MOHAWK MOTHERS DROP THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST MCGILL UNIVERSITY, ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, CITY OF MONTREAL & STANTEC CONSTRUCTION
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MNN. Mar. 23, 2022. The Federal Court of Canada FCC lawsuit has been dropped. The kahnistensera Mohawk Mothers sent a request on March 18, 2022: “to drop the case without costs and conditions”. They all instantly agreed.
Re: kahnistensera v. societequebecois des infrastructure and others. FCC Court File No: T-1696-21. The FCC hearing set for Thursday, March 24, 2022 is cancelled.
It is clear the procedural swamp is drowning the substance of their case. FCC was being asked to force a lawyer on them contrary to the kaianerekowa, that only one can speak, that they pay the costs for taking up their time and that this court may not be the right jurisdiction. This case is about murder, theft, international crime, macabre experiments on children, etc. FCC has over 900 rules and forms to fill just to get in the door, actually before their zoom camera.
The kahnistensera Mohawk Mothers state, “Everyone knows grave wrongs have has been committed against us on our land, which continue”. The courts are designed to protect the trespassers. We tried to bring an action about the holocaust of indigenous people, the theft of our land, water and air in our midst here in tekanontak, Mount Royal [Montreal].
“Agreements and pledges were made between us for as long as the trespassers are in our house. teiohateh, two row agreement, the way of our land, of our mother, is based on love, peace and harmony which are being ignored and eroded”.
“Creation made us and our land free since time immemorial until infinity. kaianerekowa, the great peace, provides our duties for what is right and best for us, our environment and our relations. Our case was to put our story into the colonial court records for all to see. The Federal Court, is a private corporation, owned by the shareholders of the Crown. They never intend to hear anyone who goes against the Crown.”
“The lawyers of our opponents tried to stop us from proceeding according to the kaianerekowa, the great peace, to represent our natural selves and refuse to have a bar lawyer speak for us”.
The only jurisdiction over this land is that of the indigenous people. Not the judge or the foreign court of the Admiralty Law of the Seas. In fact the Constitution of Canada affirms that indigenous law supercedes all the laws of Canada.
The Mohawk Mothers informed the lawyers of their opponents, McGill University, Province of Quebec, City of Montreal, Stantec Construction and Allen Memorial Hospital that they in effect refuse to be part of the time wasting FCC procedures that keeps them from dealing with the merits of the case.
They went to the Federal Court to remind Canada of the promises that were made and to give them an opportunity to right their wrongs.
The indigenous way is natural. The colonial way is artificial, statutory law.
Everyone has a right to ‘due’ process. The Mothers were ready to proceed from the first filing five months ago. The procedures are set up for people with a lot of money and resources who can pay to swim in the procedural swamp. Nothing threatening to the court is ever allowed into the swamp. The mothers never even saw a judge. After 4 months the mothers were still dealing with minor procedures through bureaucrats, with threats of ‘costs’ and an order to find a lawyer in 45 days.
Time is of the essence. The indigenous people refuse to live in third world conditions, be targets of genocide, suffer from imprisonment in Indian Residential Schools and Indian Day Schools, be murdered and never seen again, lose their minds, names and go through the horrors indigenous people still go through.
The mothers refuse to let bygones be bygones. The band council agents of the Canadian government are always summoned to speak for the natives though they represents only 1% of the indigenous people. They are the aiders and abettors of the genocide.
All indigenous people live in every part of turtle island, placed here by creation. They want to explain what is happening to them.
Apparently the Federal Court of Canada cannot interpret sections 35 and 52 of the Constitution Act of Canada 1982, their own supreme law. The mothers wonder why they even have a court. There appears to be no law.
The mothers don’t care about jurisdiction. They want the unmarked graves on turtle island investigated, for the land and money to be returned to the indigenous people and to stop the Royal Vic development for which the kanienkehaka never gave permission.
The mothers are each original and sovereign and wanted to take their message to the FCC without restriction. No Canadian statute or anyone can say otherwise. The mothers are asking for an interpretation of the Constitution. If the FCC cannot do it, then no one can. Therefore, it does not exist. It is unnatural and so has no power. The kaianerekowa, great peace, is the great natural power.
Jailbreak by ACDC, is about breaking out: “There was a friend of mine on murder and the judge’s gavel fell. Jury found him guilty. Gave him 16 years in hell. He said, “I ain’t spending my life here., I ain’t living alone. Ain’t breaking no rocks on the chain gang. I’m breaking out and heading home. Gonna make a jail break and I’m looking towards the sky. I’m gonna make a jail break. Oh, how I wish I could fly. All in the name of liberty. Got to be free. jail break. Jail break. Let me out of here. Jail break. 16 years. jail break. Have more than i can take. Jail break. Yeah. He said he seen his lady being fooled with by another man. And she was down and he was up. He had a gun in his hand. Bullets started flying everywhere. People started to scream…”
MNN. Feb. 22, 2022. [By kenienkehaka messenger thahoketoteh of MNN]. [This is the correct date]
LAWYERS GET OFF FIRST SHIP TO TURTLE ISLAND.
kahnistensera Mohawk Mothers are defending their right to represent themselves. tewatatewennio is a fundamental right of the people to speak from their own minds according to kaianerekowa process.
The Federal Court of Canada is being requested to issue an order forcing the kahnistensera Mohawk Mothers to be represented by a lawyer, violating kanienkehaka law;that kahnistensera cannot speak in the proceedings; and to cover the ‘costs’ of the respondents [McGill, Quebec, Montreal and Stantec Construction].
IN THE BEGINNING COLONISTS, POLITICIANS, LAWYERS & COURTS BEGAN TO DESTROY THE VOICE OF THE NATIVE WOMEN.
March 24th is another attempt to waste time by throwing the kahnistensera into the court’s procedural swamp.
