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March 9, 2006

Supreme Court of Canada - News Release - REVISED
/ Cour suprême du Canada - Communiqué de presse - RÉVISÉ

Ottawa – March 8, 2006 ­ The Right Honourable
Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada,
announced today that The Honourable Marshall
Rothstein will be sworn in as a justice of the
Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at a private ceremony.
MORE: gatheringplacefirstnationscanews.ca/governance.htm


March 9, 2006

SPECIAL UPDATE
Six Nations Protesters Standing Strong

I just received a call from some of the
protesters who have been ordered off what they
claim is their land near Caledonia . It is now
9:30 am. OPP are present and and everyone is
waiting to see what is going to happen as the
clock ticks down to 10 am. The injunction that
was served on them stated they must be off the land by 10 am. March 9, 2006
MORE: gatheringplacefirstnationscanews.ca/breakingnews.htm

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March 16, 2006


SPECIAL UPDATE
Prevent Police Brutality. Take Action Today! In Solidarity with Six
Nations Peoples.

The canadian courts have things completely backwards. On March 9th,
superior court "justice" David Marshall issued a permanent injunction
against several dozen Six Nations Peoples who've been occupying and
reclaiming lands stolen from them. On this land, Henco Industries is
building the "Douglas Creek Estates", a subdivision. The Six Nations
Peoples, including representatives of the Confederacy, have
sucessfully halted construction since February 28th. Today, however,
the injunction goes back before the court to make plans for its enforcement.
MORE; gatheringplacefirstnationscanews.ca/breakingnews.htm


Sharon Green
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"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car we
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All that will matter is that we tried to make a difference".....

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March 16, 2006


Inuit to Paul: Let it be

As president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national organization
representing Inuit in Canada -- as well as a lifelong Beatles fan --
it saddens me to denounce Paul McCartney's campaign against Canada's
sealing industry and traditions. History appears to be repeating
itself. Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimos) have experienced the
damage done to their livelihood by similar ill-considered actions by
film star Brigitte Bardot in the 1970s
MORE: gatheringplacefirstnationscanews.ca/breakingnews.htm



Sharon Green
Owner and Editor
Gathering Place First Nations Canadian News
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"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car we
drove or what kind of clothes we wore or what our blood quantum was .
All that will matter is that we tried to make a difference".....

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SIX NATIONS NEEDS YOUR HELP

On March 15th, Ontario Superior Court Justice David Marshall upheld a
permanent injunction granted on March 9, 2006 against Six Nations
Indigenous Peoples whose names appear on the order as well as all the
protesters who've been occupying and reclaiming the land stolen from
them.They have until wednesday March 22, to vacate or face OPP action.
MORE: gatheringplacefirstnationscanews.ca/breakingnews.htm


March 20, 2006


Prevent the Criminalization of Six Nations Peoples. Take Action Today!

The canadian courts have things completely backwards. On March 9th,
superior court "justice" David Marshall issued a permanent injunction
against several dozen Six Nations Peoples who've been occupying and
reclaiming lands stolen from them. On this land, Henco Industries is
building the "Douglas Creek Estates", a subdivision. The Six Nations
Peoples, including representatives of the Confederacy, have
sucessfully halted construction since February 28th. On March 16/17th
however, the injunction went back to the court and orders were given
for its enforcement.
MORE: gatheringplacefirstnationscanews.ca/breakingnews.htm



Sharon Green
Owner and Editor
Gathering Place First Nations Canadian News
"<http://gatheringplacefirstnationscanews.ca/>http://gatheringplacefirstnationscanews.ca/"

"One hundred years from now, it will not matter what kind of car we
drove or what kind of clothes we wore or what our blood quantum was .
All that will matter is that we tried to make a difference".....

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We at American Indian Injustice Group were asked to help in this matter of soveriegnty.
After you send your letters and make your
phone calls on this subject,
PLEASE PASS THIS TO EVERYONE IN YOUR ADDRESS
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URGENT CALL TO ACTION
TO PREVENT MILITARY AND POLICE INCURSION ON MOHAWK TERRITORIES

Please forward this email to your networks. If your group has a website, we would be grateful if you posted this call.

March 2006

The Coalition in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty – Native Caucus is asking that you take some time to phone, email or fax the authorities below to register your objection to a potential incursion onto Mohawk Territories this spring and at any other time.

This request comes as a result of warnings by community leaders in Akwesasne, Kahnawake, Kanehsatake and Tyendinega who are preparing for a joint Canadian Forces/RCMP raid on April 1, the latest in a series of actions designed to destroy the Mohawk tobacco trade.

Our position on this issue is as follows:

In 1876 the Indian Act imposed the band council system of government on the indigenous people of Turtle Island (North America). Among other things, this law:

Deposed already existing leadership to establish band councils and the areas over which they had jurisdiction. The Indian Act was passed without consultation with any indigenous leader, usurped the treaty process (nation to nation agreements) and made First Nations governments null and void, despite the fact that these governments had served our ancestors for millennia before Europeans arrived on
Turtle Island. This is akin to the US government passing a law that disbanded the current Canadian government, determined what type of government Canada must have and designated the limitations of its power.

Made First Nations Communities economically dependent on Ottawa. The federal government controls the only sources of revenue for social programs, economic development projects or job creation in FN communities. Ottawa determines through a variety of legal and financing mechanisms what band councils can and cannot do for their communities. Even the process of pursuing a land claim is legislated by Ottawa, funded (or not) by Ottawa and decided ultimately in Canadian courts. Land usage on FN territories is determined by Ottawa. There are many examples in history when the federal government leased or sold First Nations lands or resources and consequently reaped huge profits that did not accrue to the community. Clearly, the poverty that exists in First Nations communities is, and always has been, by Ottawa's design.

Blatantly discriminated against women by recognizing Native descent through the male line so that First Nations citizenship rights for women were recognized only through their father's lineage and husband's status, and by prohibiting them from voting or running for office in band elections. This was a complete contradiction to traditional First Nations practices, in which descent for many communities was reckoned along the female line, and where women had
significant authorities in political, economic and social life.

While there were many nations and many practices, it is safe to generalize and say that women held positions of leadership directly and/or appointed male leaders and held them accountable. This was completely overturned by the Indian Act.

Although women now have the right to vote and run for band office, almost a century of being excluded from political, economic and social decision-making has left First Nations women on and off reserve in very vulnerable situations. Women are among the poorest in First Nations communities. They have been targeted through various amendments to the Indian Act and thousands were stripped of their status along with their homes, benefits and any treaty rights they may have had. The hundreds of women who are missing from our communities, dead and murdered, is a direct result of a deliberate and calculated attack on the rights and authorities of First Nations women by the Canadian government.

Determined who could call themselves an "Indian" and live in First Nations communities. The Indian Act established an Indian registry and with subsequent amendments there has emerged a complex set of legal categories (status & non-status Indians, Treaty Indians, Bill C-31 Indians, etc.) designed to divide and disempower First Nations families and communities. Non-status Indians are those who are not recognized by Ottawa as First Nations. They cannot live in their communities, do not enjoy benefits or treaty rights and are not permitted to participate in band council elections. Again, this is
akin to the US determining who could be a Canadian and who could not, as well as who could live here and vote in Canadian elections.

