Articles written by James W Ransom
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BIA Agrees to Take Tribe's Station property into Trust
Akwesasne – At Saturday’s October 1, 2011 Tribal meeting, Michelle Mitchell, General Counsel, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, announced that the Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs had issue...
Mohawk Land Claim Hearing Held
On June 16, 2011, a hearing was held before Federal Magistrate George Lowe on whether New York State motions to dismiss the Mohawk Land Claim should be granted. At the heart of the matter is whether...
The Waters
The Peacemaker In the coming of the Peacemaker and the creation of the Haudenosaunee (Confederacy, Water plays an important role as well. The story begins on the northern shore of Lake Ontario. From...
The Waters From ‘Words that Come Before All Else’ Environmental Philosophies of the Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
It is another that our Creator made the rivers and the streams and the rains and the oceans. And in the beginning of time, beyond the memory of you and I, our Creator spoke to the rivers and our...