{"id":2020,"date":"2013-02-18T13:10:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T17:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2013-02-18T13:10:49","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T17:10:49","slug":"mnn-canadas-undeclared-war-on-indigenous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/18\/mnn-canadas-undeclared-war-on-indigenous\/","title":{"rendered":"MNN: CANADA&#8217;S UNDECLARED WAR ON INDIGENOUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mnnlogo11.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1954\" alt=\"mnnlogo1\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mnnlogo11-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>MNN. Feb. 17, 2013.\u00a0 <\/strong>Department of National Defense DND sees us Indigenous as foreign insurgents, according to their field manual on counterinsurgency for its soldiers and officers.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dominionpaper.ca\/articles\/1089\">Canadian Forces field manual<\/a> They obviously recognize our sovereignty. The Crown should be negotiating with us as their landlords. Under international accords that Canada has signed, all countries must resolve differences by diplomatic means. War and weapons used to dominate are illegal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2021\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mackay-.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2021\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2021\" alt=\"Lt.Gen. Tom Lawson, Chief of Defense, Mackay, Minister of Defense: Oooh, you can't stop us!\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/mackay-.jpeg\" width=\"266\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lt.Gen. Tom Lawson, Chief of Defense, Peter Mackay, Minister of Defense.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>The people and all resources belong to Mother Earth for future generations. We have the duty as caregivers for the future children. Nothing on Great Turtle Belongs to the multinational corporations and banks. They are corporate visitors. \u00a0Prime Minister Harper has to be brought before the International Criminal Court in The Hague for declaring war against us illegally, putting many of us in danger.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The manual says, \u201cInsurgent wars are characterized by their tendency to be local and often popular movements, rather than the traditional military conflicts between states. This type of irregular warfare has confounded US and NATO forces in Iraq and Afghanistan respectively\u201d, and \u201csuccesses are few and far between\u201d. US and Canadian military need practice in reaching for their guns and riot gear by confronting unarmed Indigenous civilians here.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>In the war on terror the enemy is the insurgent. We are labeled as insurgents, which is a declaration of war against us. When we are detained or stopped by police or military, we have no civil rights or due process.\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Maj. D.J. Lambert, the lead author of the manual, points out that \u201cCanadian Forces are actively engaged in various levels of confrontation with at least three ongoing insurgencies \u2013 in Afghanistan, Haiti and with domestic Indigenous organizations in Canada, such as the Mohawk Warrior Society\u201d.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2022\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/banana.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2022\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2022\" alt=\"Left, right, left, right: &quot;We are marching to Attawapiskat... &quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/banana.gif\" width=\"504\" height=\"362\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left, right, left, right: &#8220;We are marching to Attawapiskat&#8230; &#8220;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>The manual goes on, \u201cIndigenous resistance in Canada are insurgencies because they are animated by the goal of altering political relationships with both the Canadian government and at the local level \u2013 within Indigenous reservations themselves \u2013 \u201cthrough the threat of, or use of, violence\u201d. We are trying to defend ourselves against their violence and make them obey their laws. This is a foreign army on our land, falsely criminalizing us and imposing their military law on us. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cCanadian Forces have been used by the federal government in high profile land confrontations with Indigenous communities and protestors in standoffs with the Mohawks of Kanehsatake in 1990 and with the Ojibway at Ipperwash in 1995\u201d. DND admits the military was at Ipperwash. The sniper who murdered Dudley George might have been a soldier and not an Ontario Provincial Policeman. Corporal Deane and two other OPP key witnesses died in mysterious car crashes shortly before they were to appear as witnesses at the Inquiry.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The Canadian military is the aggressor delivering death sentences to defenseless civilians, including infants and children, without a charge or trial. We sense Canada wants to provoke a confrontation to justify attacking or killing us. We won\u2019t give them that.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Gen. Leslie said, \u201cThe enormous resources invested by the government in the transformation of Canada\u2019s armed forces are clearly not for Afghanistan alone. It is logical to expect that we will go somewhere fairly similar to Afghanistan and do much the same sort of activity.\u201d<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>They plan to attack us. This is premeditated murder of innocent people by a corporate army. Peace loving people who are concerned about Canada\u2019s war mongering and targeting of Indigenous people should contact the Canadian government <a href=\"mailto:harper.s@parl.ca\">harper.s@parl.ca<\/a>, the Governor General <\/b><a href=\"mailto:gg@gc.ca\"><b>gg@gc.ca<\/b><\/a><b>, the Queen <\/b><a href=\"mailto:press@royalcollection.org.uk\"><b>press@royalcollection.org.uk<\/b><\/a><b> and the Canadian military <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forces.gc.ca\">www.forces.gc.ca<\/a>.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>As CCR sang in \u201cFortunate Son\u201d: \u201cSome folks are born, made to wave the flag. Oooh, that red, white and blue. And when the band plays, \u201cHail to the Chief\u201d, oooh, they point the cannon at you, lord. It ain\u2019t me, it ain\u2019t me. I ain\u2019t no senator\u2019s son. It ain\u2019t me, it ain\u2019t me. I ain\u2019t no fortunate one.\u201d<\/b><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JBfjU3_XOaA\">Creedence: Fortunate Son<\/a><br \/>\n<\/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><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" id=\"attachment_2023\" style=\"width: 160px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2023\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rocky-russo.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2023\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2023\" alt=\"Rockefeller: &quot;We are going to create an endless war with no clear enemy&quot;.\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/rocky-russo-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rockefeller: &#8220;We are going to create an endless war with no clear enemy&#8221;.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FuinaIm-kd4\">Aaron Russo about Nicholas Rockefeller<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:center\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020?action=genpdf&amp;id=2020\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MNN. Feb. 17, 2013.\u00a0 Department of National Defense DND sees us Indigenous as foreign insurgents, according to their field manual on counterinsurgency for its soldiers and officers.\u00a0Canadian Forces field manual They obviously recognize our sovereignty. 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