Initially through the use of Indian agents with sweeping powers and more recently through purse strings, Ottawa has controlled band councils, band chiefs and the Assembly of First Nations. Whether this current control is perceived of as friendly or hostile is irrelevant and sidesteps the basic assumption that First Nations people are children who cannot manage their own affairs. To recognize that some band councils, their chiefs and police are sincerely interested in serving their communities while others are corrupt may be true but fails to recognize that the band council system is itself inherently corrupt, paternalistic and racist.

The Indian Act was and is an instrument of genocide. Likewise, the system of reserves, band councils and taxes are all tools of genocide. At best, the levying of taxes by Canada or the provinces on commercial activities within and among First Nations communities is an infringement of sovereignty as well as a violation of the treaties that exist, not to mention the inherent rights of First Nations people.

This is particularly objectionable when the levying of taxes applies to transactions involving tobacco. It was First Nations people who developed, cultivated and cared for tobacco plants. Our ancestors were the first to understand and benefit from the use of tobacco in ceremony (even in times when our ceremonies were illegal). Canada now assumes it has a right to control the tobacco trade, which is consistent with its assumption that it has a right to control the lives of First Nations people. Now that tobacco is being used to generate income and sustain First Nations-owned businesses (an anti-
genocidal activity), Ottawa wants to step in and crush the
initiative.

We reject the portrayal of Mohawk communities as divided between the minions of organized crime and law-abiding citizens. Mainstream media and Canadian authorities would have us believe that thugs are defying legally elected First Nations governments and Canadian laws. Such an analysis does not acknowledge the impact of a band council system, imposed, funded and controlled by Ottawa. It does nothing to educate us on the long history of genocide that remains official policy in this country. It does not examine Ottawa's historic role in sabotaging activities that contribute to the economic independence of First Nations people.

On these grounds we are asking that you and your organization fax or email the officials below and voice your concerns regarding a potential violation of Mohawk sovereignty, which would follow a systemic pattern of violations over the years. Attached to this email is a Backgrounder on the issues and information on the Coalition in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty.

Below is a sample letter that you can edit, cut and paste into your own email if you choose.

Nia:wen / meegwich / thank you for your support. For more
information contact: [e-mail] or [e-mail]


Scroll down for the sample letter. To voice your concerns send an email, phone or fax:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper:

Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa
K1A 0A2
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]


Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians
Parliament Hill: House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]


SAMPLE LETTER


To: Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians

I am writing to register my concern regarding ongoing violations of Mohawk sovereignty and continued actions that threaten the health and safety of the residents of Akwesasne, Kahnawake, Kanehsatake and Tyendinega.

I strongly urge you to put a stop to government-sponsored activities that portray these communities as being bastions of "organized crime" engaged in an illegal tobacco trade. Furthermore, I suggest your government cease operating under the assumption that Band Councils and the Assembly of First Nations, which are funded and controlled by the federal government, are the only legitimate representatives of First Nations communities.

Many studies, some commissioned by the federal government (such as the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People), have determined that the issues confronting First Nations communities include sub-standard health care, inadequate and sub-standard housing, inadequate employment opportunities, poverty, violence, racism, etc. These studies clearly attribute this set of deplorable conditions to the actions and inactions of consecutive Canadian governments.

Raiding Mohawk communities and seizing tobacco products does nothing to address the day-to-day issues confronting First Nations people.
In fact, such activities actually contribute to worsening the
oppressive conditions under which First Nations people live by depriving families of their livelihood as well as assaulting their dignity and violating their inherent rights.

Military and police incursions onto First Nations territories are not a solution to the long standing issues confronting these communities. Moreover such actions shame non-First Nations people, many of whom reject complicity in a centuries-old genocide project.

Your government has the option of creating a disaster that would rival the Oka Crisis, Gustafson Lake and the murder of Dudley George put together. Or you can decide to deal with First Nations communities in a way that is proactive, peaceful and respectful, for the first time in Canadian history. I strongly urge you opt for the latter of the two choices.

Signed,
Thomas Greywolf Atkins
Chickahominy/Mattaponi

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MNN Six Nations - Canada in contempt of Internatonal Law

CANADA IN CONTEMPT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AT SIX NATIONS



MNN. March 20, 2006. Canada gives international law the
finger. "Screw you", says Canada. Ontario Superior Court Judge
David Marshall, said, "I know you poor people have been victimized
for so long. I understand how you feel", he cooed in a patronizing
tone. Marshall said the last thing he wanted to do was to send
protesters to jail or give them criminal records for their beliefs.
Someone suggested he step down because he has land in the disputed
area. He ignored the request and slapped the protesters with a
court injunction.


If he was a man of integrity who didn't have an interest in the
outcome, his injunction would have gone against the developers,
Henco Industries, who are ruining the land. Instead he made it
against the Indigenous owners who are trying to stop trespassing.
So now Marshall has shoved the land theft into a closet. Marshall
said, "Now you have to deal with the issue of YOUR violation of MY
court injunction".



Native protesters have until 2 p.m., Wednesday, March 22nd to leave
the Douglas Creek Estates of Caledonia before facing a possible 30-
day sentence. "You won't be arrested unless you want to," Marshall
told Dawn Smith of Six Nations, who stood in front of him holding an
eagle feather.



Marshall is imposing his law on our territory. How would he feel if
the United States did the same thing to him and started imposing
their laws on him in his backyard? We assume that when the US
sheriff comes to arrest him, he'll be willing to do whatever they
ask him to. After all, it will be his free choice to be arrested!


"Here's my plan", said Marshall, on how we're going to handle the
contempt arrests. "Three strikes and you're out, understand?"



"First, you have five days to think about your position," he
said. "See what a nice guy I am! Now if you don't decide to do
what I tell you, then…."



"When the police come in to enforce the order, you will be given a
chance to leave. If you don't leave, then you'll be brought to the
police station, photographed, fingerprinted and released". This is
like a man who says he won't rape you. He'll give you a chance to
get undressed voluntarily and slip between his dirty sheets. Does
he really think that the Women will drop their trust
responsibilities because of his whims? Does he think that this
warning legalizes his self-interested threats?



"If you don't do what we tell you, (even though the Indigenous
people are trying to stop the robbery) you'll be brought back here
to my court and then I'll throw the book at you".

This is RAW Colonialism. The title of this land has been at issue
since the earliest British colonization of the area. The Canadian
government knows this. A few years back it looked like they were
finally attempting to negotiate a solution to the ongoing injustice.

Generally speaking, the courts support private land ownership when
settlers have encroached. By giving out title that it knows is in
dispute, Ontario is making a transparent attempt to do an end run
around the law. If anyone should have been given an injunction it
should have been the Ontario government and the developer. Judges
are supposed to be neutral. As an occupier of land in the disputed
area, this judge is by no means neutral. He's taking sides in a way
that suggests he's trying to prove that he is not a squatter or the
successor of an illegal squatter. He has not offered any legal
authority for the position he has taken. He's taking his actions
purely on the basis of his ability to bring in state force and to
threaten imprisonment of the people who have been protesting the
wrongful appropriation of their land. .



There should be complaint to the Judicial Council about this judge
who is in conflict of interest.

