One year ago today, the OPP raided a site occupied by Six Nations People, in a failed attempt to end the protest that began at the end of February 2006, to compel Canada and Ontario to uphold The Two Row Wampum — and Respect the Haldimand Proclamation by ceasing a development project and vacating the region, now known as Kanonhstaton.

The past year has been a consistently tense, empowering, and educational experience for people both in support of, and in opposition to the Reclamation Project, and Indigenous Peoples struggles everywhere.

From the …

The Iroquois Way of Impeachment
By Kaz Dziamka www.counterpunch.org
March 24/25, 2007

Not only does American democracy rank a miserable 17th on the list of the world’s modern democracies (according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s index of democracy); it also doesn’t fare well when compared with traditional Native American democracies, in particular, with the Iroquois Confederacy–the Haudenosaunee–”the oldest living participatory democracy on earth.”

In “Perceptions of America’s Native Democracies,” Donald A. Grinde Jr. and Bruce E. Johansen point out that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, among others, could benefit–and did benefit to some extent–from Native Americans’ experience in designing functional democracies. Unfortunately, …

Mohawks block off disputed quarry
By Jeremy Ashley, Osprey News Network
March 23, 2007

Clad in camouflaged apparel and hauling camping gear, more than 125 members of the mohawks of the Bay of Quinte community seized control of a gravel quarry on a disputed tract of land located along the northeastern outskirts of Deseronto last night.

Shortly before 5 p.m., the winding access road leading to the Thurlow Aggregates gravel pit off of Deseronto Road was blocked off by mohawk protesters in several vehicles, including two school buses and an number of all-terrain vehicles.

Protesters and members of the mohawks of the Bay of Quinte …

Confederacy responds to notice of action in 4.4 trillion dollar lawsuit
Quote from The Sachem and Gazette
Friday March 2, 2007

GRAND RIVER OF THE SIX NATIONS TERRITORY ~ It is with deep concern and regret that the Six Nations Rotiienehson (Confederacy Council)issue this notice to the people of Six Nations and to the public in general.

The Haundenosaunee Six Nations Confederacy Council strives to work in unity with all of the people of the Six Nations and our member nations to continue to protect our land rights, including those within the Haldimand
Treaty of October 25, 1784.

The Confederacy Council has …

Akwesasne Fairy Tale - This Chain of Frauds does not a legality make
By Kahentinetha and Katenies, MNN Mohawk Nation News
March 8, 2007

This is a response to “The History of the Three Chiefs System and the Constitution of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe” by Darren Bonaparte and Russ Jock (August 28, 2006). We felt compelled to comment because the Mohawks and the general population do not know about this. The corporate entity known as the “St. Regis Mohawk Tribe” [Inc.], are spouting they are the “Nation” and have the sovereignty of the Mohawks to wheel, deal and lobby our rights …

Open Letter to the People of Six Nations and the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (”Canada”)
Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign February 28th, 2007

On the anniversary of the Six Nations Land Reclamation we express our solidarity to you and to all those that are defending today their land and livelihoods against theft and colonization.

On February 28th, 2006, after the Canadian government gave a construction company the permission to build a settlement on their land, the people of Six Nations took it back, demanding an end to the theft and destruction of their land and to settler encroachment on their …

Mohawk grandmother remains in hiding, defying arrest warrant
“Katenies” challenges US-Canada border jurisdiction

Akwesasne/Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory; March 5, 2007 — A Mohawk woman from the Akwesasne Community remains in hiding, defying an arrest warrant from the Superior Court of Ontario in Cornwall.

“Katenies” (whose Mohawk name means “she changes things around”)refused to appear in court on customs and border violations this past January 18, 2007. Instead, she served her own “Motion to Dismiss,” questioning the jurisdiction of the courts and border officials over sovereign Mohawk peoples and their land.

Katenies is a mother and grandmother ? her third grandchild was born just 5 days …

From No One Is Illegal-Montreal Radio (February 2007) Part of CKUT’s Open Conspiracy for Social Change - 90.3FM in Montreal.

This interview is with Katienies, who was recently described as “lawless” by an official of the Canadian Border Services Agency. She is a member of the Akwesasne Community, part of the Mohawk Nation, and is currently wanted on an arrest warrant, from the Superior Court of Justice in Cornwall, Ontario, for refusing to appear on customs and border violations.

Katienies refuses to recognize the authority of the Canadian courts, or any colonial courts and border officials, until they have clearly …

The following was written by Hillary Bain Lindsay for The Dominion.

On January 1, 2007, the people of Six Nations arrived at their Council House, and walked inside.

The event did not make media headlines, but the significance of the day was not lost on those crowded into the long line of cars, bearing Iroquois Confederacy and Unity flags, that lead up to the Council House.

“Even before Canada declared itself a country, we had a meeting place down here for traditional governance,” says Janie Jamison, one of the spokespeople for Six Nations. For generations, Chiefs representing the Confederacy Council gathered in …

Here are a couple of stories about what’s been happening with regard to the ‘Culbertson’ tract of land, a part of Tyendinaga (Six Nations) Territory. Updates and background information will follow.

Tuesday January 15, from ocapblog.blogspot.com

Tyendinaga: Update on the Fight for Return of Culbertson Tract Lands

The Culbertson Land Tract

The Culbertson is a tract of land, 923 acres in size that runs along the eastern boundary of Tyendinaga today. In 1837 the Federal Government changed the status of the land from Indian land to white land.

All agreements with the Mohawk Nation predate the existence of Canada. While the Mohawk Chiefs …