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ART OF CONSENSUAL DECISION MAKING

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FROM: Kahentinetha, Bear Clan,

Box 991, Kahnawake, Que. Canada J0L 1B0 

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Jan. 14, 2026

TO:  Mr. Mark Carney, Office of the Prime Minister, 80 Wellington St.,                                                                                                Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Government of Canada, Parliament Hill, Ottawa,  Canada

Sego. 

I am Kahentinetha, bear clan, Kanienkeha Mohawk, of kahnawake. We understand that you are going to negotiate with us about sharing our land and resources. We are the original people of turtle island. We would like you to understand our priorities regarding our land and heritage and help you fix the wrongs of the past. I would like to meet with you soon to discuss how we can help you deal with what is right and good for everyone and everything by using an indigenous form of consensual decision making.  We had a group that did this exercise across turtle island which were very well received. 

The oral constitution of the rotinoshonni united the Kanienkhaka [Mohawks},  Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora based in the principles of Peace, Righteous and Power. This form of decision-making resolved centuries of conflict and created lasting peace. 

GOAL: To make a decision that is in the best interests of all. The consensus does not mean that all agree but that all understand the decision, with everybody’s input, using the kaianerekowa great peace. We will demonstrate the culture of the original people since time immemorial. A fundamental aspect is everyone is sovereign and each voice is heard and included according to our philosophy based on the fundamental principles of the kaianerekowa.   

NOTE: In entering the consensual decision-making process, whatever ideas are put into the process, the needs and attitudes of each is considered and complements the decision. Also, the individual has a duty to be directly involved, and to bring their ideas into the discussion within their clan. The final decision will be fully satisfactory to some, satisfactory to others, and relatively satisfactory to the remainder, and will reflect elements from each group. This is a slow careful process requiring the reaching of a full understanding by each individual and not a decision made by a “leader”. We  have no leaders. We are willing to include Canada in living according to the kaianerekowa as long as Canadians agree to follow the kaianerekowa principles. They are welcome to enter our longhouse as Section 35 of the Charter of Rights in the Canadian Constitution of 1982 requires Canadians to follow the basic principle and culture set forth in our way. 

  • PEACE CHIEF Presides over the meeting to make sure that collective rational thought and behaviour are followed.
  • CLANS. The People are divided into three clans: Bear, Wolf and Turtle.
  • ASSISTANT PEACE CHIEF. Each clan selects a Spokesperson called an “Assistant Peace Chief”.
  • WELL-KEEPER announces the subject for discussion and passes the issue over the Council Fire.
  • The three clans deliberate.
  • Then the Assistant Peace Chief either reports or asks questions or reports a final decision. If the Clans disagree or there is an error or the proceedings are irregular, the Assistant Peace Chief calls attention to it on behalf of his clan. 
  • The issue is then passed by all three clans.

THREE CRITERIA

When an issue is discussed, the clans consider the pros and cons of the issue. Three criteria must be met:

[1] “Peace”, does it preserve the peace that is already established?

[2] Righteousness”, is it morally correct? And

[3] “Power”, does it preserve the integrity of the nation? What does it do for the present and how does it affect the ‘seven generations’ from now? The 7 generations concept means that decisions made today must benefit the people forever. This will make all treaties null and void as they are not made according to the principles of the kaianerekowa. The present form of constitution is a fiction, as you know. The constitution is meaningless because the people have never been asked to vote on it. Ttherefore, it has never been ratified. It is based on corporate law which is based on taking and building an economy on the possessions of the original people of turtle island.

We original people will be part of every decision related to everything on turtle island. As you know, the band councils are administration bodies for Canada.  

DURING DELIBERATIONS

Persons are asked throughout the process if they fully understand. If not, the process stops until this is accomplished. One cannot simply be stubborn and refuse to understand as they will be questioned. Each must follow the criteria of peace, righteousness and power. 

Every person has a responsibility to expand and exercise their minds. The forces of life have given the human being the potential to use the mind to create a better life through peace, righteousness and power.

In the decision-making process

  • all opinions have to be considered;
  • all must be completely reasonable;
  • all should come with an open mind;
  • all must fully understand the other’s viewpoint;
  • each participant cannot repeat a position once it has been fully explained and understood;
  • if a person does not agree with the views that have been stated, they must fully explain their dissenting views;
  • no one can impose their will nor make a decision for another;
  • all must understand the viewpoint and agree of their own free will;
  • if there is no consensus, the consensus is to retain the status quo.
  • If there is a decision on an issue, this must be reviewed regularly by all parties.

The current system is based on 51% majority rules, the exact reason why we left Albany and came to live with our people in Kahnawake and kentekeh in 1784, long before Canada was invented. We told the Americans then, because of their 51% majority rules system, they will never know peace.  Canada implemented the 50% majority rules representative democracy. Under our consensual decision-making program we are always able to achieve 100%.

We would like to explain to you the true form of consensual decision making of indigenous people. Please let me know when we could meet and discuss this process with you. You state you want to make ‘Canada’ relevant. If Canada could learn about this process and implement it into your government strategy, you could make this a model to the whole world.  Peace would finally come to everybody. Let us know when you are available and we will make time for you.  

Unity, strength, peace. kahentinetha, Bear Clan

As my elder Willie Nelson states so well and I can relate to, “Yesterday When I was Young” . . .

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SLITHERING “STINKY” SERPENTS

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MNN. Jan. 11, 2026. Trump has created his own private army called ICE and they attack anyone who is not Republican. This is the rise of the 4th Reich. Donald Trump is Hitler and ICE is the “Gestapo”. The American public still doesn’t understand that they are the “New Indians”.  US President Trump is threatening to take over or destroy any country he pleases. As the original people of turtle say to the American citizens, “Welcome to the reservation. How do you like the fry bread?” 

