Indigenous Objection to Theft of "Arctic Region"

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MNN Indigenous Objection to Theft of "Arctic Region" of Turtle Island

PUBLIC NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO ATTEMPTED USURPATION OF INDIGENOUS
JURISDICTION KNOWN AS THE "ARCTIC REGION" OF TURTLE ISLAND BY THE
UNITED STATES, CANADA, DENMARK AND ANY OTHER NATION, CORPORATION,
FOREIGN FEDERAL, STATE OR PROVINCIAL "GOVERNANCE" AGENCIES AND
ALL "OUTSIDERS" AND NON-INDIGENOUS INTERESTS



DATE: January 28, 2006

FROM: Women Title Holders of the Kanion'ke:haka Nation

According to Wampum 44 of our law, the
Kaianereh'ko:wa, the Women Title Holders are the "progenitors of the
soil" of Turtle Island. We are the Caretakers of the land, water
and air of Turtle Island. We are notifying you and the
International Forum of Nations of our constitutional jurisdiction in
our land that is being violated.

Re: Non-Indigenous invasion of Indigenous constitutional
jurisdiction of Arctic Region of Turtle Island by Canada, United
States, Denmark and other outside entities

TO: Canada; United States; Denmark; 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; others listed at end
(Addresses at end of Public Notice).



OBJECTION TO: The invasion of Indigenous constitutional
jurisdiction by Canada, United States, Denmark, their affiliates and
all outside non-indigenous entities who are presently attempting to
usurp the northern region of Turtle Island. Canada is fighting a
turf war with Denmark over the "barren" Hans Island in the Arctic,
and U.S. submarines have surfaced in the far north. Canada, United
States, Denmark or any other corporations have no claim over this
area which belongs to the Indigenous people of Turtle Island. We
demand that you cease and desist immediately your invasion and
exploitation of Indigenous territory and its people.



This turf war over the Arctic Region is a violation
of our customs, practices and occupational jurisdiction. Modern
international law seeks to protect small peoples from incursions by
aggressive states who use military and economic force to impose
their culture on others. According to both the Canadian
constitution and the American constitution those states cannot
simply appropriate our land, resources and territorial waters.
Indigenous people never surrendered our rights. The Western Sahara
case makes it very clear that a territory cannot be incorporated in
another state without the informed consent of the majority of its
people. This requirement has not been met.

Neither Canada, the United States nor Denmark has
authority to extend colonial authority or jurisdiction over us.
Any past agreements or treaties have been limited to allowing
foreign settlers to live peacefully on our land.

According to our agreements with Canada and the
United States, any American, Canadian, Danish or other foreigner
wishing to enter our territory for any reason whatsoever must deal
with us through their state representative. No individual or
foreign entity can invite outsiders onto our territory.

The Women Title Holders have the authority to
safeguard our land for the coming generations. We have always
defended our right to self-determination. We continue to do this
now that the right to self-determination is recognized as a
universal human right.

Canada, United States and Denmark never consulted us
nor asked us for our consent to enter our Arctic waters and
territory.

This dispute between Canada, United States and
Denmark over our territory, waters and resources has overlooked our
rights. The colonial custom of appropriating the sources of
indigenous sustenance is resulting in the genocide of many
indigenous people and destroying the entire world environment for
everybody. Mother Earth is already badly scarred and yet you have
not modified your behavior.

We demand that you to leave aside your colonial
habits of the past. Move into the 21st Century in a way that
respects our equal rights and common humanity.

We are registering our objection to this illegal
assumption of jurisdiction by Canada, United States, Denmark and
their agents. 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.



Whereas:

1. Jurisdiction over our ter­ritory now called the "Arctic"
and beyond, belongs to the Indigenous People of Turtle Island.

2. Canada, United States and Denmark must respect that
relations with us shall be con­ducted on a nation-to-nation
basis.

3. Canada and the United States never made a treaty of
cession with the Indigenous People for the Arctic. Contact can only
be with the constitutional Indigenous people to deal with this
issue.

4. The denial of a nation's exis­tence constitutes genocide,
according to the many international covenants that Canada, United
States and Denmark have pledged to uphold;

Therefore:

5. We demand that Canada, United States and Denmark and
their corporate bodies and associates immediately cease and desist
their illegal assumption of jurisdiction or presence in any way,
shape or form on our territory, the Arctic.

6. Finally, we demand to be officially informed of how
international, federal, state and provincial entities can violate
international law and the rule of law by superseding our
jurisdiction over territory that we never surrendered through a
treaty or any means whatsoever.