Sections 35 and 52 of the Constitution Act of Canada 1982 affirms that the kaianerekowa, the great peace, and the teiohateh, two row agreement, are the supreme laws of turtle island.
ALL LAWS OF CANADA ARE OF NO FORCE AND EFFECT. SEC. 35 & 52. CONSTITUTION ACT OF CANADA 1982.
The kahnistensera wish to begin as soon as possible to address the crimes: the unmarked graves of the children, the theft of kanienkehaka Mohawk land, the debts owing to the Indian trust fund by McGill and the City of Montreal and to stop the construction of the Royal Vic renewal project of tekanontak, Mount Royal.
This court of the invaders cannot adjudicate over the indigenous people. The kahnistensera have obligations to fulfill determined by creation. They cannot abandon their pledge. The invaders originally promised to respect all people of the Western Hemisphere and remain on their ship.
The invaders agreed to make a peaceful relationship with the onkwewonweh. It is apparent they do not remember their pledges and ways of maintaining a peaceful relationship.
According to Sections 35 and 52 of the Constitution, the colonial judiciary is inconsistent with indigenous laws, therefore of no force and effect. The lawyers want a lawyer from their privately owned judicial system and to determine who shall speak for the kahnistensera. The lawyers threaten them with exorbitant “costs”. The court is asking the kahnistensera to reveal how much money they have. Indigenous resources are raped, Indian trust funds are set aside for use by the invaders, the land is continuously misused and the children are genocided. Their own books will reveal how much wealth they have taken from the indigenous. In 2020, the GDP [value] of Canada amounted to about 1.64 trillion U.S. dollars, which is the Indian Trust Fund.
They also want to decide how much time they can speak in court. For over 500 years the invaders created the havoc and destruction of turtle island. The indigenous have persistently tried to stop the genocide of the peoples and the natural world. The Federal Court of Canada must see all the wrongs that have been done and that can be stopped. All parties must start telling the truth.
Let us begin a new era of relations, by getting to the substance, such as investigating the suspected unmarked graves of our children on tekanontak, Mount Royal, the theft of un-repaid Indian funds to build the McGill military college in 1820, the invasion of our unceded lands. The only binding laws on turtle island are the kaianerekowa and teiohateh.
LAWYERS HAVE LAWYERS.
The kahnistensera are not looking for adjudication. They remind the court of the commitments the invaders made to the people and the land. Prime Minister Trudeau has conceded these wrongs and requires them to be remedied. They want the court to honour and fulfill all the pledges they made. Foreign laws are not applicable to the indigenous or the land, according to the Constitution. The invaders must remain within their ship.
The invaders can never own any of indigenous land. Nor give themselves rights to turtle island. The people of this hemisphere must be respected.
There is harmony between the rotisikenrakete, the men, and the kahnistensera, the women. They are of the same mind. All are concerned for human rights, children, future generations and for all the family that is on this land. rotiskenrakete carry their commitments in their medicine pouch that connects them to their mother. They carry the soil with them to remind them of their duties and responsibility.
kahnistensera are not of this so-called government or nation. They have gone to the Federal Court to remind them of the crimes committed to the people and mother earth. They are part of everything that is original to this land. They remain in the canoe while the invaders are on the ship that will take them back to their mother.
LAW SCHOOL.
The court erroneously refers to the kahnistensera as a group, organization or corporation. They are the original women of turtle island, the life givers and caretakers of the land. They wish to speak openly so their words may be heard by everybody to let them know who the indigenous people are.
The government band councils work for the white corporations in the Prisoner of War camps called reservations, under a ‘war measures’ system run by a military complex. The invading state is now turning the gun at their own people. This happened many times to the original people right up to the present. Canada is disqualified from being a country because it does not and cannot have the land that belongs to the original people.
The kahnistensera have come to remind the Federal Court that they shall decide who will speak for the people and they will defend the people, the culture and the land.
The kahnistensera are seeking a JUDGMENT from the Federal Court of Canada that the kaianerekowa and teiohateh are the Supreme Laws of turtle island, and that all laws of Canada are hereby adjudged to be inconsistent thereto and are of no force or effect on this issue. Signed & dated by the Federal Court Justice.
George Thorogood sings about doing everything he can to get back to his woman: “I pulled out of Pittsburg rolling down the eastern seaboard. I got my diesel wound up and she’s running like never before. There’s a speed zone ahead but alright I don’t see a cop in sight. Six days on the road and I’m gonna make it home tonight”.
MNN, Feb. 10, 2022. Our indigenous communities are secretly becoming “tax havens” for the international bankers. The imposed Mohawk Council of Kahnawake Inc., Entain and AVID Int. Inc. are allied with the army. Indian Affairs is a division of the army. MCK is being paid to help create another invasion, to assimilate us, to steal our land, and to absorb us into the corporate body politic. Our unborn children own all of turtle island. On October 25, 1924 the Indian Lands Acts were implemented in every province that created the reservations as POW camps wholly run by the army [Indian Affairs]. The Dominion of Canada is wholly owned by international bankers.
SAID ONE BAND COUNCIL CHIEF TO ANOTHER: “I QUIT GAMBLER’S ANONYMOUS TOO. NAW, I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM!”
The band councils are not onkwehonweh and cannot legally buy land which cannot be sold. They are “Canadien” and wholly owned by the corporation of the government of Canada and its international shareholders. The Seigneury, Seaway, rails, roads and so on can only belong to the Mohawks. Nothing can be in the MCK’s name because they are a sub-corporation of the Crown. So is Canada. Only the true onkwehonweh people make a hydro relationship with New York City. That’s why the sell-out deal is a big secret. 99% of the people would not go for it.
Only the true indigenous people as a whole can legally own any of turtle island on behalf of the future children. Our lands have never been surrendered to anyone ever. International corporatists putting anything on our land, paid for with our Indian Trust Money, must be all turned over to the onkwehonweh people. Not to their esoteric corporate agenda.
