{"id":1858,"date":"2013-02-07T18:42:01","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T22:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2013-02-16T19:29:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T23:29:02","slug":"mnn-zap-the-councils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/07\/mnn-zap-the-councils\/","title":{"rendered":"MNN:  ZAP THE COUNCILS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mnnlogo12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1695\" alt=\"mnnlogo1\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mnnlogo12-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/b><strong>ZAP THE COUNCILS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MNN.\u00a0 Feb. 6, 2013. <\/strong>We can get rid of band and tribal councils.\u00a0 They are artificial colonial systems of oppression that have been illegally forced on us? It\u2019s as easy as one, two, three.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>Put the question to the community for a decision:\u00a0 Do you agree to be governed by the foreign imposed tribal band council system? <strong>2<\/strong>. Vote \u201cno\u201d. <strong>3<\/strong>. Inform the federal corporations of both Canada and the US and the UN of the result of the vote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1859\" style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/constitution.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1859\" alt=\"All are equal and have a voice.\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/constitution.jpeg\" width=\"177\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All are equal and have a voice.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>We were never asked if we wanted to be governed by this corporate system of control by the bankers of Europe. International law provides that everyone has a right to self-determination.\u00a0 We will control our lives and govern ourselves as we have done since time immemorial. The settlers have no choice but to acknowledge our sovereignty and obey their agreements with us.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1861\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/guys-sing.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1861\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1861\" alt=\"The drums speak.\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/guys-sing.jpeg\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The drums speak.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>As the international Court of Justice in the Western Sahara case affirms, \u201cNo people can be absorbed by a foreign state unless it is the result of the freely expressed wishes of the territory\u2019s people, acting with full knowledge of the change in their status, their wishes having been expressed through an informed and democratic process, impartially conducted and based on Universal Adult Suffrage\u201d.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>When the band and tribal councils are voted out, Canada and US must conduct relations with us through the Queen who represents the people of Canada and the President who represents the people of the US. The illegal band and tribal council systems were imposed in Canada in 1924 and in the US in 1871.\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>We will activate our Indigenous system. We will not be tricked. We will use our Indigenous consensual decision making process. The true will of the people will be validly expressed. Anything else is a fraud. \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Nothing changes the legality of the informed decision to remove them. Only we can decide who represents us.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The band councils take an oath to follow the corporate business plan which is to assimilate and eliminate the Indigenous. Canada and US assume jurisdiction over us through them, as registered corporations of Canada and the US. \u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>International law confirms our rights. The band and tribal councils can join their accomplices in their own Admiralty Court system, which is the law of the seas. On our land, the Kaianerehkowa, is the law of Great Turtle Island.\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1860\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sign-tweet.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1860\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1860\" alt=\"A sign of the times!\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sign-tweet.jpeg\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign of the times!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>The WHO agreed when they sang, \u201cWe won\u2019t get fooled again\u201d:\u00a0 \u201cTip my hat to the new constitution. Take a bow for the new revolution.\u00a0 Smile and grin at the change all around. Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday. Then I\u2019ll get on my knees and pray. We won\u2019t get fooled again\u201d.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"shellcontent\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1360274048879_1636\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1360274048879_1641\" style=\"display: inline !important;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1360274048879_1638\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1360274048879_1810\" style=\"display: inline !important;\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"yiv544572842\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1360274048879_1809\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1360274048879_1808\" style=\"display: inline !important;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rtHshBWFRyg\">The Who: We wont get fooled again<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>MNN Mohawk Nation News <\/i><a href=\"mailto:kahentinetha2@yahoo.com\"><i>kahentinetha2@yahoo.com<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0 For more news, books, workshops, to donate and sign up for MNN newsletters, go to <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mohawknationnews.com\/\"><i>www.mohawknationnews.com<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0 More stories at MNN Archives.\u00a0 Address:\u00a0 Box 991, Kahnawake [Quebec, Canada] J0L 1B0<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend pgfw-icon-display pgfw-icon-display--default\" style=\"--pgfw-icon-justify:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1858?action=genpdf&#038;id=1858\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button pgfw-single-pdf-download-button--default pgfw-single-pdf-download-button--icon-only\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"--pgfw-icon-width:25px;--pgfw-icon-height:45px;\" aria-label=\"Download PDF\"><span class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button__media\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"><\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZAP THE COUNCILS\u00a0 MNN.\u00a0 Feb. 6, 2013. 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