Smith argued that the Six Nations were allies of the British Crown
and any
land issues would have to be settled on a nation-to-nation basis.
This is exactly the position that was taken by the Six Nations in
the 1920's when Canada refused to hear their case in the Supreme
Court of Canada. Duncan Campbell Scott plotted with official at the
League of Nations to make sure the case was never heard. He did
this because he knew that Canada did not have a legal leg to stand
on. It is now 86 years since Canada illegally deposed the Six
Nations government in an attempt to shut down these legal
arguments. In all this time Canada hasn't grown any new legs. Its
claim to Six Nation lands is just as illegal as it ever was.



Grabbing at straws, realizing he was standing on sandy ground and
the water of the Grand River was rising fast, Judge Marshall then
made an impassioned plea to the Six Nations people for a peaceful
resolution. "What's the matter with you people? Why don't you
forget all about the past and listen to me?" That's the only kind
of solution that people like him can hope for – that people will
forget that the land was stolen.

"Please, I am asking the clan mothers, the chiefs and the Mohawks to
turn and walk away", (from us filthy land grabbing swindlers before
we punish you)", he said softly to the natives in the gallery. So
why didn't he walk away himself? Instead he decided to come down
hard on the People with a great big club!



What kind of legal argument does he have up his sleeve? The OPP TRU
Team that went into Ipperwash? That'll scare us, eh? They're
probably looking for work right now since the Ipperwassh Inquiry is
folding. Instead of learning from that debacle, they have decided
to repeat it.



Is this Ipperwash Round II? Our people are unarmed. We are on our
own unsurrendered land. We are the constitutional
Rotinoshon'non:we. The settlers are breaking the Two Row Wampum.
They're violating their own constitution. Same old! Same old!
Isn't it time to go back to Day I and renegotiate everything?

Janie Jamieson said, "We can't walk away. The whole issue of
constitutional jurisdiction hasn't been resolved yet."





Kahentinetha Horn

MNN Mohawk Nation News

[e-mail]

(coming soon daily Mohawk news on www.mnn.mohawknationnews.com )


Contact: Six Nations, D. Hill 519-865-7722
[e-mail]

Call: OPP Brian Haggith 905-772-3322; Prime Minister Canada
[e-mail]

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MNN URGENT ACTION: PURPORTED INVASION OF MOHAWKS ON APRIL FOOLS DAY

I spotted a low flying helicopter over Kahnawake this morning. The
following letter to the Prime Minister of Canada and the Minister of
Indian Affairs came from Belgium. Kahentinetha Horn, MNN Mohawk
Nation News (coming soon daily news on http://www.mnn.mohawknationnews.com)

"Dear friends,
Please note that KWIA, supportgroup for indigenous peoples,-Belgium,
wrote below letter to:



Minister Harper [e-mail] and Minister Prentice
[e-mail]



Greetings from:



KWIA

Supportgroup for indigenous peoples
Martina Roels
Gorinchemstraat 52
B-9100 St.Niklaas
Belgium

[e-mail]



20th March 2006




Your Honourable,




KWIA, supportgroup for indigenous peoples, is writing to register
our concern regarding ongoing violations of Mohawk sovereignty and
continued actions that threaten the health and safety of the
residents of Akwesasne, Kahnawake, Kanehsatake and Tyendinega.



KWIA strongly urges you to put a stop to government-sponsored
activities that portray these communities as being bastions
of "organized crime" engaged in an illegal tobacco trade.
Furthermore, we suggest your government cease operating under the
assumption that Band Councils and the Assembly of First Nations,
which are funded and controlled by the federal government, are the
only legitimate representatives of First Nations communities.



Many studies, some commissioned by the federal government (such as
the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People), have
determined that the issues confronting First Nations communities
include sub-standard health care, inadequate and sub-standard
housing, inadequate employment opportunities, poverty, violence,
racism, etc. These studies clearly attribute this set of deplorable
conditions to the actions and inactions of consecutive Canadian
governments.



Raiding Mohawk communities and seizing tobacco products does nothing
to address the day-to-day issues confronting First Nations people.
In fact, such activities actually contribute to worsening the
oppressive conditions under which First Nations people live by
depriving families of their livelihood as well as assaulting their
dignity and violating their inherent rights.



Military and police incursions onto First Nations territories are
not a solution to the long standing issues confronting these
communities. Moreover such actions shame non-First Nations people,
many of whom reject complicity in a centuries-old genocide project.



Your government has the option of creating a disaster that would
rival the Oka Crisis, Gustafson Lake and the murder of Dudley George
put together. Or you can decide to deal with First Nations
communities in a way that is proactive, peaceful and respectful, for
the first time in Canadian history. KWIA, supportgroup for
indigenous peoples, strongly urge you opt for the latter of the two
choices.



Signed,

Roels Martina
For KWIA

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MNN Six Nations 'Blood Bath' by OPP Averted

SIX NATIONS BLOOD BATH AVERTED

THANKS TO POPULAR SUPPORT

MNN. March 23, 2006. It was a victory for the power of the
people! It was a victory for Indigenous land rights. It was a
victory for all those struggling for recognition of Indigenous
jurisdiction. Since mid-February the Rotinoshon'non:we/Iroquois
have been protesting the construction of a luxury residential
subdivision on their land called "Douglas Estates" near Caledonia
Ontario. With the Canadian and provincial governments intent on
ignoring our rights, there were no options. We had to stop the
construction ourselves. Our people braved freezing rain, snow,
sleet and ankle deep mud. Many slept in tents and cars to keep the
barricades manned. Supporters carried in pots of food and
truckloads of firewood. We're in it for the long haul! We are
continuing the fight that our grandparents and great-grandparents
fought and that our children and grandchildren are prepared to
continue if the colonization doesn't stop.

Henco Industries, the developer that is squatting on our land, went
to court and got an injunction. Judge David Marshall of the Ontario
Provincial Court thought he had a fool proof plan to get rid of the
people protesting Ontario's persistent violation of Six Nations
Territory. On March 16 he issued a strange convoluted order. He
announced that at 2:00 on Wednesday, March 22nd, the Ontario
Provincial Police OPP would come in. They would read the order to
us. Anyone who didn't leave immediately would be arrested and taken
to the police station where they would be photographed,
fingerprinted and released. He also ordered that anyone who
returned would be charged and placed on probation for a year. The
trouble is he seemed to have forgotten about due process and the
honor of the Crown. He didn't mention a hearing or a trial.
Neither Ontario nor Henco was required to prove they owned the land
in question. This may have something to do with the report that
Judge Marshall and the Crown Prosecutor, Owen Young, both claim
parts of our land themselves.

The people weren't frightened by Marshall's attempt to bully us with
his bogus order. We've seen it all before. Everyone rallied to
support us. By 2:00 on Wednesday hundreds of people had converged
at Douglas Estates. The Women locked arms together on the front
line. It's our duty under our constitution, the
Kaianereh'ko:wa/Great Law, to protect the land for our future
generations. We were going to do our best. We weren't alone. All
across Turtle Island from the Dene of the Northwest Territories, the
Western chiefs of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, natives and
non-natives alike bombarded everybody they could with the
message: "Stop the OPP bloodbath". It did not happen because as
2:00 came and went people continued to arrive to stand with us.