“A CASINO CEO IS MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN A CHIEF”.
The band council military units are setting up multi national gaming companies such as Entain, AVID, Mohawk and Jersey Gaming Commissions, which we’ve never heard of, violate the kaianerekowa, the supreme law of turtle island. The military run band council and the bankers cannot sell our hydro resources to New York City. They also illegally run Sportsbook, casino, poker houses and crypto currency taking advantage of our tax-free status. This revenue all belongs to the true kaianerekowa indigenous of turtle island. The bankers set up businesses in Kahnawake in the name of the government band council, pay no taxes, and then put the money into off shore accounts. We see nothing. The band council pretends to represent the onkwehonwe, and has to be paid off to conduct this genocide to makes this crime look legitimate to the public.
These foreign corporations are established under the Admiralty Law of the Seas. The Canadian government and its band council system do not legally exist on turtle island. They use our Indian Trust Funds [https://cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org/indiantrustfund/] to acquire or control onkwehonweh lands, undermine our rights and set up foreign controlled municipal regimes. The band councils can only sign for themselves and their employees, because they have sworn an oath to a foreign oligarch.
The current version of the illegal Kahnawake corporation was set up in 1974 by Andrew Delisle Sr. and registered with the US Homeland Security. These illegal band councils and their partners do not belong on turtle island and will leave with all those who have signed on and voted for them.
SAID THE COLONEL TO THE BAND COUNCIL CHIEF.
Section 35 [1] of the Constitution provides: “the existing [pre-colonial] aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal people [of turtle island] are hereby recognized and affirmed”. Section. 52[1] affirms that “any law that is inconsistent with the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect”. Therefore, the kaianerekowa, the great peace, is the existing aboriginal legal system which the rotinoshonni inherited from precolonial times, which was never removed or conceded. No other laws of Canada are recognized by the kaianerekowa which comes from natural law.
Canada, their band council, Quebec, private investors and the secret organizations are of no force or effect.
In 1994 the kanienkehaka Mohawks had a referendum and overwhelmingly rejected the casino, which results stand for all time to come, which they are blatantly disrespecting. Thus all infrastructure and funds brought to Kahnawake belongs to the sovereign people.
NEW CORPORATE DEFINITION OF WHO IS AN “INDIAN”?
The Gross Domestic Product GDP of Canada of $2.015 trillion dollars is the stolen Indian Trust Fund. The lawyers, judges and courts enforce the theft and control over our lives, lands and funds. SEE VIDEO: https://cashback.yellowheadinstitute.org/indiantrustfund/
Profits go to the unidentified shareholders. Promotion of gambling, alcohol and drugs are meant to control us.
According to the 1924 master plan, gambling would be introduced in the 8th decade. By the 9th decade Indians would be voluntarily paying taxes to the government. By 2024 one way or another we are suppose to no longer exist. They are almost at the finish line, but have run into a brick wall called the Constitution Act of Canada, 1982, Sections 35 and 52. Ironically. Canada will be genocided instead of us! They say leftover profits, if any, will go to social services, courts, programs for addictions to alcohol, gambling, drugs, cigarettes, services to play with our minds and grab our children, lose our homes to local foreign owned businesses and keep the homeless out of sight. The services are suppose to destroy families and blind us from the gross theft and military occupation.
The investment by the band councils comes from the Indian Trust fund which will carry the burden of failure or bankruptcy. The land belongs to our unborn children. We cannot sell or transfer it to anyone. We must carry out our duty as the caretakers.
The people of the great peace, which is over 99% of kanienkehaka of Kahnawake, may think about investigating this criminality and genocide of our former people.
The Grateful Dead see what happens to those who can’t push themselves away from the table: “Truckin got my chips cashed in. Keep truckin, like the do-dah man. Together, more or less in line, just keep truckin on. Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on main street. Chicago, New York, Detroit and its all on the same street. Your typical city involved in a typical daydream. Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings”.
THE LAWS AND THE LAND, The Settler Colonial Invasion of Kahnawke in Nineteenth-Century Canada. Daniel Ruck. UBC Press. P. 175: One final possible notice for initiating a subdivision may have been the substantial amount of money in the band account. The Sulpician Order had borrowed $3,333 from Kahnawake to finance the construction of the towers of Notre Dame Church [today Notre Dame Basilica] in 1844. After a protracted court battle between the federal government and the Sulpiciens over the principal of this loan, it was finally paid to Ottawa on behalf of Kahnawake in 1883 along with interest. Kahnawake’s band fund also received $10,039 in 1881, supposedly the seigneurial indemnity for losses incurred by the Seigneurial Act of 1854. . . The fact that the kahnawake was flush with cash at that moment is highly relevant, since the subdivision was expensive. kahnawakehronon may not have been told about the money until it was spent. the DIA controlled kahnawake’s finances and, without community approval, decided to earmark the money for the subdivision. Had the cash not existed, it is unlikely that the DIA would have initiated the project.
Band Council! Our children were not murdered so you can sell us out. You’ve gone too far! An emergency has been called to deal with the acts of the Canadian government’s ‘band council’ system. They are treasonous to the kaianerekowa.
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MARC, THE COLONEL, REPORTS TO ???
The colonel of Indian Affairs, Mark Miller, is meeting with some of his employees, the MCK, to force Mohawks with the stroke of a pen to become Canadian citizens. The 100 year business plan was made in 1924 to force the indigenous people into Indian death camps called “reservations” and place Indian allies, the band council system, in charge of the genocide. It is called “the final solution of the Indian problem”. Their 100 year business plan comes into effect in 2024. [See Ontario Indian Lands Acts Oct. 25, 1924].
