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Mohawk Territorial Claims: The Need to Act
The owners of the Twin Leaf convenience stores need to have the active support of all Akwesasronon in their struggle to regain active Mohawk jurisdiction in an area which is clearly part of our...
Ernie Benedict: Akwesasne's Conscience
My wife, Joanne Shenandoah, and I were preparing to attend the annual Midwinter Ceremony at Akwesasne when we were told of the passing of Ernie Benedict, one of the most venerated of Mohawk elders....
Iroquois Should Thank Shawnees for Canandaigua Treaty
On November 11 of this year a large delegation of Haudenosaunee Confederacy (Iroquois) gathered at the New York town of Canandaigua to commemorate the one and only legitimate treaty entered into...
New York Tobacco Taxes Compel Iroquois to Meet But What About the Land?
On August 18 delegates from the Haudenosaunee and other Iroquois entities met in Rochester to discuss how to respond to New York’s plan to impose taxes on tobacco sales to non-Natives even if such t...
Iroquois once again abandoned by the Brits
A couple of weeks ago I gave a lecture at the Nor’wester in Williamstown, Ontario entitled “How the Mohawks Saved Canada”. The presentation was meant to remind Canadians that their very exist...
Tobacco Era at an End
The era of big time tobacco sales is coming to an end. There are simply too many forces now aligned against the Iroquois to win this fight. With the recent setbacks in the US courts, the resolve of...
Opportunities Await New Tribal Council
With the election of Randy Hart and Shelley Jacobs the St. Regis Tribal Council has new opportunities to create policies, which will benefit all Akwesasnorons. First, the incoming leaders should...
History Cannot Be Denied
There are dates in every person’s life by which they mark the passage of time and events. Some are wonderful: the birth of a child, a birthday, graduation and marriage. Others are far less p...
Cheers! Umm, Let me think about that; and, Jeers!
Cheers! To Kanietakeron and the 33 or so Mohawk manned boats that delivered a very direct decree to the Boarder Patrol Station Commander in Massena on the Grass River meadows on April 12th, 2010. You...
Why Our People Are At Risk
When we hear the terrible news about two Mohawks suffering serious injuries as the result of their boat being rammed by the US Coast Guard on Akwesasne waters we must do more than react with anger....
Upcoming Election Issues
The week of April 1st, nine weeks before the Tribal elections, we have yet to hear who is going to run for Chief and Sub-Chief though the rumor mill and its legions of lackey’s never failing to d...
Credibility Key in Tax Dispute
If the Iroquois are to defeat New York State’s efforts to impose taxes on sales to non-Natives they must have not only credible people defending our rights but have to present a rational a...
A Mohawk Perspective on Haiti
Haiti is a place of angry spirits yet to be released from the agony of their passing. This land was called Ayiti by its Arawak-Taino Native peoples who may, according to some, be the relatives of the...
Guest Editorial
Guest Editorial A recent internal dispute within Empire Resorts has thrust the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe back into the public eye as the Tribe’s name has been brought into this fray. We are in the middle...
Sullivan County A Bad Deal
The St. Regis Tribal Council is holding a January 30th referendum, which will, hopefully, bring a permanent end to the Sullivan County casino project. The Tribe nullified a previous vote because the...
On the Passing of a Kontiianehson
On December 2nd at 3:30 Am Maisie Shenandoah, the Wolf Clanmother of the Oneida Nation, breathed her last and passed into the spirit world. She had been selected by her clan as a kontiianehson in...
Richard Oakes: His Path to Alcatraz
The Native reclamation of Alcatraz 40 years ago ignited a national movement which reverberates to the current day but for its original hero it cost him not only the life of his daughter but would cons...
Time to Walk the Talk
No Mohawk, wherever they live, should assume that the assault on Steve Barnes was isolated or of no concern to them. The Canadian Border Service Agency has been trained as to how to bring crippling...
The Canandaigua Fire Must Be Preserved
The annual commemoration of the 1794 Canandaigua Treaty is one of the most important gatherings of the Haudenosaunee. It reminds us of a time when our concerns were paramount in the US which, in...
The Origins of CKON
CKON was begun in the spring of 1982 when a group of Akwesasronon decided the time had come for the Mohawk people to exercise their right to control our airwaves by operating our own radio station...
Direct Action Needed to Resolve the Border Problem
The Akwesasne community is being manipulated into a crisis by the Canadian Border Security Agency. They knew that by placing a facility in Cornwall it would provoke the Mohawk people and they would...
The Sullivan County Deal and How the Tribe Can Learn From its Past Mistakes
The press has recently reported that the St. Regis Tribal Council has apparently forgiven Empire Resorts and is prepared to discuss the proposed casino deal in Sullivan County. Given the anxiousness...
Rejecting the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and Forging a New Relationship with North America’s Indigenous People
A Sermon Preached by John Dieffenbacher-Krall at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Barneveld, NY in the Central Diocese of NY July 12, 2009, submitted to Indian Time by Jake Swamp. Good morning. I a...
Taking Charge of Akwesasne’s Waters
So Canada pulled a fast one by ignoring the Mohawk leadership and openning a temporary customs check point in Cornwall. This is all too typical of a government which treats Native people as irritants...
Unifying Akwesasne: The Roots Are Here
For the first time in over 100 years Canada has ceded a major part of Akwesasne back to the Mohawk people. Not entirely, but the decision by Canada Customs to relocate its facilities north of...
