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August 7, 2009

MNN: Arctic Grab -- Something rotten in Denmark, Norway, Russia, US, Canada ....

ARCTIC GRAB – SOMETHING ROTTEN IN DENMARK, NORWAY, RUSSIA, US, CANADA …
Mohawk Nation News
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Aug. 5 09. More colonial subterfuge! Canada, US, Russia, Norway, Denmark and other imperialist entities are trying to steal the Indigenous area of northern Great Turtle Island. Climate change is causing the ice to recede. They all want to cart away our minerals, oil and gas. Ruskie and US subs have surfaced in the far north.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is standing around the North Pole, waving his arms and screaming, “I was the first crook here. So it’s all mine, mine, mine!” He wants the true inhabitants, the Inuit, to live there year round to assert Indigenous sovereignty. They can hold back the other foreigners while he and his friends gouge out the riches. To him Canada is the only imperialist that can rob us as it’s under the usurpation of the colony of Canada!
On January 28, 2006, the Women Title Holders of the Kanion’ke:haka issued a public notice of objection to this attempted seizure of our inherent right to the “Arctic Region” by these foreign states, corporations, “outsiders” and non-Indigenous interests. The Inuit, our family, are the natural custodians of this area which belongs to our unborn generations.
According to Wampum 44 of the Kaianereh’ko:wa, the Ongwehonwe Women Title Holders are the “progenitors of the soil” of Great Turtle Island . We are the Caretakers of the land, water and air. We told these capitalist blood suckers to stay away, that they have no business here.
Self-determination is a universal human right. The denial of a nation’s exis¬tence constitutes genocide, according to the many international covenants these states have pledged to uphold. Modern international law protects small peoples from incursions by aggressive states who use military and economic force to impose their will. Their turf war over our territory, waters and resources violates our customs, practices, occupation and rights.
We cannot surrender our birthright. This land is who we are. The Western Sahara decision provides that a territory cannot be incorporated in another state without the informed consent of the majority of its people. This was not done because they know that we will never agree to give up our identity.
No one made a treaty of cession with us to enter our Arctic waters and territory.International, federal, state and provincial entities cannot violate international law and the rule of law by superseding our jurisdiction over territory that we never surrendered.
Colonialism is illegal. Past agreements and treaties only allowed foreigners to live peacefully on our land.
Any foreigner wishing to enter our territory must deal with us through nation-to-nation protocol. No foreign entity and their corporate bodies and associated or visitor such as the colony of Canada can invite outsiders onto our territory or sell off our resources.
In Canada we took an action in the Supreme Court of Canada – Kanion’ke:haka Kaianereh’ko:wa Kanon’ses:neh v. Attorney General of Canada and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario, Court File: 05-CV-030785.
We brought this constitutional jurisdiction issue before the U.S. Supreme Court. See No. 05-165: 2005. In The Supreme Court of the United States In re Kanion’ke:haka Kaianereh’ko:wa Kanon’ses:neh, Non-party, Petitioner/Movant/Appellant, The Canadian St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians, Plaintiffs, Respondents, v. The State of New York, Defendants, Respondents. Petition for Writs of Certiorari and Quo Warranto with Prohibition and Mandamus in Aid to Prevent Genocide. Rules 17.1 and 20.1.
There are two camps: our enemy and ourselves. The increasing dependence of international capitalists on neo-colonial theft makes their existence and future uncertain. They are facing serious economic and social difficulties making them desperate. Some of the symptoms are rising prices, balance of payments problems, unemployment and social unrest. Their use of more violence, armed force and coercion indicates their panic and decline in their power.
The masses are resisting the might is right strategy. The capitalists are finding themselves in an unhealthy position. We must keep confronting them with the truth, which they’re saying is unpeaceful and annoying to them.
The Arctic has become unlivable due to the environmental destruction caused by the imperialists. The Inuit have the same duties to care for our mother, Great Turtle Island. We are brothers and sisters. We follow your issues and feel all the stresses that you are going through. We hope you won’t allow yourselves to be used by any of these foreign invaders. They are trying to exploit you and nothing good will come of it.Kahentinetha MNN Mohawk Nation News, www.mohawknationnews.com kahentinetha2@yahoo.com Note: Your financial help is needed and appreciated. Please send your donations by check or money order to “MNN Mohawk Nation News”, Box 991, Kahnawake [Quebec, Canada] J0L 1B0. Or go to PayPal on website. Nia:wen thank you very much. Go to MNN “WOMEN TITLE HOLDERS” category for more stories; New MNN Books Available now! Purchase t-shirts, mugs and more at our CafePressStore http://www.cafepress.com/mohawknews; Subscribe to MNN for breaking news updates http://.mohawknationnews.com/news/subscription.php; Sign Women Title Holders petition! http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/IroquoisOBJECTION SENT TO: Canada; United States; Denmark; Russia; Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II; Governor General of Canada; all Provinces of Canada; President of United States; Department of Justice Canada; U.S. Department of Justice; Attorney General of Canada; U.S. Attorney General; Department of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior; Stock Exchanges Toronto, Montreal, New York, London. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Zurich; The Pentagon; U.S. Army and Navy; European Union; Department of Defense Canada; Canada Steamship Lines;

