering presented the offer on behalf of Ottawa for the land but nothing for the environmental damage. It’s to settle claims involving the former Moulton Township , flooding of lands in Dunnville to build the Welland Feeder Canal in 1829 and the unauthorized investment of our money in the Grand River Navigation Co., in the 1830s. The value of the loss on the GRNC scheme alone would be in the billions in modern terms.
Canada took our lease money without asking us and spent it on building the "nation" of Canada, as well the Law Society of Upper Canada and McGill University, to name a few, and maybe even the “steal” road that crosses Canada .
Ottawa put the validity of our claims in writing and the world now knows. The Haldimand Tract that arches around Toronto and the “Golden Horse Show” is one of the most important and valuable areas in Canada .
The Six Nations spokesperson, on behalf of the people, dismissed the offer. We always said that we want our land. Mohawk Confederacy Chief Allen MacNaughton basically said, "It's a recognition that it’s ours and they owe us." When we get everything back, then we can start talking.
Our decisions are based on the Kaianereh’kowa, the law of “Onowarekeh [ Turtle Island ]. The Two Row Wampum governs our relationship with the colonists. We want respect for the natural owners and our natural laws. We want to exercise our jurisdiction over our land, to manage it, to control education, health care, roads, infrastructure, business management, courts and all aspects of social order. Canada is a foreign entity and is not entitled to collect any taxes on our territory. We also want a say in the immigration of people onto our land. They have to stop poisoning our land, clean it up and put it back the way they found it.
They want to give us money so that we will cease to exist. They have not understood our message. No generation can sell the land we are given by our ancestors to hold for our future generations. As long as there is one of us who adheres to our natural philosophy, the colonists can never claim Onowarekeh.
One of their conditions/threats is for us to get off our reclaimed land of “Kanenhstaton”. Do they want us to live in the air? Or to retreat back into the few trees they left behind on our land!
They want this to be a "full and final settlement" of the land claim. Dream on! When we get all of our land, resources and possessions back in our hands under our control, then we can start talking about a “settlement”!
They want “a strong and significant consensus [which they will define] from the Six Nations. We do have a consensus. We all agree that you robbed us blind and now you have to give everything back to us. Can a criminal that is caught with the goods demand a “consensus” from those he robbed as a condition for returning the stolen goods? We don’t think so.
They don’t want us to sue them ever again over any of the lands in the dispute. So stop trespassing and development on our land. Stop encroaching on our jurisdiction. Supposing someone stole your car, you find out about it and they say, “I’ll give you a hundred bucks if you promise not to sue me about it”. Just like Ottawa ’s residential school “trick” settlement where people are being coerced into taking money and then can’t sue. Canada is looking for a “cookie cutter” precedent to deal with the other Indigenous lands they’re claiming.
Can they convince us to take this offer? If we turn this down, will they come back with a bigger one, like double or triple the money? Is this what it’s all about?
We have conditions too! Get off our backs and stop trying to colonize us.
Stop telling us how to live and conduct our business. Colonialism and abuse is over! Get used to it. "Caledonia is [not] a dispute between the Six Nations and the federal government going back before Confederation", as Caledonia Mayor Marie Trainor would like to think. Disputes about Six Nations at Grand River started long before that. The root of the problem is theft of our land by the colonists and refusing to even admit it. Then when they’re caught, they point their gun at us trying to make us accept a few dollars for it.
Marie says Six Nations will be permitted to keep the former “Burtch Correctional Facility” in Brant County . She can’t permit us to do anything! Get real, Marie! How would Canadians feel if George Bush told them he was going to permit them to keep their Parliament? Can criminals make these kinds of demands? Only by threats of violence! Ottawa still has “control freak” fantasies. As part of the Kanehsatake/Oka settlement, Ottawa wanted me to sign an agreement that I would never say anything against Canada for the rest of my life. I refused to sign. It’s amazing the kind of illegal conditions Ottawa ’s carpet bagging lawyers come up with. Can we be ridiculous too? We could require all Ottawa dogs, provincial puppets and town criers to wear Six Nations certified muzzles. Recently, Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Ramsay threatened to pull Ontario from the “talks” if new “protests” [assertions of our rights] such as the one in “Hagersville” continue. "
This lawlessness breaking out is not acceptable," he said. "It will not be tolerated." Yes, stop breaking the laws. We will not tolerate it. We’ve been objecting to colonial lawlessness since day one. As one Six Nations resident said, “Holy crap, that's a real bargain for them! $125 million to construct the biggest farce in the world! Well maybe not THE biggest. You gotta consider the USA , too!!!!” Oh yeah, the feds can't produce a valid sales receipt. The offer barely covers fixing our water problem here at Six Nations caused by the toxins they’re dumping upstream!
We are in the driver’s seat. We have always been in the driver’s seat. We are the eyes and ears of eastern Onowarekeh. Respect us. Give us what is ours. We will decide what we will do.
What about giving us back the past, present and future royalties on anything built on our land? How about a seat at every development table? How about lands being set aside for us anywhere we want and guaranteed university education forever? We want to run the affairs of our land.
We want the fox out of henhouse. Indians affairs has to go! The myth that we can’t manage our own resources is a made up fabrication. We have to be a part of any development that involves our people and our resources. From now on we do all the surveying and registration. All illegal entities have to go like the band councils and tribal councils. The colonists have to deal with the original entities that were here.