Section 35 [1] of the Constitution Act of Canada 1982 provides, the existing [pre-colonial- aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal people [of turtle island] are hereby recognized and affirmed”. Section 52[1] affirms that “any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect”. Therefore, the kainerekowa, which is the existing aboriginal legal system which the rotinonshonni confederacy has inherited from precolonial times, and which was never revoked or conceded, is the the supreme law of “Canada”. Consequently, all laws of Canada that are not recognized by the kaianerekowa are of no force or effect on the original homelands of the Iroquoian people. See CONSTITUTION ACT OF CANADA, 1982, SECTIONS 35 AND 52].http://CONSTITUTION ACT OF CANADA, 1982, SECTIONS 35 AND 52].
No treaties, land claims, laws or agreements are valid. Indian Affairs is a division of the army. The Band councils are all employees of the army. The main objective is to be the commandants of the POW camps, “until the indian people are absorbed into the main Canadian body politic [DC Scott]. The band council will be abolished. kaianerekowa does not acknowledge any other law than the kaianerekowa.
The kaianerekowa, the great peace, is based on the natural world, of which the onkwehonhone are a part of. The band council’s main job is to help Canada to genocide the land, people and culture.
The kahnistensera, Mohawk mothers, are the sovereign caretakers of onowarekeh, for the coming generations, tahatikonhsontontie. The kaianerekowa is the basis for all adjudication and resolution as exercised in its procedure, clan system and oral tradition which come from time immemorial.
FLYING OFF TO SIGN ANOTHER MOHAWK GIVE-AWAY.
Kahsennahawe Sky Deer, Mike Delisle Jr. and Ross Montour are about to sign an agreement that will turn Kahnawake into a tax paying municipality of Quebec and Canada.
On Friday, February 4, 2022 the MCK held meetings with Quebec and Canada on ‘Indigenous Relations’. Mark Miller, of the military reserves of Canada, is ‘Col. of Indian Affairs’, which is a department of the army, that holds all the files on the unceded indigenous land [which is all of turtle island] and the native trust funds. 99% of the people are each sovereign and do not support this enforced council on them. An infected blanked has been thrown over us so we don’t see what’s going on.
THE THREE MUSKET-TEARS
The MCK follow the “Admiralty Law of the Seas”. They have commissioned Gerald Alfred, Kenneth Deere and Linda Delormier to use the lingo of kanienkehaka ways to create the foreign slavery system under the colonizing trespassers. MCK, Quebec and Canada have no relevance or validity anywhere in Canada. These foreign entities are using MIGHT over RIGHT.
Sky-Deer, Michael Delisle Jr. , Ross Montour and Marc Miller are presentlydiscussing the new Kahnawake-Canada Relations and the selling of the vast Seigneury of Sault St. Louis [Seigneury]. The Mohawks never ceded this. There has never been a surrender of any land in Canada. The Mohawks refuse to take money for it. Indigenous lands cannot ever be sold, ceded or transferred as they are under the care of the kahnistensera, the Mohawk Mothers, who hold it in trust for the rotikonsotatie,.
THE POLITICAL TRESPASSERS ON TURTLE ISLAND
Delisle is meeting with Quebec’s Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs Ian Lafreniere to arrange the new relationship, including the Statement of Understanding and Mutual Respect to be signed by the MCK, all about taxation matters.
Sky Deer leads the External Government Relations Portfolio and Nation Relations. Her nation is the colonial government of Canada. Delisle is head of the Quebec-Kahnawake Relations and Seigneury files. Montour leads the Kahnawake-Canada Relations.
99% of the people have not been informed of this and are ferociously opposed to this crime against the kaianerekowa. Kahnawake is their test market for the military plan of genocide anr subjugation now in place for all reserves. The truth is in the kaianerekowa!
MOHAWKS EVICTED FROM KAHNAWAKE FOR NOT PAYING THEIR TAXES.
{poster reads “Oppose the forced seizure of indian lands by the armed state”.}
Twilight Zone could be singing to the band council, whose actions weigh on their minds: “Where are they going when they’ve gone too far… Somewhere in a lonely hotel room, there is a guy starting to realize, that is eternal fate has turned its back on him. It is 2.am. The fear has gone. I am sitting here waiting …”
MNN. FEB. 1, 2022. This amazing book contains new oral history by key figures of the Rotisken’rhakéhte’s revival in the 1970s, and tells the story of the Warriors’ famous flag, their armed occupation of Ganienkeh in 1974, and the role of their kaianerekowa constitution, the Great Peace, in guiding their commitment to freedom and independence.
The first collection of its kind, The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien’kehá:ka survival and self-defense. In this anthology, Mohawk Warriors tell their own story with their own voices and serve as an example and inspiration for future generations struggling against the environmental, cultural, and social devastation cast upon the modern world. This 320-page book also has a stunning collection of over 40 full-color pages of paintings, artwork, and flyers by Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall. Learn more about the book and contributors below. Preorder your copy, check out all the rewards, and please consider choosing a “donation” option or add-on so we can send free copies to the kanien’keha:ka kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers) who are based in Kahnawake to get them out into the world. Thanks in advance for your help getting this important book into the world!
The first collection of its kind, this anthology by members of the Mohawk Warrior Society uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien’kehá:ka survival and self-defense. Providing extensive documentation, context, and analysis, the book features foundational writings by prolific visual artist and polemicist Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall (1918–1993)—such as his landmark 1979 pamphlet, The Warrior’s Handbook, as well as selections of his pioneering artwork. This book contains new oral history by key figures of the Rotisken’rhakéhte’s revival in the 1970s, and tells the story of the Warriors’ famous flag, their armed occupation of Ganienkeh in 1974, and the role of their constitution, the Great Peace, in guiding their commitment to freedom and independence. We hear directly the story of how the Kanien’kehá:ka Longhouse became one the most militant resistance groups in North America, gaining international attention with the Oka Crisis of 1990. This auto-history of the Rotisken’rhakéhte is complemented by a Mohawk history timeline from colonization to the present, a glossary of Mohawk political philosophy, and a new map in the Kanien’kéha language. At last, the Mohawk Warriors can tell their own story with their own voices, and to serve as an example and inspiration for future generations struggling against the environmental, cultural, and social devastation cast upon the modern world.
