ups: some don't give up hope easily
downs: latest news on the Mohawks and their critical situation in Caledonia, Canada: [from my message boards]
"URGENT. WITNESSES NEEDED. CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAS ISSUED ULTIMATUM
DEMANDING SIX NATIONS PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR LAND WITHIN ONE HOUR! NO
OFFER TO NEGOTIATE. Get over there quick. Support needed
desperately. Bring gas masks. anything you can think of that might
protect you from pepper spray and tasers or even being beaten up.
Bring cameras, tape recorders, cell phones, observors required,
friends, walkie talkies, face coverings. Tell someone where you are
going so that you will not suddenly "disappear". Stand up for
democracy. Stand up for freedom. Stand up for peace."
"> The Mohawks of Tyendinaga near Belleville have
> seized two rail lines (CN and
> VIA) that go through their territory. They are
> stopping all rail traffic
> until the police and military (if that is the case)
> refrain from assaulting the
> Six Nations people.
> Mohawks of Kahnawake seized the Mercier Bridge for
> a short time and placed
> flags as a show of solidarity with our Six Nations
> brothers and sisters. "
"I am writing this to all Onkwehonweh at Grand River and in all of the
Onkwehonweh Communities. There has been much talk on who we are, what
we are, and why we are currently in a Jurisdictional Dispute with the
Crown.
But I wonder if it is the truth that is being spoken or more attempts to
discredit the people involved and discourage others to join.
It's not about the flags, otherwise you would question your neighbors
who fly the Canadian & American flags at their homes
It's not about disrespecting the Chiefs, but about respecting the Earth
and the Unborn Faces
It's not about Band Council vs. Chiefs Council because we are ALL
responsible
It's not about the Clanmothers not listening to their Chief, but about
each and every one of us being obligated to do what is right in our
hearts, with the direction and guidance from those elders who understand
our Law and the responsibility that comes with the Titles that they
carry
It's not just about just Six Nations, because the Onkwehonweh Nations of
the World have suffered the same losses for centuries, and are engaged
in the same battle over the same issue of Jurisdiction
It's not about money because we have nothing for sale, and unlike those
who dealt away the land at Red Hill for 16 cords of wood, we have no
intention of giving up anything for any monetary value. Our land is not
for sale
It's not about Henco and punishing them because they are victims too.
Victimized by their government who have mislead them into believing they
could own land to which they have no title, victimized by the Crown who
through genocidal practices have robbed the Onkwehonweh of the earth &
what sustains her in exchange for the dollar and in the name of progress
It's not about militancy but about believing in who we are as a people,
standing together as one, in accordance with the Kaienerekowah for we
have been under the thumb of the oppressors for far too long
It's not about disrespecting the OPP and the laws of Canada, but more
importantly about respecting our own law, the only true law in Creation,
the Universal Law given to us by the Peacemaker and Gigonsaseh and
upholding our responsibilities as individuals in accordance with that
law
It's not about claiming the land, because we know that we hold title to
it
It's not about an occupation, but about asserting our jurisdiction
We have been accused of inciting a war, and yet who are the one's with
the guns, threatening to come in and remove our women and children. To
arrest and make criminals out of us. Who are the one's who have
helicopters flying overhead, and an abundance of police presence in and
around the area. Who are the one's that continue to have talks and
negotiations with everyone BUT the people involved. Who are the one's
who publicly make statements such as "Can we shoot the Indian's now", or
tear Status Cards in half with the remark "There's nothing that you can
do about it", or ask patrons of the biggest fast food chain across
Canada & the United States "don't you people have someplace in your own
community to eat". It is ignorance and fear that promotes such cowardly
actions and yet we continue to uphold the Peace.
We have been accused of disrupting our neighbors in the Caledonia
business area, yet I see no suffering or loss. We maintain a peaceful
vigil on our lands, and other than going to buy supplies we don't bother
anyone. We have, if anything, helped their businesses to grow, by the
many supporters who stop to buy coffee and groceries in their town in
support of the people here
We have been accused of spreading propaganda because we write from a
different perspective than mainstream media, and yet what has the
government done throughout history when there is unrest with Onkwehonweh
people. They use the media to incite division, to label us as
militants; they criminalize us because we stand up for the Truth, and
they murder us or throw us in jail in a semblance of justice based on
unilateral laws of deception.
It's been said that the whole town of Caledonia is at unrest for what we
are doing, yet there are many, many people from the town who come to
support, to take the time to listen and to try to gain an understanding
from the people.
They do not understand that the government continues with it's deception
by having lawyers who say, "We have the 1841 Surrender", and that the
dynamics of our council could not legally allow such a transaction to
take place.
Because it was only the "Indians", the government used dishonest
practices such as this to steal anything and everything they've ever
gotten. It would be like our people, getting 14 or so people from
Caledonia, to sell us their town, and then rejoicing at having made such
a wonderful land transaction.
Would it be legal? Of course not, and neither are the so-called
surrenders that the crown set out to build their empire upon.
If you could see it through the eyes of our people, who know that it is
not for the Chiefs to make any decision's without consensus from the
people, and as far as lands, that job was given to the women because we
are tied to the earth like a mother to a child, through the umbilical
cord, and we never lose that connection no matter how old we get."
fighting is not over, in America like in Europe
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We're a generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need.