August 4, 2009

Native American Journalists Association photos

Congratulation to NAJA winners:

General Excellence Daily/Weekly Category

1st Navajo Times, Duane Beyal, Editor

2nd Place Kalihwisaks Newspaper, Dawn Walshinshi, Managing Editor

3rd Place The Cherokee One Feather, Scott M. Brings Plenty, Reporter

General Excellence News Print Category

1st Place Cherokee Phoenix, Travis Snell, Assistant Editor

2nd Place Confederated Umatilla Journal (CUJ), Wil Phinney, Editor

3rd Place Fond du Lac News, Deborah Locke, Editor

General Excellence Magazine Category

Say Magazine, Leslie Lansbury, Publisher

General Excellence Website Category

1st Place Lakota Country Times

2nd Place Kalihwisaks Newspaper, Steven Gandy, Senior Photographer/Reporter

3rd Place Oneida Indian Nation, Jim Heins, Editorial

More NAJA awards: http://www.naja.com/

PHOTOS: At the Native American Journalists Associations Convention in Albuquerque, Drummers honor NAJA founders; (2) Marley Shebala, staff reporter and Tom Arviso, publisher, both of Navajo Times (3) Mary Jean Robertson, radio host from San Francisco, talks about Alcatraz, after her workshop on the far reaching effects of the Occupation of Alcatraz, from new legislation to new pride in being Native American. (4)Victor Rocha, publisher of Pechanga Net, joined Mark Trahant for a workshop on how Facebook and Twitter are changing lives and the face of news, (Listen at Censored blogtalk radio http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Brenda-Norrell .) (5) Seated at the banquet luncheon to honor the NAJA founders: Loren Tapahe, publisher of Native Scene in Arizona, and Tim Giago, publisher of Native Sun in South Dakota. Giago published Lakota Times before creating Indian Country Today in the 1990s, and later sold ICT to the Oneida Nation in New York. Giago currently publishes the Native Sun. (6) NAJA founders, including the children of founders who passed to the Spirit World. The NAJA workshops also included "The Border Crossed Us," with Jose Matus, Yaqui ceremonial leader and director of the Indigenous Alliance without Borders, and columnists Roberto Rodriquez and Patricio Gonzales from Tucson. Photos copyright Brenda Norrell. (It has been an honor to have worked with you all -- brenda)

In the news: Osage News wins two NAJA awards:
http://osagenews.org/2009/08/osage-news-wins-two-native-media-awards-from-naja/

Fond du Lac awardee at NAJA:

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/127125/AJA awards:

Zapatistas Indigenous Congress August 7 -- 9, 2009

Resisting 516 years of colonization and oppression, the Zapatistas rise up for sovereignty, dignity and autonomy. The National Indigenous Congress, August 7 -- 9, 2009.