The book is by Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall, Kahentinetha Rotiskarewake, Philippe Blouin, Matt Peterson, and Malek Rasamny.
Praise
“While many have heard of AIM & the Red Power movement of the ’60s and ’70s, most probably do not know the story of the Mohawk warriors and their influence on Indigenous struggles for land and self-determination, then and now. These include the 1974 Ganienkeh land reclamation (which still exists today as sovereign Mohawk territory), the 1990 Oka Crisis (an armed standoff that revived the fighting spirit & warrior culture of Indigenous peoples across North America), and the Warrior/Warrior Unity flag, a powerful symbol of Indigenous resistance today commonly seen at blockades & rallies. The Mohawk Warrior Society tells this history in the words of the Mohawks themselves. Comprised of interviews with some of the key participants, as well as The Warrior’s Handbook and Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy (both written by Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall, who also designed the Warrior/Unity flag), this book documents the important contributions Mohawk warriors have made to modern Indigenous resistance in North America.” —Gord Hill, Kwakwaka’wakw, author of 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance and The Antifa Comic Book
“This clear and stimulating book had me on edge from beginning to end. No matter who we are we can learn from these histories of the Iroquois Confederacy as related by its present-day members, lessons pertaining to non-hierarchical political organization and the care of the land. In the age of Black Lives Matter this work makes the case for autonomous life-spaces free of US or Canadian state control.” —Michael Taussig, Class of 1933 Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, City of New York
“This book is a window into a world seldom glimpsed by Europeans and their settler descendants. Revealed to us is the inner vision of First Nation liberation movements that emerged from forms of government within which group autonomy and individual freedom have been cherished for thousands of years. Despite inspiring the US Constitution, these confederacies were heavily repressed and forced underground. At the end of the 1960s, the Warrior Society was rekindled by seven original members who vowed to defend their people against state violence depriving them of their rights. Overnight, they were joined by hundreds throughout Mohawk lands, then thousands all over the Iroquois Confederacy, with supporters from the East Coast to the West Coast in North and South America. The Warrior Society emerged within a broader cultural renaissance that imbued traditional matrilineal cultures with new vitality. As part of the global awakening of the 1960s, they were more popularly rooted than AIM or the Black Panthers. Their Great Law provides an ecological and democratic framework for peaceful coexistence of all peoples.” —George Katsiaficas, author of The Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life and The Global Imagination of 1968: Revolution and Counterrevolution
“This book takes the reader behind the masks of the Mohawk Warrior Society, exploring the deep roots of the controversial Indigenous movement that precipitated the 78-day standoff at Oka in 1990. Offering unprecedented oral histories, concept glossaries, and transcripts of internal documents, this auto-history presents the perspective of the Rotisken’rhakéte in their own words. All readers interested in contemporary Indigenous resistance to colonialism will find much of value in this unique compendium that goes beyond the well-known symbols to explain their origins and meaning.” —Jon Parmenter, Associate Professor of History at Cornell University, and author of The Edge of the Woods: Iroquoia, 1534–1701
“The Mohawk Warrior Society is an excellent collection of stories about colonialism and resistance in Turtle Island—a must read for settler allies seeking to learn and unlearn the histories of colonial violence that structure our contemporary relations. In providing vital histories of state repression and Indigenous resilience, the teachings in this volume can inform all contemporary efforts working towards decolonialization.” —Jeffrey Monaghan, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University, co-author of Policing Indigenous Movements: Dissent and the Security State
“I’ve been blessed because I came to know the Unity Flag by seeing Oka on TV when I was young. When I got married they wrapped us with the flag, it has been a part of all the spiritual ceremonies that I went to, it has been present at every blockade. Along with the Women’s Warrior Flag, it’s a symbol that’s embedded in our spirit, and it’s always been an inspiration. Louis Hall, Ganienkeh, and The Warrior’s Handbook were way ahead of their time, back when people were just starting to fight back, fighting to get their land back. The intention of The Warrior’s Handbook and Unity Flag was for all Indigenous nations throughout the hemisphere and really the whole world to unite, and first and foremost to fight. That’s why this book is so important, it’s something that Louis Hall has gifted to all red nations.” —Kanahus Freedom Manuel, Indigenous land defender, Secwepemc Women Warrior Society, Tiny House Warriors
“This is a compelling account of the political struggle for the return of indigenous thought through the words of those Kaianerehkó:wa Mohawks affiliated with the original 1970s Warrior Society. It offers a trenchant and witty critique of settler colonialism together with a body of teachings aimed at re-establishing balance and harmony. It is for the Kanien’kehá:ka, the indigenous peoples of Turtle Island, and all people troubled by the state of our relations to each other and to the beings of the land that make us as well as those who care for it.” —Eduardo Kohn, Associate Professor of Anthropology at McGill University, and author of How Forests Think
About the Contributors
Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall (1918–1993) was a prolific Kanien’kehá:a painter and writer from Kahnawake, whose work continues to inspire generations of indigenous people today. A man of all trades, Karoniaktajeh worked as a butcher, a carpenter, and a mason. Initially groomed for a life in the priesthood, Karoniaktajeh (on the edge of the sky) began his life as a devout Christian before later turning against what he saw as the fallacies of European religion, and deciding to reintegrate himself into the traditional Longhouse and help revive “the old ways.” Appointed as the Secretary of the Ganienkeh Council Fire, he became a prominent defender of indigenous sovereignty, and was instrumental in the reconstitution of the Rotisken’rhakéhte (Mohawk Warrior Society). His distinctive artwork includes the iconic Unity Flag, which still symbolizes indigenous pride across Turtle Island (North America). His legacy as a revivor and innovator of traditional Mohawk culture includes his works The Warrior’s Handbook (1979) and Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy (1980). Both these texts, which served during their time as a political and cultural call to arms for indigenous communities across Turtle Island, were initially printed by hand and distributed in secret.