By Kanion'ke:haka Women Title Holders

Kahentinetha, Bear Clan /s/_________________________

Katenies /s/ ___________________________

P.O. Box 991, Kahnawake of Mohawk Territory (Quebec, Canada) J0L 1B0
[e-mail]

Sent to:

-Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, Government of Canada,
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa [e-mail] [e-mail];
Bloc Quebecois, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa Canada
[e-mail]; Jack Layton, New Democratic Party, 279 Laurier
Ave., Ottawa Canada K1P 5J9 [e-mail]; Liberal Party of
Canada, Dalton McGuinty, Premier. Legislative Building, Queen's
Park, Toronto ON M7A 1A1 [e-mail];Attorney
General of Ontario, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 1200 Vanier
Parkway, Ottawa Canada K1A 0R2 [e-mail]; Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness Canada, House of Commons, Ottawa Canada
K1A 0A6 [e-mail]; Minister of Defense Canada, Major Gen.
George R. Pearkes Bldg., 101 Col. By Drive, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0K2
[e-mail]; Department of Justice Canada; Attorney General of
Canada; Department of Indian Affairs; Hon. Paul Okalik, Premier,
Government of Nunavut, Iqaluit NU Canada; Government of Yukon, Box
2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Canada Y1A 2C6 [e-mail];
NWT





-George Bush, President of United States, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington DC 20500 [e-mail]; David Rumsfeld,
Secretary of Defense, The Pentagon, Headquarters of the U.S.
Department of Defense [e-mail]; -Andrew S. Eristoff,
Commissioner, New York State Department of Taxation, W.A. Harriman
Campus, Albany, NY 12227-0155 [e-mail]; -Attorney
General Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Department of Justice, 950
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20530-0001 [e-mail];Gail
Norton, and George Skibine, Department of the Interior, 1849 C St.,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240 [e-mail]; Tracey S. Toubu,
Director, Office of Tribal Justice, United States Department of
Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington DC 20530 202-514-8812
Fax [phone] [e-mail]; U.S. Congress [e-mail];
Ralph Seekins, Justice Minister, Government of Alaska
[e-mail]

-U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, [e-mail]; The United
States Army, 1500 Army Pentagon, Washington DC 20310-1500; The U.S.
Navy, 1200 Navy Pentagon, Room 4B463, Washington DC 20350-1200;
Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Public Affairs, Washington DC
20505

-Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London SQ1A UK
[e-mail]; Governor General of Canada, Mme.
Michaelle Jean, [e-mail]

-President Anders Fogh Masmussen, Denmark, Christiansborg – Prins
Jortgens Gard 11 – 1218 Copenhagen K, Denmark [e-mail]; Minister
of Defense, Denmark, Forsvarsministeriet, Holmens Kanal 42, 1060
Kobenhavn K [e-mail]; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark, The
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United States, One Dag
Hammerskjold Plaza, 885 Second Ave., 18th Fl., New York 10017 USA
[e-mail]; Mr. Javier Solana, Secretary-General of the Council of
the European Union, Rue de la Loi, 175 B-1048 Bruxelles
[e-mail] [e-mail]

-Bono, DATA, 1400 Eye St., N.W., Suite 1125, Washington DC 20005

-Canada Steam Ship Lines, Headquarters, 759 Square Victoria,
Montreal, Quebec Canada H2Y 2K3 [e-mail] [e-mail]
[e-mail] [e-mail]; Royal Canadian
Military Institute, 426 University Ave., Toronto ON Canada M5G 1S9
[e-mail]

-Toronto Stock Exchange TSX Inc., [e-mail]; Montreal
Stock Exchange/Bourse de Montreal Inc. P.O. Box 61, 800 Victoria
Sq., Montreal Quebec H4Z 1A9 [e-mail]; Board of Directors, %The
Corporate Secretary, New York Stock Exchange Incorporated, 11 Wall
Street, New York, 10005 Fax [phone] [e-mail]; Kathleen
Chu, Tokyo Stock Exchange, [e-mail],
[e-mail]; Ann Moulier, London Stock Exchange, 10
Paternoster Sq., London UK EC4M 7LS internet-
[e-mail]; Hong Kong Stock Exchange, 12/F One
International Finance Center, 1 Harborview St., Central Hong Kong
[e-mail] [e-mail]; -SAM Indexes Gmgh, DJSI,
Seefeldstrasse 215, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland, info@sustainability-
indexes.com