We lead ourselves, which we had every right to do. That's autonomy
and freedom of _expression. We found out that we all follow the
same philosophy. We all want to protect the natural world and to
live in peace and harmony together. We all have the same vision, to
preserve our sovereignty in order to protect our land to ensure a
future for our people, as creation intended us to do. We are not
Canadians and not Americans. We have always rejected the genocidal
colonial European vision.

Super Indian Cop, Jim Potts, a self-described expert on us, pulled
himself and his Aboriginal mercenaries out of the protest at the
last minute. He had set up a squad of his own people to attack
their brothers and sisters at Six Nations. He said, "They aren't
going to have any weapons", like we're supposed to believe that the
OPP is unarmed! That's who he said was their back up. If anything
happened, the Aboriginal inductees would take the flack and act as
human shields for the provincial gestapo. Looks like he read Ward
Churchill's "A Little Matter of Genocide" and decided to be
Ontario's `Little Eichmann'. "We have a court order to do this", he
said. That's the plan that was outlined in his report on "Dealing
with Indigenous Protests and Occupations" that fell into the hands
of MNN. It came from one of its most valued and trusted sources.

The OPP have no jurisdiction on land claimed by the
Rotinoshon'non:we because we never gave any to them in accordance
with our nation-to-nation agreement. The Ontario courts used to
recognize that back in the 1920's before Duncan Campbell Scott
deposed the traditional Rotinoshon'non:we government.

Colonial practices have gotten worse since then. The popular action
on Wednesday has turned the tide, we hope. Maybe Ipperwash made
them think, finally! We will no longer be lead into the ovens by
sell-outs like Jim Potts! When we pull together and assert
ourselves, we will win by standing on our principles. Our path has
been blocked for so long. We removed the `log' on the road, chopped
it up and used it for firewood. Yes, we are going to find non-
destructive ways to get Turtle Island back. Every time we neglected
our responsibility, hard times came upon us. But our duties and
responsibilities were still there.

We lost our way because there was so much dust on our constitution.
Generations were forbidden to speak our language. They were
interpreting everything through residential school eyes. The
Kaianereh'ko:wa was being used to control the people as if it was
colonial law instead of helping us. The servants of the
colonialists try to make the people serve them. On Wednesday no
leaders showed up because the minds of the "leaders" are the minds
of the colonialist.

In the early 1800's there was a Judge Marshall in the United States
Supreme Court whose reasoning is relied on to this day by courts
that are trying to defend Indigenous rights in an honorable way. If
Ontario's Judge David Marshall is a blood descendant, he's certainly
not philosophical kin. This guy believes in "big gun" injunctions.
He can't be bothered with little details like legal proof. He was
determined to charge people even if he didn't know who they were.
His orders were all made out mostly to fictional people called "John
and Jane Doe". He wanted to sentence them without a hearing or a
trial. He threatened them with criminal records, bad credit
ratings, inability to borrow money, border crossing trouble and lots
more. Sounded like he said something like, "We'll even hose you
down with bad water if we have to". But he really wanted
to "atomize" us! Oops! Hey! Isn't that genocide again? He seemed
to want to dump every kind of threat in his quiver to stop us from
exercising our rights and to perfect Henco Industries' theft of our
land.

These kinds of things always attract scammers as well as serious
supporters. This time we got one, Pat Holly, who claimed to be the
trustee of Mohawk Nation Grand River and maybe even Mother Earth
itself! He sure didn't look like a clan mother! But this white guy
thought he had a good thing going. He had two native fronts. Maybe
he thought no one would find out he'd been caught selling fake
Indian and Metis status cards in the United States. He served Henco
Industries with Notices of International Claim for $110 million US
through the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas.
He wanted a check made out to Pat Holly, Bill Squires and
Thedawahka. Then the whole issue would go away. This sounds almost
as legitimate as the previous "sales" of Six Nations land. Maybe
this guy has an option on the Brooklyn Bridge too!

People are still at the site. They intend to stay. They invite
supporters to come and stand with them. The injunction is not legal
and is going to be challenged. We have the support of people across
the whole of Turtle Island and beyond. Today even Indian Affairs
Minister Prentice sent a representative to the site to open up a
dialogue. They told him, "Give us your name. We'll call you
sometime". I wonder if he would open up a dialogue if someone came
to squat on his land and tried to kick him off?

Kahentinetha Horn – MNN Mohawk Nation News –
[e-mail] – coming soon www.mnn.mohawknationnews.com

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MNN Indian Affairs sabre rattling at Six Nations People

P r e s s R e l e a s e

INDIAN AFFAIRS RATTLES COLONIAL SABRE AT SIX NATIONS TRADITIONAL
PEOPLE – AGAIN! "WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING" MEDIATION PROPOSED



MNN. March 26, 2006. Michael Coyle, a professor at University of
Western Ontario, has been duped into "undertaking" what Indian
Affairs calls "a fact-finding" mission. He has plainly been hired
to "bury" the facts. The current protest is against the theft of
more of the Haldimand Tract belonging to the Six Nations
Rotinoshon'non:we. Since mid-February the Rotionshon'non:we owners
of this land have been opposing the illegal construction of homes on
a large tract known as "Douglas Estates" of Caledonia Ontario.



It's nice to know that Indian Affairs has finally decided to inform
itself and dig up some facts. We hope they'll finally start digging
up some of the skeletons they've been burying over for over 200
years. If they do a proper job of excavation, it won't take them
long to find out that the band council they're so keen on
negotiating with is a twisted creation of their own dearly beloved
Department. If they do a proper autopsy and DNA analysis, they'll
find out it ain't "Indian", it's genetically "white".



In 1924 Indian Affairs dug a mass grave for the Rotinoshon'non:we
Confederacy. Even then the procedures they used would have been
considered violations of international law, if anyone had known what
they were up. It was pure unadulterated "might makes right", the
kind of skullduggery the League of Nations was designed to stop. To
survive we all had to go "underground". But we weren't the dead
corpses Indian Affairs wanted us to be.



In the 1920s, celebrated Canadian scoundrel, Duncan Campbell Scott,
was the head mortician at Indian Affairs. Conniving with Joseph
Pope in Canada's makeshift Department of External Affairs, they
managed to bribe League officials into derailing the Six Nations
quest for a legal determination of their rights by a neutral
tribunal. This left him free to depose their government in 1924.
In its place a puppet government was set up using the Indian Act.
Only 26 people voted in the election that replaced the 30 regularly
participating members of the traditional council.



This illegal band council was given control of the Six Nations'
trust funds worth close to a million dollars. The coup effectively
prevented the traditional Six Nations government from functioning as
usual. To this day the Canadian government continues to negotiate
with its puppet creation. A sober look at the "mediation" that
Indian Affairs has announced reveals a number of problems.



1. The band council does not represent the Six Nations peoples
according to international law.



2. The mediator, Michael Coyle, was appointed unilaterally by one
party to the dispute rather than by agreement between both parties,
as required according to standard mediation norms. The mediator is
being paid exclusively by Indian Affairs. As such, he cannot
function impartially. Because of the high stakes involved for both
Canada and the Six Nations, this case requires a mediator who has no
vested interest in the outcome. In order words, the mediator should
come from outside of Canada. The Six Nations has been attempting to
resolve this dispute on such neutral terms since the 1920's, at the
very least.