Kahentinetha Rotiskarewake is a Kanien’kehá:ka from the Bear Clan in Kahnawà:ke. Initially working in the fashion industry, Kahentinetha went on to play a key role as speaker and writer in the indigenous resistance, a role which she has fulfilled consistently for the last six decades. During this time she witnessed and took part in numerous struggles, including the blockade of the Akwesasne border crossing in 1968. She has published several books including Mohawk Warrior Three, and has been in charge of running the Mohawk Nation News service since the Oka Crisis in 1990. She now cares for her twenty children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Kahentinetha means “she who is always at the forefront.”
Philippe Blouin writes, translates, and studies political anthropology and philosophy in Tionni’tio’tià:kon (Montreal). His current PhD research at McGill University seeks to understand and share the teachings of the Tehiohate (Two Row Wampum) to build decolonial alliances. He has published essays in Liaisons, Stasis, and an afterword to George Sorel’s Reflections on Violence.
Matt Peterson is an organizer at Woodbine, an experimental space in New York City. He is the co-director of The Native and the Refugee, a multi-media documentary project on American Indian reservations and Palestinian refugee camps.
Malek Rasamny co-directed the research project The Native and the Refugee and the feature film Spaces of Exception. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the department of Social Anthropology and Ethnology at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris.
Details
The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival Editors: Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall • Edited by Kahentinetha Rotiskarewake, Philippe Blouin, Matt Peterson, and Malek Rasamny Series: PM Press ISBN: 9781629639413 Published: 05/24/2022 Format: Paperback Size: 6×9 Pages: 320 Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies • HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Table of Contents
Part I. 1. An Introduction to Sovereignty and Survival Part II. An Oral History of the Warrior Society 1. Tekarontakeh 2. Kakwirakeron 3. Kanasaraken 4. Ateronhiatakon Part III. Rekindling Resistance 1. Basic Principles of the Kaianerekó:wa, by Kahentinetha (1997) 2. The Iroquoian Use of Wampum, by Ateronhiatakon (1988) 3. I Am A Warrior, by Karhiio Part IV. On Karoniaktajeh 1. Who was Karoniaktajeh?, by Kahentinetha 2. Karonhiaktajeh Remembered Part V. Karoniaktajeh’s Writings 1. Ganienkeh Manifesto (1974) 2. Warrior’s Handbook (1979) 3. Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy (1985) Part VI. Appendices 1. Mohawk Warrior History Timeline 2. Skakwatakwen Concept Glossary 3. Place and Peoples Names 4. Pronunciation Guide
Detail of the reversible benefit bandana
All proceeds go to Resist Line 3–Camp Migizi. The bandanas are union made and printed with the text:
Water is Life / Resist all pipelines
Land Back / Burn down settler colonialism
Designed by Mantis, a Diné Two-Spirit Tattoo Artist living and fighting alongside Migizi on the frontlines of Line 3. Working towards decolonization and land back baybeeee.
We think karonhiaktajeh Louie Hall would love the words in this song: “Louie, Louie, we gotta go. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!”
MNN. 27, January 2022. This is an update by thahoketoteh of MNN on the McGill ongoing saga. The kahnistensera, Mohawk Mothers, are concerned with the self-preservation of indigenous lives and culture facing genocide at the hands of colonists trespassing on turtle island, using the foreign Admiralty Law of the Seas to violate our land, our people, resources , and culture.
In the middle of this case, super-paid Principle and Chancellor of McGill, Suzanne Fortier, resigns! At McGill a messy failure has been left behind. As the Chinese say about those who abscond, “They will suffer death by a thousand cuts”:
In the ‘procedural swamp’ the FCC [T-1696-21] asked for time consuming information that has already been provided. tThe court’s concern is about traditional
IT SAID: “TAKE BACK TEKANONTAK” [AKA MONT-ROYAL] THIS IS KANIEN’KEHA:KA MOHAWK LAND.
representation, signers and speakers.
This is delaying presenting the substance of the case ofthe suspicions of unmarked graves of our people on the site of the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Allan Memorial Institute of McGill University.
According to Sections 35 and 52 of the Constitution Act of Canada 1982, all the laws of Canada have no force or effect because they are inconsistent with the kaianerekowa, great peace. The kahnistenera, Mohawk Mothers, can only represent themselves according to ancestral law. They are the caretakers of the children and the land they are brought onto.
This sounds like the philosophy commonly used by mega corporations and the military which are connected to all universities, such as the movement to ‘Demilitarizie McGill” has tried to reveal at McGill University.
The main issues in the court case are the unmarked graves, the trespassing on Mohawk land, and the borrowing of Iroquois Trust Funds to build McGilll that was never repaid to the Mohawks.
The traditional process of the kanienkehaka [Mohawk] is to listen to the proceedings and report the words to the clans. The appointed word carriers will be given the words that will go back to the court.
The kahnistensera cannot be represented by a lawyer, council or non-kaianerekowa person as it would be inconsistent with the great peace. The court is allowing the four opposing lawyers to speak and question the witnesses, while the indigenous women will be allowed one speaker!
The SQI reached out to the band councils for information and assistance. The band councils are created by the Canadian Army to take care of the prisoners in this ongoing war for indigenous land title.
The economic sanctions strategy was invented with the onkwehonweh [indigenous people of the land] in mind. No people have ever endured more oppressive sanctions than the original people in the history of modern economics. The creation and theft of the Indian Trust Funds was to create a stranglehold on the economic freedom of the original peopleMN.