-Iroquois Caucus; Mohawk Council of Kanehsatake
[e-mail]; Six Nations Council; Chiefs, Saint Regis
Mohawk Tribe Inc., 412 State Route 37, Akwesasne (New York) 13655
518-358-3203; Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, P.O. Box 579, Cornwall,
Ontario K6H 5T3; -Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, P.O. Box 720,
Kahnawake of Mohawk Territory, (Quebec) J0L 1B0; Mohawks of the Bay
of Quinte, R.R. 1, Tyendinaga of Mohawk Territory, Ontario 613-396-
3424 Fax [phone]; Cayuga Nation of Indians Inc., P.O. Box 11,
Versailles, NY 14168 F 716-532-5417; Seneca Nation of Indians,
Allegany Reservation, P.O. Box 231, Salamanca, NY 14779 F 716-945-
1790; Cattaraugus Reservation, 1490 Route 438, Irving NY 14081 F 716-
532-9132; Oneida Indian Nation of New York Inc., 223 Genesee St.,
Oneida NY 13421 F 315-361-6333; Onondaga Nation, Rte. 11A, Box 229,
Nedrow, NY 13120, T 315-492-3041; Tonawanda Band of Senecas
(Tonawanda Seneca Nation), 7027 Meadville Rd., Basom NY 14013 T 716-
542-4244; Tuscarora Indian Nation, 2006 Mt. Hope Rd., Lewiston NY
14092 T 716-297-4990; Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs
[e-mail], Box 366, Rooseveltown, NY F 518-358-3488;
Kanatsiohareke, 4934 State Hwy. 5, Fonda NY 12068
[e-mail]; Oneida Nation, RR 2, Southwold, Ont. N0L 2G0
T 518-652-5414; Kanion'ke:haka Kaianereh'ko:wa Kanon'ses:ne, P.O.
Box 1016, Akwesasne (NYS) 13655 [e-mail] ;
Organization of American States, 17th St. & Constitution NW,
Washington DC 20006 [e-mail]; World Trade Organization,
Palais Eynard, Hotel municipal, 4 rue de la Croix-Rouge, 1211 Geneve
3, Switzerland [e-mail]; International Labor
Organization, [e-mail]; International Maritime Organization, 4
Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR UK [e-mail]; North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, Blvd. Leopold III, 111- Brussels, Belgium
[e-mail];



-UN Office of High Commission for Human Rights, UN Plaza, S. 294,
New York, 10017; [e-mail] [e-mail]
[e-mail]; Rudolpho Stavenhagen, International Commission
for Human Rights, P.O. Box 16, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland;
Coalition for the International Criminal Court, %WFM, 708 3rd Ave.,
24th Floor, New York (NYS) 10017, [e-mail]; The Hague, Anna
Paulownastraat 103, 251 BBC, The Netherlands t: [phone] F:
[phone]; Pope Benedictine XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, St. Peter's
Square, Vatican City, Rome, Italy; Shiva Vanadana
[e-mail]; UN Forum for Indigenous Peoples, Room DC2-
1772, New York 10017 [e-mail]

-World Intellectual Property Organization, 34 Chemin de Colombettes,
Geneva [e-mail]; International Monetary Fund, 700
19th St., NW, Washington DC 20431, F 202-623-4661 lelgislative
affairs [e-mail]; -World Trade Organization, Mike Moore,
154 rue de Lausanne 1211, Geneva 21 Switzerland [e-mail]; World
Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington DC 20433 USA f 202-477-6391
[e-mail]; William K. Suter, Clerk, S upreme
Court of the United States, 1 First St., NE, Washington DC 20543-
0001

Greenpeace International, Ottho Heldringstraat 5, 1066 AZ Amsterdam,
The Netherlands [e-mail]; GreenParty
[e-mail]; Ducks Unlimited, One Waterfowl Way, Memphis,
Tennessee 38120 [e-mail] [e-mail]
[e-mail] [e-mail]; Sierra Legal Defence Fund

-Amre M. Moussa, Arab League, Mr. Chavez, President of Venezuela;
Mr. Evo Gonzales, President of Bolivia; Government of Israel;
Government of Palestine; DeBeers Diamonds; Exxon; British Petroleum;
Shell Oil; Petro Canada; Forestry industries in Canada; Fisheries
industries in Canada;



COECO Friends of the Earth-Costa Rica [e-mail] ;
ISODEC/third World Network-Africa [e-mail]; Western
Shonone Defense Project [e-mail]; JATAM/Mining Advocacy Network
[e-mail]; Federation of Rondas Campesinas of
Northern Peru [e-mail]; Minewatch Asia/Mining
Communities Development Center [e-mail]; Mineral
Policy Center [e-mail]; Mineral Policy Institute
[e-mail]; MiningWatch Canada [e-mail]; Goldbusters
[e-mail]; Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia
[e-mail]; Project Underground
[e-mail];

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