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 …

Please find enclosed the press release regarding Harriet Nahannee’s death as a direct result of her incarceration. The call for a public inquiry to answer the below questions has gone out and we are also forwarding it to the European Support groups, who are looking into a campaign on Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples especially in light of the 2010 Olympics being railroaded into Aboriginal Territories and Harriet losing her life trying to stop it.

As you all know elder and environmental activist, Betty Krawczyk, 78, will be sentenced by the same judge, Mme Justice Brown, who sent Harriet to jail …

Decolonization of American Indians, part 2 of 2
by: Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
February 23, 2007

ICT Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a speech given by Cook-Lynn at a recent Indian Studies conference. It is the conclusion of a two-part series.

For Part 1, please see here

Our relatives of past generations who fought hard wars and difficult negotiations for the survival of the people must be mourning the moral and political tragedy of this recent attack on women, tribal government and the law.

The truth is, Oglala Sioux men have never interfered in the reproductive lives of Oglala Sioux women until this …

Arawak nation to open North American consulate
www.caribbeannetnews.com
January 27, 2007

WASHINGTON, USA: The first peoples to suffer the consequences of Columbus’s arrival in the ‘New World’ are boldly stepping into the 21st century.

As of February 4, 2007, Taino-Arawak Elder Cyril Taylor will become the Honorary Consul of the Lokono-Arawak Nation of South America to the First Nations of North America.

The appointment was made by Damon Gerard Corrie, inheritor of the now ceremonial Hereditary Chieftaincy of the Eagle Clan Lokono-Arawaks, and well-known Barbados-based Amerindian rights activist, who has not been a stranger to controversy over the last 14 years.

When asked if all …

First Nations Activist Dies After Release from Jail
By Zoe Blunt, www.zoeblunt.gnn.tv
24 Feb 2007

In memory of Harriet Nahanee, age 71

VANCOUVER - A community is in mourning following news of the death of a great-grandmother who fought to defend aboriginal rights and the environment. Activist Harriet Nahanee died at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver on Saturday, February 24, one month after she was sentenced to fourteen days in jail for protesting the destruction of a wetlands for a highway bypass.

The woman who once said that natives need an “aboriginal Malcolm X” to restore their pride will be

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2,000 indigenous leaders register for third American indigenous peoples’ summit - February 19, 2007

Some 2,000 indigenous people’s leaders across the Americas have registered for the third Continental Summit for Indigenous People slated for March 26-30 in Guatemala’s Tecpan, according to reports on Sunday.

Domingo Hernandez, a leader of the National Maya Convergence Waq’ib Kiej and a member of the organizing committee, told media in Guatemala City that the main topics for the conference would be globalization and indigenous peoples’ political participation.

The meeting would discuss how to recover indigenous peoples’ autonomy and rights over natural resources, he said.

Bolivian President Evo Morales and …

Media release from Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTAR)

Amendments to the Native Title Act being debated in the House of Representatives today would increase the powers of the Minister and Native Title Tribunal at the expense of traditional owners, their representative bodies and the Federal Court, according to Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR).

ANTaR National Director, Gary Highland said the amendments would further limit the ability of Indigenous people to have their native title rights recognized. Instead they will create greater uncertainty, conflict and confusion by threatening the independence of native title representative bodies, compromising the …

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 …

From Zoe, www.zoeblunt.gnn.tv

The Kwakiutl First Nation has called for a demonstration at the Legislature on Monday at 11 am to protest the Province’s decision to transfer land in its territory without consultation. The transfer is part of a deal between Western Forest Products and the Province to take private land out of Tree Farm Licenses on northern Vancouver Island. The Kwakiutl Band Council states that it was informed about the application, but it was not consulted, and it is still waiting for official notice of the decision that was made January 31. Western Forest Products stands to make millions …