Asamblea Nacional Indígena Extraordinaria los días 7, 8 y 9 de agosto de 2009, en Xayakalan, municipio de Aquila, Michoacán
CONGRESO NACIONAL INDÍGENA
CONVOCATORIA
CONSIDERANDO que 516 años de historia han significado para los nuestros, pueblos primeros, explotación, discriminación, despojo y exterminio, y que la Nación Mexicana, nacida de nuestra sangre, de nuestra semilla y de nuestros corazones, ha sido edificada por los poderosos negando nuestra existencia y negando nuestro supremo derecho a caminar nuestro propio camino;
CONSIDERANDO que la traición de los Acuerdos de San Andrés por parte de la clase política mexicana intensificó la guerra de explotación, despojo y desprecio desatada por los grandes intereses económicos en contra de nuestros pueblos y sus territorios, pero también nuestra resistencia y el fortalecimiento de las autonomías indígenas a lo largo de todo el territorio nacional;
CONSIDERANDO que en nuestro país hoy la violencia e impunidad se han instituido como política de Estado en complicidad con los intereses de grandes empresas transnacionales, ajenos a cualquier interés patrio por salvaguardar la soberanía nacional, promoviendo el despojo, el asesinato, la represión y el encarcelamiento de l@s herman@s que se oponen a ellas en defensa de los territorios indígenas y de nuestros modos y maneras de ser, vivir y resistir como pueblos indios;
CONSIDERANDO que la recuperación de una importante franja de tierras colindantes con el Océano Pacífico pertenecientes al pueblo nahua de la Costa de Michoacán, junto con la proclamación y el ejercicio del derecho a la autodefensa indígena, realizados a partir del día 29 de junio del año en curso por la comunidad nahua de Santa María Ostula, en alianza con las comunidades nahuas de El Coire y Pómaro, invitan a todos nuestros pueblos a fortalecer las luchas que tienen como fin detener la guerra de destrucción desatada en nuestra contra y de la madre tierra; hemos acordado CONVOCAR URGENTEMENTE a las autoridades y representantes de los pueblos, naciones y tribus indígenas a la celebración de una:
ASAMBLEA NACIONAL INDÍGENA EXTRAORDINARIA
Que tendrá lugar los días 7, 8 y 9 de agosto de 2009 en el nuevo poblado de XAYAKALAN, campamento en resistencia de la comunidad indígena nahua de Santa María Ostula, municipio de Aquila, Michoacán, de acuerdo al siguiente programa:
DÍA 7 DE AGOSTO
10:00-20:00 HORAS.- REGISTRO DE DELEGADOS, INVITADOS Y OBSERVADORES.
DÍA 8 DE AGOSTO
11:00-12:00 HORAS.- INAUGARACIÓN DE LA ASAMBLEA NACIONAL INDÍGENA.12:00-15:00 HORAS.- INSTALACIÓN DE CUATRO MESAS QUE TRABAJARAN SIMULTANEAMENTE EL SIGUIENTE TEMARIO:
A) BALANCE DE LA LUCHA INDÍGENA A PARTIR DEL CUARTO CONGRESO NACIONAL INDÍGENA REALIZADO EN LA COMUNIDAD NAHÑU DE ATLAPULCO EN EL MES DE MAYO DE 2006.B) DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACÍÓN DE LA GUERRA DE CONQUISTA Y DEVASTACIÓN NEOLIBERAL EN CONTRA DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS, DE LA NACIÓN Y DE LA MADRE TIERRA.C) EL EJERCICIO DE LA AUTONOMÍA INDÍGENA, LA PROTECCIÓN DE LOS TERRITORIOS INDÍGENAS Y EL DERECHO A LA AUTODEFENSA INDÍGENA.
15:00-16:00 HORAS.- COMIDA.16:00-20:00 HORAS.- CONTINUACIÓN DE LAS MESAS DE TRABAJO.
DÍA 9 DE AGOSTO
10:00-14:00 HORAS.- PLENARIA RESOLUTIVA.14:00-15:00 HORAS.- CLAUSURA.15:00-16:00 HORAS.- COMIDA.
Dada en el territorio de la Costa Nahua de Michoacán, comunidad indígena de Santa María Ostula, a los quince días del mes de agosto de 2009.
NUNCA MÁS UN MÉXICO SIN NOSOTROS
POR LA RECONSTITUCIÓN INTEGRAL DE NUESTROS PUEBLOS
POR EL CONGRESO NACIONAL INDÍGENA
MICHOACÁNCOMUNIDAD NAHUA DE SANTA MARÍA OSTULA, COMUNIDAD NAHUA DE EL COIRE, COMUNIDAD NAHUA DE POMARO, COMUNIDAD PURHÉPECHA DE NURÍO, COMUNIDAD PURHÉPECHA DE CHERÁN, COMUNIDAD PURHÉPECHA DE COMACHUÉN, COMUNIDAD PURHÉPECHA DE ARANTEPACUA, COMUNIDAD PURHÉPECHA DE SANTA FE DE LA LAGUNA, UNIÓN DE COMUNEROS EMILIANO ZAPATA
OAXACACONSEJO INDÍGENA POPULAR DE OAXACA-RICARDO FLORES MAGÓN, CONSEJO CIUDADANO UNIDALGUENSE, GUBIÑA XXI, MOVIMIENTO DE UNIFICACIÓN Y LUCHA TRIQUI, UNIÓN DE ORGANIZACIONES DE LA SIERRA JUÁREZ DE OAXACA, SERVICIOS DEL PUEBLO MIXE
SONORAGUARDIA TRADICIONAL DEL PUEBLO DE VICAM, PRIMERA CABECERA DE LA TRIBU YAQUI
BAJA CALIFORNIACOMUNIDAD INDÍGENA DEL MAYOR CUCAPÁ, KUMIAI INTEGRANTES DEL CNI EN LA COMUNIDAD DE LA HUERTA, KUMIAI INTEGRANTES DEL CNI EN LA COMUNIDAD DE JUNTAS DE NEJÍ
JALISCOCOMUNIDAD WIXÁRIKA DE SANTA CATARINA CUEXCOMATITLÁN, COMUNIDAD NAHUA DE AYOTITLÁN, ORGANIZACIÓN DE COMUNIDADES INDÍGENAS Y CAMPESINAS DE TUXPAN
DURANGOCOMUNIDAD AUTÓNOMA WIXÁRIKA DE BANCOS DE SAN HIPÓLITO
GUERREROCOMUNIDAD AMUZGA DE SULJAA’, COMITÉ DIRECTIVO DE LA RADIO ÑOMNDAA, SULJAA’
ESTADO DE MÉXICOCOMUNIDAD ÑAHÑU DE SAN PEDRO ATLAPULCO
DISTRITO FEDERALCOMUNEROS DE MILPA ALTA

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