We will not be confined to penitentiaries without walls. We can live anywhere on our land without paying “foreign” taxes.
We demand a seat in the UN as an independent nation. We will not allow the colonial powers to appoint museum Indians to represent us. Get rid of those colonial borders and colonial place names.
This mess could have been avoided. When the “visitors” came they should have abided by the agreements, rules and regulations with each of our nations. Canada just ignored us.
We are looking out for the interests of everybody. We have over 300 alliances with our brothers and sisters. We have many friends and supporters in Canada . It has always been our custom that when Indigenous people come from another area to our territory we have the duty to comfort, feed and house them. This we shall continue to do.
We are considering the natural principles and philosophy of all the Indigenous People of Onowarekeh. There are people on every territory who maintain the knowledge and obligations.
Ottawa’s conditions are veiled threats telling us to take their offer, or else! This kind of negotiation is a violation of international law. They are telling us they will give us back our stolen land, and if we don’t do as they order us to, they will re-steal our land and our freedom! Colonists, if you made such a threat, if you act on that threat, we will take it for what it is, a declaration of war! Our ancestors did not negotiate with our enemies with their guns and weapons at hand. They set their weapons and hostilities aside. We want to create peace, harmony and to stop all hostilities. The only weapon we have is the truth.
We remind the colonists that our mother, the earth, is not for sale. She has to stay intact. If any of our people has no desire to remain connected to our mother, we will continue to keep our obligation to protect her and the future generations. Should any of them come to their senses and decide they cannot continue to live on the earth motherless, they can always come home.
Kahentinetha Horn
MNN Mohawk Nation News
http://us.f314.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Kahentinetha2@yahoo.com & http://us.f314.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Katenies20@yahoo.comWe are in the driver’s seat. We have always been in the driver’s seat. We are the eyes and ears of eastern Onowarekeh. Respect us. Give us what is ours. We will decide what we will do.
What about giving us back the past, present and future royalties on anything built on our land? How about a seat at every development table? How about lands being set aside for us anywhere we want and guaranteed university education forever? We want to run the affairs of our land.
We want the fox out of henhouse. Indians affairs has to go! The myth that we can’t manage our own resources is a made up fabrication. We have to be a part of any development that involves our people and our resources. From now on we do all the surveying and registration. All illegal entities have to go like the band councils and tribal councils. The colonists have to deal with the original entities that were here.
We will not be confined to penitentiaries without walls. We can live anywhere on our land without paying “foreign” taxes.
We demand a seat in the UN as an independent nation. We will not allow the colonial powers to appoint museum Indians to represent us. Get rid of those colonial borders and colonial place names.
This mess could have been avoided. When the “visitors” came they should have abided by the agreements, rules and regulations with each of our nations. Canada just ignored us.
We are looking out for the interests of everybody. We have over 300 alliances with our brothers and sisters. We have many friends and supporters in Canada . It has always been our custom that when Indigenous people come from another area to our territory we have the duty to comfort, feed and house them. This we shall continue to do.
We are considering the natural principles and philosophy of all the Indigenous People of Onowarekeh. There are people on every territory who maintain the knowledge and obligations.
Ottawa’s conditions are veiled threats telling us to take their offer, or else! This kind of negotiation is a violation of international law. They are telling us they will give us back our stolen land, and if we don’t do as they order us to, they will re-steal our land and our freedom! Colonists, if you made such a threat, if you act on that threat, we will take it for what it is, a declaration of war! Our ancestors did not negotiate with our enemies with their guns and weapons at hand. They set their weapons and hostilities aside. We want to create peace, harmony and to stop all hostilities. The only weapon we have is the truth.
We remind the colonists that our mother, the earth, is not for sale. She has to stay intact. If any of our people has no desire to remain connected to our mother, we will continue to keep our obligation to protect her and the future generations. Should any of them come to their senses and decide they cannot continue to live on the earth motherless, they can always come home.
Kahentinetha Horn
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June 2, 2007
Migrant 'Walk for Life' arrives in Tucson Sunday
Coalición de Derechos HumanosTHE MIGRANT TRAIL: WE WALK FOR LIFE
Sunday June 3, 2007
Join us for the arrival of the Migrant Trail in Tucson.9 a.m.-- We will depart from the BLM campground at theintersection of Ajo Way and San JoaquÃn Rd.11:30 a.m.-- Meet us for the Closing Ceremony at Ramada#3 at Kennedy Park (Ajo/Mission)
For the walk itinerary visit www.derechoshumanosaz.net
For more information call 520.770.1373 or write mailto:writemigrant_trail@yahoo.com
Co-sponsored by: Migrant Trail Walk Committee, Coalición de Derechos Humanos, Borderlinks, West Coast Mennonite Central Committee, Catholic Relief Services – Mexico Program, No More Deaths- Phoenix, Coloradans for Immigrants Rights, Frontera de Cristo, Humane Borders, JPIC Office of the St. Barbara Province Franciscans, SOA Tucson, Casa Maria, Church of the Good Shepherd
Photo: Names from among the more than 4,000 who have died in the border region. Baboquivari District on the Tohono O'odham Nation, sacred region of Tohono O'odham, has one of the highest rates of migrant deaths from dehydration and heat exposure. Photo Brenda Norrell
June 1, 2007
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