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MNN. FEB. 1, 2022. This amazing book contains new oral history by key figures of the Rotisken’rhak\u00e9hte’s revival in the 1970s, and tells the story of the Warriors\u2019 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.<\/b><\/p>\n

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The first collection of its kind,\u00a0The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival<\/i>\u00a0uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold\u00a0portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien’keh\u00e1: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\u00a0Karoniaktajeh Hall. Learn more about the book and contributors below. Preorder your copy, check out all the rewards, and please consider choosing a\u00a0“donation”\u00a0option 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!<\/b><\/p>\n

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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’keh\u00e1:ka survival and self-defense. Providing extensive documentation, context, and analysis, the book features foundational writings by prolific visual artist and polemicist\u00a0Louis\u00a0Karoniaktajeh Hall (1918\u20131993)\u2014such as his landmark 1979 pamphlet,\u00a0The Warrior\u2019s Handbook<\/i>, as well as selections of his pioneering artwork. This book contains new oral history by key figures of the Rotisken’rhak\u00e9hte’s revival in the 1970s, and tells the story of the Warriors\u2019 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’keh\u00e1: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’rhak\u00e9hte 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’k\u00e9ha language. At last, the Mohawk Warriors can tell their own story with their own voices, and to serve as an example and inspiration\u00a0for future generations struggling against the environmental, cultural, and social devastation cast upon the modern world.<\/b><\/p>\n

The book is by Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall, Kahentinetha Rotiskarewake, Philippe Blouin, Matt Peterson, and Malek Rasamny.<\/b><\/p>\n

Praise<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile many have heard of AIM & the Red Power movement of the \u201960s and \u201970s, most probably do not know the story of the Mohawk warriors and their influence on Indigenous struggles for land and\u00a0self-determination, then and now. These include the 1974 Ganienkeh land \u00a0reclamation (which still exists today as sovereign Mohawk territory), \u00a0the 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.\u00a0The Mohawk Warrior Society<\/i>\u00a0tells this history in the words of the Mohawks themselves. Comprised of \u00a0interviews with some of the key participants, as well as\u00a0The Warrior\u2019s Handbook<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy<\/i>\u00a0(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.\u201d<\/b>
\n\u2014Gord Hill, Kwakwaka\u2019wakw, author of\u00a0500 Years of Indigenous Resistance<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Antifa Comic Book<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThis 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\u00a0Iroquois Confederacy as related by its present-day members, lessons pertaining to non-hierarchical political organization and the care of \u00a0the land. In the age of Black Lives Matter this work makes the case for autonomous life-spaces free of US or Canadian state control.\u201d<\/b>
\n\u2014Michael Taussig,\u00a0<\/i>Class of 1933 Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, City of New York<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThis book is a window into a world seldom glimpsed by Europeans and their settler descendants. Revealed to us is the inner vision of First \u00a0Nation 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\u00a0throughout Mohawk lands, then thousands all over the Iroquois Confederacy, with supporters from the East Coast to the West Coast in \u00a0North 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.\u201d<\/b>
\n\u2014George Katsiaficas, author of\u00a0The Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Global Imagination of 1968: Revolution and Counterrevolution<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThis 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\u00a0internal documents, this auto-history presents the perspective of the Rotisken\u2019rhak\u00e9te 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.\u201d<\/b>
\n\u2014Jon Parmenter, Associate Professor of History at Cornell University, and author of\u00a0The Edge of the Woods: Iroquoia, 1534\u20131701<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mohawk Warrior Society<\/i>\u00a0is an excellent collection of stories about colonialism and resistance in Turtle Island\u2014a must read \u00a0for 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.\u201d<\/b>
\n\u2014Jeffrey Monaghan, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Carleton University, co-author of\u00a0Policing Indigenous Movements: Dissent and the Security State<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI’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\u00a0The Warrior’s Handbook<\/i>\u00a0were way ahead of their time, back when people were just starting to\u00a0fight back, fighting to get their land back. The intention of\u00a0The Warrior’s Handbook<\/i>\u00a0and 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.\u201d<\/i><\/b>
\n\u2014<\/i>Kanahus Freedom Manuel, Indigenous land defender, Secwepemc Women Warrior Society, Tiny House Warriors<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a compelling account of the political struggle for the return of\u00a0indigenous thought through the words of those Kaianerehk\u00f3: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.\u00a0 It is for the Kanien’keh\u00e1: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.\u201d<\/i><\/b>
\n\u2014Eduardo Kohn, Associate Professor of Anthropology at McGill University, and author of\u00a0How Forests Think<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