3. The mediator has been given a mandate to resolve legal issues
when he has no training in either domestic Canadian law,
international law, and the Kaianereh'ko:wa, the constitution of the
Rotinoshon'non:we.



If Indian Affairs would like to understand why the protesters have
been camping out in the mud and snow for so long, it is strongly
suggested that they read their own archival files. Members of the
Six Nations have expressed their concern in no uncertain terms in
countless occasions in the past. Yet Canada continues to invade Six
Nations jurisdiction and to hold onto stolen Six Nations assets.



The Six Nations People can see right through Indian Affairs' bluff.
They're trying to give us purple Cool-Aid. We can see the
strychnine bubbling. They're talking in dulcet tones while they
prepare jail cells, hospital beds and body bags for us. We know
what this is about. This is why the Six Nations have decided
to "deep six" this thinly disguised death sentence. We need
properly conceived negotiations using a mutually agreed impartial
mediator. In lieu of flowers, contributions to a genuine Six
Nations mediator may be sent to dick Hill.



Contact: dick Hill, 519-865-7722, R.R. #6, Hagersville, Ontario,
Canada N0A 1H0 – [e-mail] JanieJamieson 905-517-
7006 Attached: Objection filed by Women Title Holders; and Mohawk
Manifesto.



MNN Mohawk Nation News, [e-mail] (coming soon daily
news at www.mnn.mohawknationnews.com )



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[blackcrowheart]

Six Nations (community alert)



This is a provincial issue that I'll be consulting with the our NDP
member about, he was just elected in a by election yesterday. The
McGinty Liberal government has alot to answer for in its relations
with First Nations.
Frank
Urgent! Sudden temperature change at Six Nations - Canadian Court
order defends corporate squatters – OPP to use guns to resolve
constitutional jurisdiction issue
MNN. March 29, 2006. At noon, Wednesday, March 29th, four Ontario
Provincial Police OPP cruisers were spotted at the nearby Unity Road
School, three Jimmys, about 14 to 15 undercover cops, two cruisiers
side by side above the site and on the other side at Canadian Tire
the cruisers face the site directly. A lot of media has suddenly
converged. We are asking people to help by emailing the Attorney
General of Canada and Ontario, The Prime Minister, The Governor
General of Canada and worldwide. We welcome our brothers, sisters,
friends and allies with open arms to stand in solidarity with us
against this illegal invasion of Six nations Land (Highway 6,
Caledonia Ontario).

Ontario Superior Court Judge David Marshall just changed his
unilateral contempt order against Six Nations land owners. He took
a second shot and missed the mark again. He didn't correct the main
defect in his order that it was made unilaterally at the request of
one party in the dispute, Henco Industries. No notice was given to
the true owners of the land, violating the principles of fundamental
justice that are recognized in both Canadian and international law,
such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Canada has signed this covenant but it ignores it.

The Crown suggested Marshall's first order was too vague for the OPP
to enforce. We suggest it was totally illegal. The injunction
should have been made against Henco Industries. Their right to
change the character and use of the land is questionable, to say the
least. A proper injunction would require Henco to immediately stop
construction and alterations until the issue of who owns the land is
resolved.

MOVE A Canadian person would not be required to respond if an
American crossed their border, started building on their land and
went to an U.S. court to defend this right.

Judge Marshall was irritated by the Crown's complaint that his
original order was "ambiguous" and needed "to be toughened up".
Isn't the Crown supposed to represent both sides to a dispute? As
Canada describes itself as a trustee of Indians, why is it taking
the side of the other party?

The Attorney General of Ontario is not neutral. He has to side with
the Province of Ontario which has been misleading Henco into
believing it owns the land and can give out title. This violates of
the original Haldimand Declaration that the Crown would protect the
Six Nations' interests in the land 6 miles on both sides of the
Grand River from its mouth to its source. In fact, one of the
first surveys done in the area now called Ontario was done to mark
out some of the boundaries of Six Nations Land.

Are these folks living in a fantasy world? They had only one thing
in mind. They want the OPP to "Get over there and shoot the hell
out of dem bad Injuns". Hey! This ain't no cowboys and Indian
spaghetti western!

In the 1920's Canada sent in the RCMP to throw out the traditional
Six Nations government and take all our funds. They had no
authority to do this. The Six Nations government could never
complete its negotiations with the OPP. The OPP does not have
legitimate jurisdiction to conduct policing maneuvers on Six Nations
land.

Marshall's court order has no legal authority to make orders on what
happens on Six Nations land. When the Six Nations people didn't
show up, he made them guilty of contempt of court. How can they be
in contempt when they didn't know about? There's a whole lot of
crazy stuff going on here! Marshall, the court, Ontario, Canada and
the OPP are showing a lot of contempt for the law. The Indians are
right there for all the world to see. There would have been no
problem finding someone to tell them about the court hearing.

This is "raw authoritarianism", "We're going to get your off your
land even if we kill you doing it".

This abuse of legal process is confusing the public. The Hamilton
Spectator continually refers to the disputed site as a "construction
site". The ownership is in dispute. This misleading statement
legitimizes squatting on Indian lands in the eyes of the public.



What are the options for the Six Nations People? Go to court and
appeal this improper injunction, which may not be open to them as
they may not have money for lawyers.



Another option would be for Six Nations to set up mediation with
Canada, Ontario and Henco Industries under the Kaianereh'ko:wa,
which is the law of the land that Henco is squatting on.

Squatter Henco Industries expects to see an immediate response by
the cops. They're going to arrest, fingerprint and shoot pictures
of the Six Nations. Then they're going to let them go with
orders "to be good Indians" and stay off our land. "If we see you
again, you criminals are getting free room and board (jail time) for
30 days".

Native woman, Janie Jamieson, said the new order doesn't change
anything. It's still illegal. Douglas Creek Estates is being built
on Six Nations' territory. "The whole issue is jurisdiction and
title and we're allies, not subjects,". Canada must stop using
guns to resolve its legal disputes with the Indigenous People. They
know they stole it, they have to give it back.

Ottawa sent an independent mediator, Michael Coyle of the University
of Western Ontario, last week. The women sent him packing, "There's
the Eastern Door. Now get out!"

Kahentinetha Horn, MNN Mohawk Nation News, kahentinetha2@...
xoming soon daily news at www.mnn.mohawknationnews.com

Six Nations contacts: Jacqueline_house@... ; Janie Jamieson
905-517-7006; dick Hill 519-865-7722 thebasketcase@... ;
Hazel Hill 519-717-4292 519-445-1351

Email the Ontario Attorney General
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/eng lish/comments.asp

Further Info on Warrior Society Alert:

This is issued today to all media and across First Nations in Canada
Please use your communications system to send this out further
We stand with you and I have alerted others to comment publicly

Box 75, Ginew, Manitoba, Canada ROA 2RO

From (Mush-ko-dah-be-shik-eese) Terrance Nelson, Okiijida Society
Spokesman and Representative from Canada; National (US) Board of
Directors: American Indian Movement

Yellow Alert for Warrior Societies
March 31, 2006

The Okiijida Society is issuing a yellow alert for all Warrior Societies
regarding the escalating situation between Mohawks at Six Nations and
the Ontario Provincial Police. In 1990, most First Nations were in shock
over the Oka crisis. Since 1990, warrior societies have meet regularly
to plan out a strategy if a similar situation occurred. A yellow alert
is a stand by alert issued by warrior societies to their membership on a
particular situation. It is also a warning to Canada that the situation
is being monitored.

