{"id":514,"date":"2008-04-15T20:07:47","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T00:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/?p=514"},"modified":"2012-07-23T16:54:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T20:54:23","slug":"shady-nioscam-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/15\/shady-nioscam-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"SHADY NIO\u2019SCAM INC."},"content":{"rendered":"
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TRIES TO CONVINCE MOHAWKS TO LET THEM MINE RADIOACTIVE \u201cNIOBIUM\u201d LYING UNDER KANEHSATAKE\u2019S TRADITIONAL LANDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>MNN. April 11, 2008.<\/strong>\u00a0An election year! It sure looks like the band council of Kanehsatake is working with Niocan Inc. Niocan is proceeding with \u201cPlan B\u201d, which is to go after the Mohawks. The Ongwehonwe got a notice one day before the meeting that took place on Wednesday, April 9th at the Mohawk Immersion School in the Pines. For some reason Niocan is desperate to get our consent to start mining this rare mineral which is wanted by the military, industrial and communications complex.<\/p>\n

Ray Gabriel, Clarence Simon and Steve Bonspille of the band council attended the meeting. Steve spoke against it, saying, \u201cMy position was and remains against the mine\u201d. The other two did not say a word. Steven said to Niocan, \u201cGood luck trying to get a \u2018yes\u2019 out of the Mohawks\u201d, which they did not get.<\/p>\n

Niocan has finally realized that they can\u2019t do anything without the support of the Mohawks. Otherwise the Quebec government can\u2019t give them a license to mine.<\/p>\n

G. Bernard Coulombe, the president, CEO and Director of the Board of Niocan, did the power point presentation about water and tailings management, economic impact and their conclusions. [Coulombe was former director of Placer Dome from 1994 to 2006 which was responsible for a huge mine disaster in the Philipines and can\u2019t operate there anymore!\u00a0http:\/\/www.niocan.com<\/a>\u00a0514-288-8506, 2000 Peel St., #760, Montreal, Mrs. Martin Desjardins, Oka Region].<\/p>\n

At the last BAPE meeting, Niocan had to go back to the drawing board and address the environmental issues raised by the native and non native \u201cCitizens Group\u201d. Louis Sylvester, the lawyer, was hired by Steve, Pearl Bonspille, John Harding and the late Crawford Gabriel who were on the council at the time. Sylvester did a great job objecting to Niocam\u2019s project. [November 2001].<\/p>\n

They called this something like the \u201cNew and Improved Oka Project\u201d, or, as the Mohawks sarcastically called it, the \u201cNew and Not So Improved Niocan\u201d. Niocan gloated over how wonderful it\u2019s going to be even though it\u2019s going to kill us, give us cancer and contaminate our land.<\/p>\n

On one street 22 people have recently had or died of cancer. Niocan refuses to address the health issue. They ordered us to, \u201cProve it!\u201d Hey, Niocan, we buried them. They are our families who lived on that road.<\/p>\n

No third-party independent assessments were shown to us. Out-dated 1995 maps and a few aerial views were pulled out. It was all technical stuff like processing plants, drums, underground pipes and wires in various colors, finished products and surface water tables. They thought this would be over our heads and we would bow down in awe before them. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be soooo good for Oka\u201d, they purred [but not for Indians or the farmers].<\/p>\n

If we don\u2019t go along with them, they\u2019ll just pull out the new municipalization harmonization agreement that James Gabriel signed with Oka and Quebec government. This benefits the town of Oka and the Sulpicians who pretend to be blind to their obligations as trustees to our land.<\/p>\n

Why would they go ahead with this when they did not have our consent? Trying to make us feel sorry for them, they told us that up to the present $8.5 million has already been spent on different studies. $130 million in project investment is forecasted. \u201cEconomic impact\u201d, \u201cjob creation\u201d, \u201c160 direct\u201d, \u201c340 indirect\u201d, \u201cspin offs\u201d and \u201c$1 million in training programs\u201d, during the 17-year life of the mine. \u201cThe Oka area will get $595 million, Quebec will get $781 million and the Indians will get nothing but a toxic waste dump!\u201d<\/p>\n

KPMG are both the auditors and authors of the \u201csocio-economic study of the Niocan mine project\u201d the mine. [2000 McGill College Avenue, #1900, Montreal H3A 3H8]<\/p>\n

The Ongwehonwe emphatically told Niocan, \u201cNo! No! No!\u201d Testing the waters, Niocan then asked, \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d The Ongwehonwe just laughed at them, \u201cWe don\u2019t want it. Go away!\u201d<\/p>\n