About the Contributors<\/b><\/p>\n

Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall\u00a0(1918\u20131993) was a prolific Kanien’keh\u00e1: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\u00a0reintegrate himself into the traditional Longhouse and help revive \u201cthe \u00a0old ways.\u201d Appointed as the Secretary of the Ganienkeh Council Fire, he became a prominent defender of indigenous sovereignty, and was\u00a0instrumental in the reconstitution of the Rotisken\u2019rhak\u00e9hte (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 \u00a0Mohawk culture includes his works\u00a0The Warrior\u2019s Handbook<\/i>\u00a0(1979) and\u00a0Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy\u00a0<\/i>(1980). \u00a0Both these texts, which served during their time as a political and cultural call to arms for\u00a0indigenous communities across Turtle Island, were initially printed by hand and distributed in secret.<\/b><\/p>\n

Kahentinetha Rotiskarewake\u00a0is a Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka from the Bear Clan in Kahnaw\u00e0:ke. Initially working in the fashion industry, Kahentinetha went on to play a key role as speaker and writer in the\u00a0indigenous 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\u00a0Mohawk Warrior Three<\/i>, \u00a0and has been in charge of running the Mohawk Nation News service since \u00a0the Oka Crisis in 1990. She now cares for her twenty children, \u00a0grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Kahentinetha means \u201cshe who is \u00a0always at the forefront.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Philippe Blouin\u00a0writes, translates, and studies political anthropology and philosophy in Tionni\u2019tio\u2019ti\u00e0:kon (Montreal). His current PhD research at McGill University seeks to understand and share the teachings of the Tehiohate\u00a0(Two Row Wampum) to build decolonial alliances. He has published essays in\u00a0Liaisons<\/i>,\u00a0Stasis<\/i>, and an afterword to George Sorel\u2019s\u00a0Reflections on Violence<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n

Matt Peterson\u00a0is an organizer at Woodbine, an experimental space in New York City. He is the co-director of\u00a0The Native and the Refugee<\/i>, a multi-media documentary project on American Indian reservations and Palestinian refugee camps.<\/b><\/p>\n

Malek Rasamny\u00a0co-directed the research project\u00a0The Native and the Refugee<\/i>\u00a0and the feature film\u00a0Spaces of Exception<\/i>. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the department of Social Anthropology and Ethnology at the Ecole des hautes \u00e9tudes en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris.<\/b><\/p>\n

Details<\/b><\/p>\n

The Mohawk Warrior Society: A Handbook on Sovereignty and Survival<\/b>
\nEditors: Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall \u2022 Edited by Kahentinetha Rotiskarewake, Philippe Blouin, Matt Peterson, and Malek Rasamny<\/b>
\nSeries: PM Press<\/b>
\nISBN: 9781629639413<\/b>
\nPublished: 05\/24\/2022<\/b>
\nFormat: Paperback<\/b>
\nSize: 6×9<\/b>
\nPages: 320<\/b>
\nSubjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE \/ Native American Studies \u2022 HISTORY \/ Indigenous Peoples \u00a0of the Americas \u2022 POLITICAL SCIENCE \/ Colonialism & \u00a0Post-Colonialism<\/b><\/p>\n

Table of Contents<\/b><\/p>\n

Part I.<\/b>
\n1. An Introduction to Sovereignty and Survival<\/b>
\nPart II. An Oral History of the Warrior Society<\/b>
\n1. Tekarontakeh<\/b>
\n2. Kakwirakeron<\/b>
\n3. Kanasaraken<\/b>
\n4. Ateronhiatakon<\/b>
\nPart III. Rekindling Resistance<\/b>
\n1. Basic Principles of the Kaianerek\u00f3:wa, by Kahentinetha (1997)<\/b>
\n2. The Iroquoian Use of Wampum, by Ateronhiatakon (1988)<\/b>
\n3. I Am A Warrior, by Karhiio<\/b>
\nPart IV. On Karoniaktajeh<\/b>
\n1. Who was Karoniaktajeh?, by Kahentinetha<\/b>
\n2. Karonhiaktajeh Remembered<\/b>
\nPart V. Karoniaktajeh\u2019s Writings<\/b>
\n1. Ganienkeh Manifesto (1974)<\/b>
\n2. Warrior\u2019s Handbook (1979)<\/b>
\n3. Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy (1985)<\/b>
\nPart VI. Appendices<\/b>
\n1. Mohawk Warrior History Timeline<\/b>
\n2. Skakwatakwen Concept Glossary<\/b>
\n3. Place and Peoples Names<\/b>
\n4. Pronunciation Guide<\/b><\/p>\n

Detail of the reversible benefit bandana<\/b><\/p>\n

All proceeds go to Resist Line 3\u2013Camp Migizi. The bandanas are union made and printed with the text:<\/b><\/p>\n

Water is Life \/ Resist all pipelines<\/b><\/p>\n

Land Back \/ Burn down settler colonialism<\/b><\/p>\n

Designed by Mantis, a Din\u00e9 Two-Spirit Tattoo Artist living and fighting \u00a0alongside Migizi on the frontlines of Line 3. Working towards decolonization and land back baybeeee.<\/b><\/p>\n

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We think karonhiaktajeh Louie Hall would love the words in this song: “Louie, Louie, we gotta go. yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!”<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n