Mohawks at Six Nations issued the following, "At noon, Wednesday, March
29th, four Ontario Provincial Police OPP cruisers were spotted at the
nearby Unity Road School, three Jimmys, about 14 to 15 undercover cops,
two cruisers side by side above the site and on the other side at
Canadian Tire the cruisers face the site directly .We welcome our
brothers, sisters, friends and allies with open arms to stand in
solidarity with us against this illegal invasion of Six nations Land
(Highway 6, Caledonia Ontario)."

In 1990, Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation was the first non Mohawks
to blockade to show their support. The warrior societies across Canada
agreed to the following on situations like this. 1. To stay in our home
territory and monitor the situation. 2. That if bloodshed occurred we
would take action in our territories that would include blockades but
more importantly, we agreed that in the event of the Canadian army
killing indigenous people, we would bring the Canadian economy to a
halt. We have made it perfectly clear to Canada that the Treaties gave
recognition to the whites to peaceful co-existence, deliberate bloodshed
by Canada is an end to that treaty right.

As the Mohawks stated "The whole issue is jurisdiction and title and
we're allies, not subjects,". Canada must stop using guns to resolve
its legal disputes with the Indigenous People. They know they stole it,
they have to give it back." It will remain to be seen if the
Conservatives who were in power in 1990 have learned anything from the
Oka crisis.

For Further information contact
Chief Terrance Nelson
204-782-4827

[blackcrowheart]

THE "ONE-EYED ONE-HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS" DESCEND ON SIX
NATIONS WITH ANOTHER INJUNCTION



Mnn. March 31, 2006. The invaders think that if they give us a
piece of paper, they can eat us all up. They started eating up all
the Beothuk on the east coast. When they finished them all off,
they headed west. Their voracious appetite couldn't be satisfied.
Once they start eating, they can't stop. Such hogs!



Rumor has it that the Ontario court has made another secret
unilateral injunction. Sheriff John Dobson arrived at 4:30 pm
Wednesday, March 30th, at the Douglas Creek Estates in a white
government car with two women who stayed in the car. He showed up
with an Indian guy named Monte as his "Tonto", a Six Nations
resident. Tonto arrived in an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser
with another Indian cop from Manitoulin Island. Dobson seems to
think he's hot stuff like a sheriff in a cowboys and Indians movie.
He was gaudily attired in the usual colonial regalia. It was a
pukey green outfit, a bullet proof vest and a side arm. Can you
think of a better representation of the colonial belief that "might
makes right" than this? Did he think that legality depended on his
clothing fetishes? The poor chap was obviously deranged.



The men had painted a thick black line on the road. His "Kemosabe"
was standing close by. When they were told to back off, they did a
quick step dance to the side.



With his big toe barely touching the line Dobson started babbling
away in some sort of alien purple people eater tongue. He was
looking at a script he held in his hand. He acted like the Ontario
Court had asked him to deliver a pizza – or was it another
unilateral in'junk'tion? Doesn't he know that the Ontario Court is
supposed to uphold the honor of the Crown? Doesn't he know that
under both international and Canadian law, when negotiations
fail, "everyone shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing by a
competent, independent and impartial tribunal"? Since when was an
Ontario court neutral in a dispute between Ontario and an Indigenous
nation?



The women saw the antics of Dobson and his "faithful Indian
companion" bizarre and for the `junk' it was. They started to drum
and sing loudly hoping that Dobson and Monte would regain their
sanity and come to their senses.



Then the Six Nations People served him with an injunction that "you
are in violation of Kaianereh'ko:wa, state of peace, … by your
actions of aggression, violence, breaking the peace, conspiracy to
commit murder, … blood sacrifice, genocide against the
On'kwe'hon:we, original people of the land". Dobson jumped as if he
was scared by his own reflection in the mirror. He said, "I am not
part of this".



They dropped their paper on the ground, jumped on their high horses
and headed into the sunset. "Hey, you're littering", one of the
guys yelled after them. They didn't turn back to clean up their
mess.



When the men drew a black line on the ground they were reminding all
of the territorial divide between Indigenous and Canadian
jurisdiction. The Indigenous people agreed to allow the Europeans to
find refuge on Turtle Island. We never agreed to give up our
property and lives to them. We negotiated the Two Row Wampum
agreement to share the river. The refugees were to remain in their
own boat on a parallel path with the Indigenous people.



The refugees were seriously deranged and had a maniacal plan. They
refused to respect Indigenous law. Motivated by full blown greed
they decided to unilaterally take over the whole of Turtle Island by
using a process called "genocide". They kept pushing us off our
territories. They killed 99% us. They told themselves they were
on "a mission from god".



To cope with this insane behavior we tried to deal with these lost
lunatics in terms that they understood. We tried to get them to
control themselves, but to avail. One of the agreements was made on
October 25, 1784. The Six Nations got General Haldimand to make a
commitment on behalf of the King George III of England to protect us
and our future generations forever, on a territory stretching for
six miles on either side of the Grand River from its mouth to its
source.



The colonizers refused to abide by their word. The colonial
governments did not keep themselves or their wayward subjects in
check. They're still trying to steer our canoe and force us into
their boat at gunpoint.



That black line on the road was meant to remind colonial society
that they had agreed to respect our independence and our title to
Turtle Island in return for our alliance in their disputes with
their European cousins. We only formed alliances in the first place
because we needed protection from them. We are not under their
jurisdiction. We never agreed to become British subjects. We never
agreed to become Canadian citizens.



We really need to find an international mediator right now – someone
who doesn't have an interest in the outcome. It won't be easy to
find one. So many states are committed to appropriating indigenous
land. Perhaps it needs a mediation team, including representatives
of both Indigenous people and colonial states who are not involved
in this particular dispute. The mediators must understand the
colonial law that the colonizers are seeking to uphold as well as
our law, the Kaianereh'ko:wa. If they don't want to go for outside
help, they could try mediating with us on our terms according to the
Kaianereh'ko:wa. We've tried for over two centuries their form of
negotiations based on their use of force and threats. This never
worked. Now they have to try and do it our way. They might be
surprised at how well it works if only they would give it a try. If
only they could understand.



Unfortunately the colonizers have never been healed since squatting
on Turtle Island. They've become one of the most materially
wealthy "cookie monsters" in the world, while they remain socially
and spiritually impoverished. Their relationships are all based on
domination and immediate gain with no thought for the future
generations.



Despite their huge horde of stolen Indigenous property which they
amassed as a result of the holocaust they caused, they refuse to
share anything with us or our future generations. Their plan is
that in another 20 years there will be no more "Indian problem".
You can't steal land. You can only illegally occupy it. You can't
put it in your pocket and walk away. You have to kill the
Indigenous people on it and then put your roots in our place. We
aren't going to let you do it.



