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Mohawk philosopher and author of IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LAND by @UTPress / Senior Advisor at @McGillu / ex @USMC / @Cornell alum / Project Leader
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Fifty years later with my sis - still making sure people know what’s up.
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Not One More Inch of land will ever be stolen from Kahnawà:ke.
Our people have learned that Settler land greed never sleeps and so we stay woke to the reality that direct action to defend our land and rights
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People who are anti war should be anti all war, not just in European countries. Those who are outraged over innocents suffering state violence should be against all state violence, not just when it happens to white people.
#Ukraine
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Everything the United States, Canada, Britain and France say Russia is doing to Ukraine is exactly what they have been doing to us First Nations in our homelands for 500 years.
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This is your reminder.
#canadaday
#originallandlords
My new book will feature photos (black and white versions) from my personal collection - from now until the release
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Kahnawà:ke lost a great man today: Billy Two Rivers. To me he was a mentor, teacher and friend who taught me what it was to be a Mohawk leader and how to use my voice for the People.
RIP Billy, your work is done and we will carry on the fight.
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The Mohawk-Wet’suwet’en alliance standing strong at Wedzin’kwa. ✊🏾
@Gidimten
@landbackskyler
@LoganStaats
#AllOutForWedzinKwa
#moweten
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When people understand that being “Indigenous” is a matter of Blood AND Belonging, and that the degree of which each of those two things makes one Mohawk or Cree or… is for those Nations to determine and govern themselves, collectively, we will have started to make things right.
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The support from so many Native elders, leaders and entertainment industry people for Buffy St. Marie is undermining our Nations in a serious way.
I hope they come to realize that rejecting plain facts and advancing bizarre conspiracy theories to defend their emotional
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The Superior Court of Quebec just announced it’s decision in the White & Montour tobacco trade case, and it is a major legal victory for the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke, and the Haudenosaunee, recognizing The Covenant Chain as an unextinguished meta treaty and affirming our people’s
Jugement R. c. White et Montour / Pénal – Arrêt des procédures – Droit autochtone – Droits ancestraux et issus de traités - Commerce du tabac :
Résumé:
Jugement:
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@WriterWong
@CBCNews
So your internet research “quick search” negates a year of actual journalism by the
@CBCNews
team and
@jfkeeler
- it’s amazing how non-Natives are defending this fraud of a false Indigenous icon.
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It’s Release Day for my new book and I couldn’t be more proud of this one!
Niawenkowa to all my comrades and to the great team at the
@utpress
for their support and hard work to make it happen.
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The elders at
@UnistotenCamp
and
@Gidimten
are my sons’ family. Janet and Lawrence are not criminals, they are good hearted people who love their land and culture and are trying to save what’s left of the pristine nature and heritage that Wet’suwet’en youths’ birthright.
@bcndp
A Cas Yikh matriarch who was denied access to medication by RCMP yesterday was today arrested and brought by ambulance to the hospital in Smithers with chest pains
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Mohawk solidarity
#alleyesonwetsuweten
ST. Regis Mohawk Tribal police said the Canada-US border crossing was closed to traffic for about an hour this afternoon, from about 3:30 to 430 p.m. as a result of a protest by a group from Akwesasne in support of the Wet'suwet'en.
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On this
@unitednations
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, next in the photo series from my new book, I’m sharing this one, taken in Geneva, Switzerland in 1999 at the Permanent Forum in Indigenous Peoples.
It’s a special image for me because I am sitting with
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Haudenosaunee statement of support for
@UnistotenCamp
and
@Gidimten
#WetsuwetenStrong
#AllEyesOnWetsuweten
#haudenosaunee
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"Westerners have always dealt like this with Indigenous people. You first treat them like savages, you know, Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal... They're savages! Kill all the savages! And then when they're almost extinct, you start feeling sorry for them. Like animals."
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I have been at the solidarity blockade every day and night for 10 days and can verify that no one there has assault weapons or any other kind of firearms.
[The Premier is an idiot!] Legault claims SQ holding back because of assault weapons behind Kahnawake barricade
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Word from the stronghold is that the sacred fire is burning bright tonight and the people of
#Kahnawake
are standing firm in solidarity with
#wetsuwetenstrong
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In recent times the people in these countries suffered horribly because of imperialism and exploitation by the West. Where was the outrage over black and brown people’s suffering?
Yemen
Somalia
Bolivia
Syria
Libya
Afghanistan
Iraq
Grenada
Lebanon
Cuba
Haiti
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
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On this July 11, I'm sending Respect and Solidarity to all those who led and stood up for our Nation and land in 1990, and to all Onkwehonwe standing up for what's right, right now.