Everybody had the same position, \u201cIt\u2019s not negotiable\u201d. Pearl Bonspille said, \u201cI will do everything in my power to stop this. The chiefs and their Band Council Resolution don\u2019t mean anything. They are under a forensic audit and can\u2019t sign anything\u201d.<\/p>\n

When asked about the radiation in the water, Coulombe belittled the Ongwehonwe every chance he had, \u201cAre you a scientist? What do you know?\u201d This could mean that this mine is sewn up with the band council. What they sign and say are two different things! The people do not trust them.<\/p>\n

Coulombe chided them, \u201cDon\u2019t you want a better life?\u201d An Ongwehonwe woman said, \u201cYes, we want our life and our health\u201d. Trying to create a racial divide, Coulombe suggested to the media that the, \u201cMohawks are having a problem with the whites\u201d. The woman shot back, \u201cNo, it\u2019s not white or black. It\u2019s a question of health!\u201d The Ongwehonwe and the non-natives stuck together.<\/p>\n

One of the farmers wants to convert his apple orchard into organic gardening. Niocan would destroy it. Basically the non-native farmers were told, \u201cForget about growing apples. Eat niobium! It\u2019ll make you glow!\u201d<\/p>\n

Coloumbe told the reporters, \u201cWe are still going to try to get the support of the Mohawks\u201d [by hook or by crook]. They have known from the beginning that it is traditional Mohawk Territory and about our concern for our health and environment. This is likely where we will see the creation of enough \u201cIndians\u201d by \u2018genie\u2019ologist, Mother Joan Holmes, to push this project through. Niocan, the band council, Indian Affairs and Quebec government all want the \u201cfix to be in\u201d. Joan Ho is the one who can tone up the socio-economic and cultural aspects and memberships to suit the goals of her \u201cmasters\u201d, which aren\u2019t the Mohawks. Joan Ho, how are you planning to rig the election this summer?<\/p>\n

The sell-outs want a \u201ccash out\u201d. Clarence \u201cMr.-Potato-Head\u201d Simon could move to his estate in P.E.I. Raymond \u201cMolasses\u201d Gabriel could go with his Parisian wife to France. Councilors Doreen Canatoquin, John Canatoquin, Marie Chene and Michelle Lamouche did not even bother to show up for the meeting. They obviously don\u2019t need to be sold on the mining project.<\/p>\n

We are concerned that this meeting will be seen as fulfillment of their obligation to a fake \u201cpublic consultation\u201d. Not according to the Supreme Court of Canada in Taku River. They said consultation has to be meaningful.<\/p>\n

Niocan kept trying to glamorize this project. You\u2019d think he was promoting a casino where at least we can have some entertainment and fun. Former sell-out \u201c Vichy \u201d chief, James Gabriel, told Niocan he just wanted \u201ca partnership or compensation\u201d. He never took it to the community. We were not even included in a referendum that Oka had on April 16, 2000. Niocan basically stated then, \u201cWe are not going to recognize the results if it goes against us\u201d.<\/p>\n

After Wednesday\u2019s meeting the NIO stock on the Montreal-Toronto Stock Exchange dropped 4 cents. Could it be profit taking by some scared shareholders? It\u2019s a public company. Who is pushing this project? Here are some of the major shareholders as of Jan. 1, 2008: Electrumferro Metals LLC about 26% and Norshield Investment about 11%. Is it possible the Sulpicians, who have been after our hides forever, have shares in this? Mr. Coulombe has about 931,500 shares as of March 13, 2008. No wonder he\u2019s so desperate!<\/p>\n

Electrumferro Metals does not exist on the internet. In 2005 John Xanthoudakis of Norshield of Montreal was found guilty by the Ontario Securities Commission of losing $400 million of his investors\u2019 money. He allegedly created dormant shell companies with no assets in the Caribbean. [www.norshieldinvestment.com]. Could this be one of the reasons why the Quebec government investment arm pulled out of Niocan?<\/p>\n

There are four \u201cpros\u201d of concern that are being played out against us here: \u201cpro-mine\u201d development; \u201cpro-settling of a fake claim to our land; \u201cpro-Sulpicians\u201d who want us removed; and \u201cpro-dropping of the $90 million lawsuit\u201d facing Canada.<\/p>\n

Kahentinetha Horn
\nMNN Mohawk Nation News<\/p>\n

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