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19 years later: On the Fraudulent theft of Mohawk Land
While the "Oka Crisis" has been long buried by most Canadians, the Fraudulent theft of land that led to it remains completely unresolved, as Ellen Gabriel from the Mohawk community of Kanehsatake illustrates in this press release. Issued to mark the "Oka Crisis"--- which began exactly 19 years ago today, on July 11, 1990--Garbiel outlines [...]
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Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance
On July 11, 1990, the Mohawk Peoples of Kanehsatà:ke stood up against a legacy of fraudulent theft when the Municipality of Oka, in collusion with the Federal and provincial governments, tried to make way for the expansion of a 9-hole golf course and a new condominium project. In the weeks and months that followed, Canada's [...]
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Akwesasne Alert — blockade established by police
June 2, 2009 - A great deal has happened since the initial post of this article. Most critically, the police blockade was lifted and the bridge has been re-opened to the community... In addition to the links below, you may want to keep an eye on the Six Nations Reclamation forum for future updates. June [...]
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Underreported Struggles #26, May 2009
In this Month’s Underreported Struggles: 7,000 delegates gather in Peru for the IV Continental Indigenous Summit of Abya Yala; Hundreds of Tibetan villagers face off against armed police ; dozens of indigenous communities in Ecuador struggling after February oil spill; San Carlos Apache speak out against Land Exchange and proposed Copper mine May 30 - [...]
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UN asked to stop guns at Akwesasne border
Mohawk Nation News sends the following news and call for action surrounding the upcoming peaceful demonstration in Akwesasne. See the full story (and a full list of contacts) below... UPDATE: there is also a petition you can sign here. Skarohreh Doug Anderson of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy presented a request to the Secretary of the UN [...]
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You Are on Indian Land
You Are on Indian Land was one of the first films in Canada to give voice to the concerns of Indigenous People. Produced in 1969, the film documents a protest that was led by Mohawks from the Haudenosaunee community of Akwesasne on December 20, 1968. At the time, community members were being forced to pay [...]
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Tell CN Rail to drop the lawsuit! against Tyendinaga Mohawks
The Tyendinaga Support Committee is putting together a month-long campaign to pressure Canadian National Railway (CNR) to drop their recently announced lawsuit against members of the Mohawk Community of Tyendinaga. They are asking individuals and groups interested in supporting the campaign to take on three tasks: To send a call out to their contacts at [...]
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