There is a set plan going on here causing all this chaos. In 1990 The Quebec police attacked the Mohawks of kanehsatake on July 11, 1990, and killed one of their own, SQ Surete Quebec officer Corporal Marcel Lemay. In the beginning the US secret police ICE has been killing and deporting people of color, even the original people were being sent out to parts unknown. Probably murdered and invoicing the state [ie. scalps].  The two people wounded by ICE in Portland Oregon are Venezuelan. A white woman was shot in the face while trying to help someone who was being molested by ICE agents.

After the 1990 surprise attack of Mohawks at Kanehsatake we messaged Canada and Quebec to inform them there was no need to bring in the military against us. They were in the process of riling us up for the next part of their plans to attack us further. There was no provocation on our side.  We were rightfully protecting our land and community. We remember their frustration was over our objection to the Oka non-native golf club from expanding their course over the Kanesatake “Pines” recreation area and  the burial ground. In the sudden attack at almost daylight on July 11, 1990, with guns blazing, the SQ Quebec provincial police rushed in and killed one of their own cops, Corporal Marcel Lemay. We later learned that they sacrificed him so they could  blame us.  We knew that he found out that the SQ assassinated two of our men in 1989 in Akwesasne Mohwk territory one hour away from Kanehsatake and Kahnawake Mohawk territories. Lemay had the smoking gun evidence to prove that the SQ were the killers. They were trying to justify bringing in massive heavily armed and equipped Canadian military force against the Mohawks to cover-up the two murders. They called it an “Indian uprising”.  On August 1, 1990, they brought in over 5,000 soldiers into kanesatake Oka fully equipped to surround a small community of 3000 Mohawks in their ancient homeland. 

In the dynamics of the US right now the Jeff Epstein file is dominating the social agenda, which reminds us of the kanienkehaka prophecy of the white and red serpents, who battle each other to the point where none are winning, both losing and they don’t know what to do. Then a black serpent appears from the south with a false message. He takes over the white and red serpents who are the Democrats and Republicans. Donald Trump is the black serpent who intends to take over the world. He appears to take over both parties and starts attacking one country after another, always planning what is next so he can take over the globe.  The  onkwehonweh [original people of turtle island North America] go to the hilly country to heal. 

Like the Canadian tactic in 1990 , innocent people are in great danger because the state is trying to make them appear “dangerous”. The protests throughout the US are necessary so the state can put provocateurs among the people objecting to the turmoil. When Lemay got shot by the SQ, they tried to blame us so that they can say they were merely shooting back at us. They planned to Invade our sovereign Mohawk territory known as “the pines,” to kill women, children, men and elders without witnesses. But the Mohawks were able to walk out of the Pines in full view of their own people and the world.  

It is all smoke and mirrors. The US wants their infiltrators to make it look like the protesters shot at ICE. The autocrats of the world want to destroy the kaianerekowa, great peace. Well, Canada never got the Pines nor the burial grounds because we have always been under the protection of the great peace kaianerekowa. 

They say that the snakes crawl at night in the Everglades, [not far from Trumps Florida mansion], where the invasive Burmese pythons have taken over the Everglades eco-system. We are sure that Donald Trump before he goes to sleep listens to Charley Pride sing about the snakes crawling at night.

Oh, the snakes crawl at night, that’s what they sayWhen the sun goes down then the snakes will playI watched that car pull right up into my drivewaySaw a shadow slip away from my houseSo I hurried straight and looked in her roomAnd I found out that it was my lovin’ spouseOh, the snakes crawl at night that’s what they sayWhen the sun goes down then the snakes will playSo I waited in the shadows until mornin’And the gun I held was trembling in my handNo, I did not plan to give them any warningFor the devil on my shoulder had commandOh, the snakes crawl at night, that’s what they sayWhen the sun goes down then the snakes will playOh, the trial in a little while was overAnd they sentenced me to die right awayBut before I leave this courtroom, please Your HonorThere’s something more that I would like to sayOh, the snakes crawl at night, that’s what they sayWhen the sun goes down then the snakes will playOh, the snakes crawl at night, that’s what they sayWhen the sun goes down then the snakes will play
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Fred B. Burch / Mel Tillis
The Snakes Crawl at Night lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

 

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IT’S CRIMINAL. THERE OUGHTA’ BE A LAW.

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MNN. July 12, 2017. The conflict continues at kanesatake. The mayor of Oka and his partners want to build 400 homes for strangers right next to the Pines and the Mohawk burial grounds. A 76-day resistance took place in 1990 at this site referred to as the Mohawk Crisis.

Canada sent in the combined forces of the Canadian army, RCMP and Quebec Police. This international land issue got worldwide attention. The banks, corporation and real estate developers always coveted the beautiful onkwe-hon-weh land on the Lake of Two Mountains and its mineral resources.

The colonial settlers refer to the Mohawk Nation as a “special interest” group. Canada refuses to protect the lands and culture of the true original people of ono-ware-keh, great turtle island. kaia-nere-kowa, the constitution of the great peace, provides that the people shall resist theft, genocide and desecration of mother earth.

STAY CALM. WE’RE HERE TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND.

According to the original instructions, all onkwe-hon-weh have the duty to protect the great mother and all life. 

As Bon Scott of AC-DC laments, “It’s criminal. There ought to be a law. Criminal. There ought to be a whole lot more. You get nothing for nothing. Tell me who can you trust? We Got what you want and you got the lust. If you want blood, you got it…”

Tensions rise as Mohawk activists square off with Oka mayor over development

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