To them everything is their personal possession. They think that
only some of their people have rights of ownership. How can this
sickness be cured? The great peace under the Kaianereh'ko:wa, the
law of Turtle Island.



Kahentinetha Horn

MNN Mohawk Nation News

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Coming soon daily news on www.mnn.mohawknationnews.com



Contact: dick Hill 519-865-7722 [e-mail] ; Hazel
Hill 519-717-4292 or 519-445-1351; Jacqueline House 905-765-9316
[e-mail] ; Janie Jamieson 905-517-7006.

[Okwes]

They have to talk to us Barry Gray, the Hamilton Spectator
Six Nations Chief Dave General discussed the ongoing disputed land in
Caledonia at a community meeting last night.
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Six Nations Chief Dave General says dialogue with Canada and Ontario is
the way to resolve longstanding land claims.

The chief told a community meeting called last night to discuss the
elected-band council's progress on resolving land claims that talking
has made some headway with the two governments since 2004, and it can
make a difference in the future.

The chief made his comments as native protesters enter their second
month of occupying a multi-million dollar Caledonia housing project
which they claims is on Six Nations land. A judge has granted a court
injunction to evict the protesters, but the Ontario Provincial Police
has not yet enforced it.

General told the more than 400 people who came to the meeting at Six
Nations Polytechnic that recent court rulings compel the governments to
talk to native bands to try and resolve land claims.

"They have to come and talk to us," he said. "They have to negotiate.
There are alternatives. There are ways forward for us ... The way
forward is to create certainty and we can't do that if we don't sit down
and talk."

But General admitted Six Nations has its work cut out for it because the
Ontario government has predicted the population of the Golden Horseshoe
Area will increase by five million over the next two decades. That
includes lands in the Haldimand Tract, six miles of land on each side of
the Grand River which was granted to Six Nations by the Crown in 1784
for services in the American War of Independence. The band council has
28 land claims in the tract.

The crowd also got an update on the land claims work from Kathleen
Lickers, the band council's lawyer. Six Nations launched a historic
lawsuit against Canada and Ontario in 1994 seeking an accounting of the
28 land claims.

After 10 years, Lickers said it was decided to try and resolve the
disputes outside court and all three parties agreed. Last year, she said
the three sides agreed to create a framework to resolve two claims --
mismanagement of Six Nations funds by an Indian agent in the 1830s and
the non-payment for the transfer of Port Maitland at the mouth of Lake
Erie.

The crowd was told the band council argues the housing project land in
Caledonia was not meant to be surrendered and Six Nations chiefs back in
the 1830-40s only wanted to lease the land. Lickers said, however, the
Six Nations case gets clouded because of a Dec. 18, 1844 document
indicating 47 chiefs agreed the land be sold to help build the Plank
Road (now Highway 6).

"The question is how responsive are we going to be with this document,"
she said. "We immediately distrust what has been presented, but that
doesn't mean we can ignore it."

The meeting offered moments showing the community is divided on the
Caledonia issue.

One woman said there were more important things to deal with on Six
Nations than "so called clan mothers and chiefs" from the Confederacy
dealing with "a little chunk of land."

One of the protesters, Wes Elliott, however, demanded General be
impeached because he claimed General told a radio show three weeks ago
the occupation is hurting Six Nations' economic interests.

[Okwes]

DAVE GENERAL MARCHES TO COLONIAL "GOOSE STEP" WITH CANADA AND
ONTARIO ON SIX NATIONS PEOPLE



MNN. April 14, 2006. Dave "Colonial Point Man" General is Canada
and Ontario's real estate agent. His job is to deliver the goods to
them. Dave General wants money and business "as usual". He has
personally committed the band council to take action to end the
protest at Douglas Creek Estates immediately. He has asked
that "John and Jane Doe" (how about John and Jane Buck?) cause no
problems as they are peacefully removed from the site of the protest
by the OPP `black shirted' Gestapo. (They're sending in Special
Forces to try and make what they're doing look legit). He wants
Henco Industries to continue their illegal housing development on
Six Nations land.



Henco Industries owner, Mr. Hancock, and his lawyer, Mr. Hennings,
seem to be able to get mainstream media attention that we can't
get. They appeared on television last night adamantly
demanding, "We have court orders, injunctions, arrest warrants
(manpower and fire power). We want the cops to do their job."
There was no media coverage at the protest. It was decided at a
recent meeting of the US, Canada, Ontario, Quebec, the band
councilors, most policing agencies on both sides of the border and
the media to completely black out any news about any attacks on our
people. Unless, of course, it reflects us in a negative light.



Dave General presented a position paper put together by the gang at
the Indian Affairs War Room. They did not acknowledge the
Confederacy chiefs. Dave General totally absolved Canada and Ontario
of any responsibility for the reasons for the protest. Someone at
the meeting did speak up to say that the band council has nothing to
do with our lands. He was quickly shot down.



Anyone crossing the line will face the People who are standing firm
in upholding the law. Come on! The protesters demands have not
been met. We want the development to completely stop. We want
respect for our ownership of this land. Instead of accepting the
responsibility for the fraud by Ontario in giving Henco Industries
illegal title to our land, Dave and his cohorts are trying to make
the Six Nations People pay the price.



We cannot and will not end the protest. We can be physically
evicted. They can get out their tanks and ride right over us,
grinding our flesh and bones into the ground following the precedent
set at Tianamen Square. Hey, Dave!



Shame! Shame! At the "Bag of Wind" negotiation meeting at the Best
Western an anonymous note was passed around suggesting that the band
council building be locked up until Dave is impeached. History
repeats itself. There was a big to-do about locking the People out
of the Agricultural Hall after the legitimate government was deposed
by Canada in the 1920's.



Dave General agreed to the government giving his band council some
money to speed up certain land claims around the territory. (So
what was in it for you, Dave?) Other lands will come back. Don't
celebrate. They're not giving them back in the condition they stole
them in. They're now polluted and unlivable.



Canada says it wants to put in place measures taken from the Haida
Taku and Mikisew Cree court decisions of the Supreme Court of
Canada. This is sort of like saying that a US decision concerning
American relations with Paraguay is binding on Canada! Do you
really think the Canadian public would go for that?



Besides, the Six Nations situation is completely different from
Haida Nation, Taku River and the Mikisew Cree. The Haida Nation and
Taku River are in British Columbia. There were no treaties or
promises of protection from the Crown. The Mikisew Cree are
supposed to be part of Treaty No. 8. If their participation was
invalid, they're in the same position as the British Columbia
nations. If it was valid, the treaty specifically consents to
settler occupation of their land. The Six Nations situation is
completely different. Here we have an explicit unilateral
representation made by General Haldimand that the British Crown
would protect the Six Nations' right to occupy land for six miles on
either side of the Grand River forever. There is no ambiguity
involved. It is simply a matter of making sure that Canada upholds
the honor of the Crown. They were to never allow any encroachment.



There have been promises of future monies and lands for hundreds of
years. None have ever come through. But never mind the old
transgressions. Let's look at recent events.