Though they are ‘old’, they are capable and expect to be treated fairly. The court was informed that they will continue this case as joint applicants according to Rule 102[b] of the Federal Court of Canada: “the relief claimed, whether joint, several or alternative, arises from substantially the same facts or matter”. In this case, once an agreement is made they must stand behind the words.
Leonard Cohen was an inmate in Dr. Ewen Camerons ‘mind control’ experiments at Allan Memorial Hospital of McGill and also wrote a song about a “Suzanne”. We wonder if Leonard ever listened to Ted Nugent’s song,” Stranglehold” which describes what has been done to us on the economic front. “Here I come again now, baby, like a dog in heat. You can tell it’s me by the clamor now, baby. I come to tear up the streets. I’ve been smoking for so long and now I am here to say, I got you in a stranglehold, baby. I’m gonna crush your face”.
MNN. Jan. 14, 2022. [Thahoketoteh of MNN on FCC Court case.] Day 1, Federal Court of Canada. The prothonotary/judge, the lawyers for McGill, Montreal City, Quebec Government and Stantec Construction listed the court’s protocol demands for the whole two hours on Zoom. The kahnistensera Mohawk Mothers wanted to discuss the “substance”, which is the investigation of the unmarked graves of the children behind McGill University. The judge and the rest wanted the kahnistensera to each have a lawyer who knows the court rules. Even appointing one on their behalf. Those who represent themselves delay the justice system and the state wins by twisting around its rules. They want to avoid the kanienkehaka culture. They allotted two days for the women to answer their procedural questions. In the end, to get them out of their court system, they suggested outside mediation so there would be no resolution.
COURT TACTIC #1: THROW THOSE WOMEN INTO OUR PROCEDURAL SWAMP!
AUDIO:
No: T-1696-21
FEDERAL COURT
BETWEEN:
THE KANIEN’KEHA:KA KAHNISTENSERA (MOHAWK MOTHERS) KAHENTINETHA, KAWENAA, KARENNATHA AND KARAKWINE, supported by the MEN’S FIRES OF KAHNAWAKE, AKWESASNE, KANEHSATAKE, OHSWEKEN AND KENHTEKE
Applicants
And
SOCIÉTÉ QUÉBÉCOISE DES INFRASTRUCTURES,
MCGILL UNIVERSITY; OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPLE & VICE CHANCELLOR;
CONSIDERING THAT on Jan. 14, 2022, 1:30 PM-EST the Federal Court Prothonotary and the Respondents have asked the Applicants to file a notice of motion on the following subjects:
Representation
Sequencing
Out of court litigation
THE MOTION SEEKS to (1) explain why the traditional protocol that the kaianerekowa, great peace, provides that the sovereign rotinonhsonni Applicants do not use a lawyer; (2) Confirm that the Applicants’ original request for an injunction must precede the Respondents’ motion to strike the case out of the Federal Court; and (3) notice to the parties that a litigation before the International Court of Justice of The Hague may be envisioned.
THE GROUNDS FOR THIS MOTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:
In accordance with our traditional protocol, the above questions were submitted to the kahnistensera (Mohawk Mothers), who have interpreted the provisions of our precolonial constitution, the kaianerekowa.
Representation
Our case refers to Sections 35 and 52 of the Constitution of Canada Act, 1982, which states that “the existing pre-colonial aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal people [of turtle island] are hereby recognized and affirmed”. The Aboriginal rights of the rotinonshonni people is the kaianerekowa, great peace, whose constitution does not recognize other laws. Pursuant to 52, the supreme law of Canada establishes all laws of Canada are inconsistent with the kaianerekowa and therefore of no force or effect. The kahnistensera are strictly following the protocols provided by the kaianerekowa at all steps of this legal process.
The Prothonotary, and the four lawyers for the Respondents suggest that the kahnistensera get a lawyer to represent them so the case can move faster and easier for them. According to the kaianerekowa this will not be possible, as each kahnistensera is sovereign, has the right to be heard, and must represent herself through the established way. The kahnistensera are not a “group” and do not have any “spokesperson”. kaianerekowa provides they have an obligation to each put our own words into the issue through our protocol.
Our decisions are based on going back to the people for their words. In our way everyone’s voice must be heard through our clans. Our consensus-based culture does not allow a single “spokesperson” to make a decision without consulting the people. Each must voice their opinion according to tentewatate’nikokonhri:sakta, “to search in each other’s minds for the truth”. The kaianerekowa values decorum where one speaks, and all listen until the speaker completes their thoughts. We listen to our opponents and do not immediately answer. We take it back to our people for their minds. We then bring back their words. We each represent our people and their words. This has been our way since time immemorial.
Advising us to have a lawyer is imposing a protocol on us which is inconsistent with the kaianerekowa. A lawyer or spokesperson with no cultural background on the language, culture and substance of the kaianerekowa would be inconsistent with our law and damage our cause. They don’t know who we are. A lawyer has a sworn allegiance to uphold the laws of Canada, which Section 52 declares are of no force or effect. Also, they would expect to be paid for having us teach them our culture and how to try to litigate our case. By contrast with the Respondents, we are not a corporation having the kind of money necessary for such a process.
Sequencing
As to sequencing, we are adamant that our original demand to order an injunction is an urgent matter that cannot be delayed by court technicalities. We were prepared to address this timely issue during our hearing on January 14th, 2022. We were mislead. Instead of treating the issue, the 2-hour hearing only dealt with court technicalities which have no grounding in our culture and our law. We are ready to state our case.
We wish to deal with the substance for relief as soon as possible. The motion to strike out our cause will not be necessary if the Federal Court abides by Sections 35 and 52 of the Constitution Act of Canada, 1982, which show that the motion to strike out our case concerns mostly procedural rules which are of no force or effect given their inconsistency with our sovereign Aboriginal law, the kaianerekowa.
