Indian Time - A Voice from the Eastern Door

Letter to the Editor:

The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne is asking people to turn out to vote on the issue of changing the election law regarding a candidate’s eligibility to run for office. The vote is scheduled to be held at a Special General Meeting on December 3rd. Your choice is A: “Whose mother OR father is/has been an enrolled member on the Akwesasne or any other First Nation Membership List” or B: “Whose mother AND father are or have been an enrolled member on the Akwesasne or any other First Nation Membership list.”

I urge you to turn out for this vote and vote for, “A: Whose mother OR father is or has been a member...” If this vote calls for a change in this election law many of our members will be hurt by this loss of a right. I am disappointed that this present Council of Chiefs are so short-sighted that they would even call for a vote on an issue that would take away rights from our members.

Rosemary Bonaparte