Kanehsatake/Oka is a prime example. Remember the Mohawk Oka Crisis
of 1990 when Canada and Quebec sent in the SQ and the Canadian Army
with guns blazing? The governments made all kinds of promises and
never implemented any of them. We have over 250 square miles of
unsurrendered lands that Canada wanted. We always resisted the
Indian Act. We were supposed to get some land. Canada never came
through. Instead they succumbed to the pressure of the Quebec
government, just the same as Canada is succumbing to Ontario.
Ontario does not want to give any lands back to the Indians or pay
what they owe for past violations of Six Nations' rights. Ontario
is afraid of setting a precedent. The Bear Island people have
already tried to claim back their rights to the unsettled resource
rich areas of northern Ontario. Ontario doesn't want that.



As Canada did not exist at the time of these agreements, the federal
crown has taken over the position of the British Crown in its
relations with the Indigenous peoples. Section 109 of the
Constitution of Canada states that Canada must always place the
interests of the Indigenous people before that of Canada and its
provinces. This respects the Indigenous constitutional jurisdiction
to Canada. The Indian Act is a violation of this nation-to-nation
relationship respected by the Kaianereh'ko:wa/Great Law and the
British North America Act 1867. Indigenous Peoples have never
validly surrendered any lands and resources or sovereignty according
to the means set out in Section 132 of their constitution.



Today the Crown in right of Canada has become custodian of the
obligations to uphold the Haldimand Agreement. At the turn of the
century, the British Privy Council and the Supreme Court of Canada
determined that Canada must always act with utmost legality toward
the Indigenous people. They are the trustees of the Crown's
obligations to us. Canada is in breach of their trust
responsibility to carry out their constitution.



Dave General doesn't represent the Six Nations People. He speaks
for Canada and Ontario. We, the People, were treated like outsiders
at that Best Western meeting. There was no consultation with the
people concerning what would be negotiated. Those who went were not
allowed to participate. This agreement does not include us by any
stretch of the imagination. They can negotiate a solution with
their puppet band council, with their Liars Club sitting at the top
of Mount Olympus or with the Easter Bunny. It really doesn't
matter. None of these represent the Six Nations People. So the
accord they produced is imaginary.



We continue to call for an independent mediator from the
international community whom doesn't have any interest in the
outcome, and who is agreeable to both sides. Dave General, you must
sit with Canada and Ontario across the table from the Six Nations
people.



Not that their shenanigans are any surprise. We knew what they were
going to do. They are following the old colonial "goose step".
They want to grind us under their heels.



Kahentinetha Horn

MNN Mohawk Nation News

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[blackcrowheart]

Gathering Place First Nations Canadian News Alert
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SIX NATIONS PEOPLE STILL UNDER ATTACK

I have just heard from a family member on the scene the stand off has
expanded and there are at least 1,000 opp officers on site and they
are gearing up to move against the people of Six Nations again...
People are thinking the army will be brought in against them ... The
people of Six nations are unarmed

There have been several people beaten by the OPP including two non
natives who were standing with the people . they have been taken to
hospital.One of the Clam mothers was also beaten by the police.

I am told that the OPP have M-16 to use against the people who are
still resisting and there is a large number of people resisting and
the numbers keep growing as more and more people arrive to stand with
there brother , sisters aunty's and uncles, grandmothers and grandfather.

I repeat the people of Six Nations are UNARMED and have reminded the
OPP many times to put there guns down they do not have guns.

Highway six has been blocked off tires have been set on fire in the
middle of the road .

Six Nations people are back on the original site at Douglas Creek.

CHCH TV has been covering this off and on . Right now they have broken away .

This could have been handled in a much better way now the OPP have
broken the peace no one knows what will happen before this is over.

Prayers are needed as well as phone calls to any and all of the
numbers listed below...

The Politicians: Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper
<mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>.ca;
Justice Canada
<mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>.ca;
Indian Affairs
<mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>.ca;
European Union [e-mail]; Minister Indian Affairs
Jim Prentice [e-mail]; Ontario Govt.
[e-mail]; Ontario Premier ; Governor General:
Michaelle Jean Fax [phone]
E-mail: <mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]; Chinese Consulate in Toronto
Fax: [phone]; OPP Brantford 519-756-7050; Hamilton
905-572-2401; Jim Potts OPP liaison 613-795-3907; RCMP London
519-640-7267; Dalton McGuinty,
<mailto:[e-mail]>[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>.on.ca
Premier. Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto ON M7A 1A1


Sharon Green
Owner and Editor
Gathering Place First Nations Canadian News
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[blackcrowheart]

April 11, 2006

OPP BUILDUP @ SIX NATIONS UPDATE @ 11:20 AM TUE. April 11, 2006

MNN. 11:20 a.m. Apr. 11.

This Six Nations title to Haldimand land conflict is a product of
fraudulent misrepresentation by the Ontario government. It has affected
both Indigenous People and those who have been fraudulently mislead into
believing that they could purchase legal title to Six Nations land. To
uphold the honor of the Crown, the Ontario government should compensate
the people for the land they stole from the Indians and turned over to
Henco and its customers.

This would be better use of their funds rather than armed force and
military confrontation. By attacking Six Nations who are occupying their
own land, the Ontario government will add injury to insult while
continuing to maintain an illegal position.

Update from Six Nations: "Yesterday, OPP representative Monte Kahoko was
at the site to inform the People that we are running out of time. Last
night 2 van loads of men in army gear were spotted headed down Blossom
Ave. in Caledonia toward 54 Hwy. Co-incidence??? This morning a scout
observed a larger number of police vehicles outside of their current
headquarters at the school on Unity Road. Today we were informed that
the police plan to take action this week due to pressure from Caledonia
residents and government officials. This alert must be sent out to as
many friends and allies as possible. We must stand together and stay
strong. We have to be unified and continue to put the pressure on to
insist on International Nation-to-Nation dialogue".

*ALARM! **ONTARIO** DECIDES "MIGHT MAKES RIGHT" AT SIX NATIONS - OPP
READY TO POUNCE - TELL THEM "CALL OFF YOUR DOGS!"

*MNN. April 11, 2006. 50 or 60 police cruisers have gathered at the
abandoned school on Unity Road in Caledonia Ontario. Two paddy wagons
are in view and others behind the school. Several vans carrying "equipment".

"We are very tense", said dick Hill. This is the largest build up so
far. People are asked to stand in solidarity with them, to get the word
out. "We don't know what they are going to do. It's not a birthday party
for the chiefs, that's for sure". They are getting ready for something
big. Asked whether there would be any resistance, they replied, "Once
they cross that line to break the peace, we will have to do what we have
to do".


This is an urgent request for all our brothers, sisters, friends and
allies who support peace and democracy and law. Do whatever you can.
Call whoever you can call. Get the colonizers to call off their dogs.

Stephen Harper, Prime Minister, [e-mail] Governor General of Canada
[e-mail] OPP Brian Haggith 905-772-3322; OPP Indian Advisor Jim Potts
613-795-3907; RCMP London 519-640-7267, 519-756-7050; Brantford-Hamilton
905-572-2401; CKUT McGill Radio 514-690-8499; OPP Caledonia
905-765-2339; C. P. Wright 289-260-9345;

*Cont*act: 519-865-7722; 519-445-1351; 519-717-4292; 519-445-1719;
905-765-9316;

613-575-1550; 518-236-7100; [e-mail]
[e-mail] [e-mail]



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