The kaianerekowa, great peace, does not suggest any difference between local, regional, provincial, federal, commonwealth, private or public courts. It is concerned with the self-preservation of indigenous lives and cultures that face genocide at the hands of colonists trespassing on our land. We want Sections 35 and 52 of the Constitution to be enforced over the people that are using the laws of Canada to violate the kaianerekowa, our land, our people, and our culture.
The only relevant subject of discussion is the action that must be taken immediately to make sure the Respondents do not allow the concealing of the unmarked graves of our people on the site of the Royal Victoria Hospital and the Allan Memorial Institute.
TRUDEAU: “YES, I CONFESSED THAT IT WAS GENOCIDE”.
Out of court litigation
As for bringing this case before a dispute resolution table for discussion in another jurisdiction, we had raised this possibility with McGill University before filing our first motion at the Federal Court and was never responded to. The Société québécoise des infrastructures contacted the Band Councils, which were invented by the Canadian Parliament as part of the racist Indian Act which was forcibly imposed on our people as a means for genocide. Prime Minister Trudeau acknowledged this. The way the Respondents disregarded the role of the kahnistensera by contacting the Canadian government’s agents, the Band Councils, indicates that they have no interest in resolving this matter by kaianerekowa methods. This tactic will lead to unnecessary further delay.
This is a serious case involving potential unmarked graves of children, whose recovery is provided by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People UNDRIP. The case cannot waste time in out of court litigation which would postpone the relief sought. According to the kahnistensera, the kaianerekowa does not respect mediation or other alternative methods invented by the court for resolving these issues.
In case the Federal Court does not abide by its obligations in Sections 35 and 52, the only alternative for dispute resolution is in the International Court of Justice in the Hague, established in 1903. This was the first world court signed by all countries in the world as the non-Admiralty dispute resolution court for all nations.
Conclusion
The resolution to this issue is based on the Constitution Act of Canada, 1982, [Sections 35 [1] and 52[1] which provides “the existing pre-colonial aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal people [of turtle island] are hereby recognized and affirmed”. Section 52[1] affirms that “any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect”. The notwithstanding clause Section 33 of the Constitution does not touch Sections 35 and 52. It only applies to Section 2, and Sections 7 to 15 of the Charter of Rights found in the Constitution Act 1982. Therefore, the kaianerekowa is the existing law of the land since time immemorial and cannot be revoked or changed as it is based on the natural world. Therefore, all laws not recognized by the kaianerekowa are of no force or effect on any of our land. Although the Constitution of Canada acknowledges and affirms the kaianerekowa, the kaianerekowa does not recognize Canadian courts, laws and procedures, which are not based on nature.
We cannot have a lawyer appointed for us to say our words. This violates our law and culture. Everyone has a right to represent themselves according to the kaianerekowa. As the Federal Court of Canada is a foreign court that our law does not recognize, we are addressing it for the sole purpose of asking the Federal Court to ensure its citizens follow their own laws and stop trespassing, stealing, and killing us. This is the substance we wish to deal with. There should be no further delay in the judge entering the proper judgment.
We want acknowledgement of the genocide that occurred and the current trauma of the victims by dealing with issues of unmarked graves more promptly without delay by judicial technicalities that are of no force and effect according to the Constitution of Canada.
The kanien’kehá:ka kanistensera: kahentinetha, kawenaa, karennatha and karakwine, supported by the men’s fire of kahnawake, akwesasne, kanehsatake, ohsweken and kenhteke.
Me Alexandre Rouanet-Bazinet, BERGERON, DENILLE & ASSOCIATES, Counsel for the defendant Société québécoise des infrastructures E-mail: arouanetbazinet@sqi.gouv.qc.ca : 438-831-4032 / f.: 514 873-2516 DAJ@sqi.gouv.qc.ca
Me Brigitte Savignac, CLYDE & CIE CANADA S.E.N.C.R.L. Counsel for the defendant Stantec inc., 630, boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Bureau 1700 Montréal (Québec) H3B 1S6, Telephone : (514) 843-3777 Brigitte.savignac@clydeco.ca
Me Doug Mitchell, IMK AVOCATS, Counsel for the defendant McGill University, Place Alexis Nihon / Tower 2, 3500 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Suite 1400, Montreal (Quebec) H3Z 3C1, Telephone 514 935-2725
Me Simon Vincent, BÉLANGER SAUVÉ, S.E.N.C.R.L., Counsel for the defendant City of Montreal, 5, Place Ville Marie, bureau 900, Montreal (Quebec) H3B 2G2, Telephone: 514 876-6203
niawen’kowa.
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The kahnistensera Mohawk Mothers state, “Everyone knows grave wrongs have has been committed against us on our land, which continue”. The courts are designed to protect the trespassers. We tried to bring an action about the holocaust of indigenous people, the theft of our land, water and air in our midst here in tekanontak, Mount Royal [Montreal].
The Mothers were ready to proceed from the first filing five months ago. The procedures are set up for people with a lot of money and resources who can pay to swim in the procedural swamp. Nothing threatening to the court is ever allowed into the swamp. The mothers never even saw a judge. After 4 months the mothers were still dealing with minor procedures through bureaucrats, with threats of ‘costs’ and an order to find a lawyer in 45 days. 
The kahnistensera are seeking a JUDGMENT from the Federal Court of Canada that the kaianerekowa and teiohateh are the Supreme Laws of turtle island, and that all laws of Canada are hereby adjudged to be inconsistent thereto and are of no force or effect on this issue. Signed & dated by the Federal Court Justice.
In the middle of this case, super-paid Principle and Chancellor of McGill, Suzanne Fortier, resigns! At McGill a messy failure has been left behind. As the Chinese say about those who abscond, “They will suffer death by a thousand cuts”:
