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By Doug George Kanentiio 
Guest Editorial 
May 9, 2013 On May 17 The People Have a Duty to Stand in Defense of Freedom
No Nation may exist when its claim to sovereignty is contradicted by its refusal to abide by its legal and moral principles. Canada and the US have entered into binding contracts with the aboriginal...
By Doug George Kanentiio Guest Editorial April 18, 2013 How to Spend the $8,400,000 Cultural Settlement
Alcoa and General Motors announced March 27th that an agreement had been reached regarding their culpability in destroying the environment and undermining the traditional lifestyles of the Mohawk...
By Doug George Kanentiio Guest Editorial March 21, 2013 Defending Our Hunting, Gathering and Fishing Rights
The case of Roger Thomas should be of great interest to all Mohawks. If an inferior court in St. Lawrence County is allowed to qualify, if not outright eliminate, the aboriginal hunting, fishing...
By Doug George Kanentiio Guest Editorial February 7, 2013 The Mohawks and the Battle at Ogdensburg
Throughout the autumn and winter of 1812-13 the residents of Akwesasne were being drawn into the war between Britain and the US. Since the controversial Seven Nations of Canada treaty of 1796 there...
By Doug George Kanentiio Guest Editorial January 10, 2013 Idle No More Actions: Why the Natives are at the Point of Outrage
There are good reasons for Canada’s Native people to be at the point where frustration, impatience and anger rush together in a blend of powerful emotions bordering on rage. It is to the credit of...
Guest Editorial December 20, 2012 Guest Editorial
There is still a political and social fight for the VAWA. Although it is at a stalemate in US Congress, last week congressmen introduced H.R. 6625, a new stand-alone House version of VAWA, which...
Guest Editorial December 13, 2012 A Son Lost: A Father’s Words
By Mark Kawesoton Light Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Today I haven’t written anything in a long time. This time of year is always hard on our family. I want to take some time to...
Guest Editorial December 6, 2012 Konon:kwe Council: Resilience From Our Roots
By Beverly Cook Reprinted w/ permission from Indian Country Today Our determination to survive as distinct Indigenous peoples comes from the will of our ancestors. They suffered unspeakable crimes to...
Guest Editorial November 21, 2012 Guest Editorial
At the meeting held by the EPA last Thursday, November 15, Remedial Project Manager Young Chang behaved disrespectfully and made what was a gesture of indifference obvious to anyone present. I am...
By Darren Bonaparte Guest Editorial October 25, 2012 Guest Editorial
October 23, 1812: The Skirmish at St. Regis Two hundred years ago today, one of the early skirmishes in the War of 1812 took place, but there are no re-enactments taking place where the clash...
Guest Editorial October 11, 2012 Decolonization Slog
By Ray Cook, Opinion Editor Reprinted with permission from Indian Country Today Media Network October 8, 2012 I am trying to write this day without mentioning the lost European’s name. There are...
By Ray Cook Guest Editorial September 27, 2012 Alcoa Was Once a Friend to Akwesasne Mohawk Territory
I remember looking through a book on Massena (Akwesasne Mohawk Territory) history, studying the pictures and seeing my uncle, Noah Cook. It was 1922. Uncle Noah had to have been 18 or so years old at...
By Steven Newcomb Guest Editorial August 30, 2012 The Dark Side of the ‘Trust’ Relationship and Plenary Power
August 23, 2012 In 1942, the renowned legal scholar Felix Cohen famously wrote about the Spanish origin of Indian rights in the federal Indian law conceptual system of the United States. The two conce...
By Doug George Kanentiio Guest Editorial August 23, 2012 Mohawks Have been in the Rockies a Long Time
Some years ago the late Ernie Benedict told me a story about a group of Mohawks from Akwesasne and Kahnawake who had paddled west many generations ago. They were expert canoeists and trappers hired...
By Steven Newcomb Guest Editorial August 2, 2012 
Domeland Security and the Attack of the Drones
Given that a capitol dome is part of what constitutes domination of and by “the State,” it makes sense to talk in terms of ‘The Domeland,” rat...
By Kahentehtha A Elijah Guest Editorial July 26, 2012 
PEACE & DIGNITY JOURNEY 2012 Dedicated to the Water
After attending the Gathering of Condolence, Peace & Strength in Cass Lake, Minnesota on June 18 – 23, Sahonwese Elijah, a Mohawk of Akwesasne, set...
By ICTMN submitted by Ray Cook Guest Editorial July 19, 2012 The War of 1812 Could Have Been the War of Indian Independence
June 18, 2012 marked the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, a war all but forgotten in American history books. But what did that war mean for this country’s Indigenous Peoples? The War of 1812...
Guest Editorial July 12, 2012 Guest Editorial
Decision in Favor of Winnebago Tribe Was Overdue By Charles Kader June 29, 2012 - On June 18, 2012, in a New York courtroom, in picturesque St. Lawrence County, a decision was reached in a legal...
By Doug George Kanentiio Guest Editorial June 28, 2012 The Mohawk People at the Time of Kateri Tekakwitha “One Who Puts Things Together” 1656-1680
The Mohawk territory during the 17th century was over 11,000,000 acres or 17,200 square miles in size. It consisted of that land south of the St. Lawrence River (including present day Montreal) to...
By Doug George Kanentiio Guest Editorial June 14, 2012 The Essentials of CKON By One of Its Founders
Radio CKON was designed to serve the needs of the Akwesasne Mohawk community, to encourage the growth and retention of our culture, to provide a Mohawk perspective on historical and current events,...
By Kenneth Deer Guest Editorial May 31, 2012 The Role of Indigenous Men in Ending Violence Against Women
One of the agenda items at the just concluded UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was “Combating violence against Indigenous Women and Girls.” The title was a bit counter-productive, using a...
Guest Editorial May 24, 2012 Guest Editorial
Here we are, another Tribal election. Another opportunity to straighten out another year’s misdeeds. To be clear, we are talking about Council. The Tribe, I am not worried about. The programs and...
By Karla E General & Robert T Coulter Guest Editorial May 17, 2012 Violence Against Women Act: Overdue Justice for Native Women
On April 26, 2012, the Senate passed S. 1925, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012, with broad bipartisan support. Title IX of the bill would restore concurrent tribal criminal...
By Gyasi Ross Submitted by Ray Cook Guest Editorial May 10, 2012 
Junior Seau, Suicide and Spirituality
I was watching SportsCenter the other day and some news hit me right between the eyes: Junior Seau, Samoan phenom, committed suicide. Seau was always...
By Doug George Kanentiio Guest Editorial May 3, 2012 Living in a Time of Predicted Changes
One of the more remarkable things about Mohawk culture and its teachings are the set of teachings referred to as prophecies. From the formation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy to the present time...