We have learned over the generations that direct action to defend our land, rights and people is
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I was at a meeting of leaders and members of all political groups in
#Kahnawake
last night. There is strong solidarity with the
#Wetsuweten
hereditary chiefs in opposition to
#CGL
, and broad support for the actions that have been taken in support of
@Gidimten
and
#Unistoten
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Echoes of a Proud Nation powwow 2023 -proud to be carrying our Nation Flag in grand entry
#kahnawake
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BC Supreme Court refuses to recognize a land defender’s defence based on Indigenous law citing its failure to “comfortable coexist” with Canadian laws.
That’s some deep insight into the true intent of Reconciliation - the operative principle being comfort.
Via
@amandajfollett
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Kahnawà:ke, Tiohtià:ke, Kaniaterowannane... This is our land and our home beside the rapids and we will always be here defending ourselves and the birthrights of our generations yet to come.
#1990crisis
#mohawks
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The sky is full of smoke but one thing is clear: "scientific" management of forests and ignorance of First Nations knowledge are the cause of these catastrophes...
"Forests and grasslands need fire to be healthy... First Nation communities have understood this for thousands of
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That feeling when you help your Native friends reclaim, rename and reoccupy their sacred mountain…
Also when your new book dissecting Reconciliation starts landing in people’s hands.
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The
@HAU_Nationals
makes us proud once again!
Amazing performance this time around, especially so knowing it takes nations of 350 million (USA) and 40 million (Canada) to beat just six small villages at our own game!
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@TashaKheiriddin
Until you settle land claims, you are in the process of settling ancient injustices inherited from your ancestors, thus, you are an unsettled Settler... settling. Probably in perpetuity given the experience of the last 400 years, so get used to the label.
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Kahnawà:ke
#Bill96
protest march today. 500 plus people out to say iah! to linguistic assimilation in a country that proclaims it is in an era of
#reconciliation
#qcpoli
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She was a force of nature and the power of her huge spirit and one of a kind voice shaped so many of us. But it is the grandness of her love for all of us that I will remember most. RIP to my friend, mentor and steadfast comrade, Lee Maracle. 🤎
#LeeMaracle
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Do not share rumours, inflammatory rhetoric and unverified information on social media - this could have serious consequences. The situation on the ground is extremely tense and people must make decisions based on facts and The Good Mind.
#Wetsuwetenstrong
#kahnawake
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The benefit agreements signed by band councils supporting CGL require them to suppress the speech of their members. This is a violation of people’s civil and human rights. These agreements should be declared null and void. “Consent” is a fraud.
#WetsuwetenStrong
#CoastalGasLink
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It’s been a good week for me and my boy in Wet’suwet’en territory, his homeland. He shot his first moose and we ranged over mountains and valleys feeling the power and beauty of the land recharge our spirits.
#Gratitude
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It’s sad to see Indigenous leaders still believing in the Catholic Church enough to think that it cares about what’s right and that the Pope will apologize for its crimes, and that this matters.
Justice would be seizing the Church’s assets and giving them back to First Nations.
This piece by my friend
@achakos
says it all. How can we ever accept an apology after generations of harm? Opinion: The Catholic Church took so much from Indigenous people. With the Vatican visit, it should start giving back - The Globe and Mail
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“Canadians think governments constantly lie to Indigenous people. Fifty-seven per cent of Canadians agree that ‘governments lie to Indigenous people about making things better for them.”
Correction: Canadians have learned.
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The Stronghold is secure. It’s people power and smoke from the sacred fire holding tings down peacefully and calmly in
#kahnawake
- don’t believe the disinformation being circulated by idiot whites men and hateful racists in the Québécois press.
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I've made a PDF version of my first book available for download free of charge at my website:
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Front line Mohawk warriors here for
@Gidimten
and
@UnistotenCamp
#kahnawake
#indigenousresurgence
#wetsuwetenstrong
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Here’s
@PKSubban1
sporting a Kahnawà:ke Made beaded medallion at his honouring at the Bell Centre - nice tribute to a great player.👌🏾
(* From Daybreak Kahnawà:ke Facebook)
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Respect to my Dad and all the Kahnawake:rò:non who defended our community from Canada and Quebec’s aggression 31 years ago and those carrying on the tradition of Kanien’kehà:ka resistance!
#okacrisis
#neverforget
#notonemoreinch
@teyowisonte
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I’m excited to share my new work focusing on Indigenous Resurgence and reflecting on my own journey as a thinker, activist, and Indigenous man in the movement.
Much gratitude to my collaborator
@unmannedfuture
and comrade
@Pam_Palmater
and the many others who’ve engaged with me
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The Canadian government couldn’t exterminate us or erase us through legislation, but they have now found another way to try to eradicate our Nations: make laws that make white Canadians “Indigenous”.
"Indigenous" groups like the one the author of this article is promoting have
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@Super70sSports
I’ve had a PhD for 30 years… and I’ve always felt professors who demand to be called Doctor are pretentious and ridiculous.
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Brave and powerful statement from
@LeahGazan
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Take me to the river to feel the harmony of heaven and earth…
This is the next photo I am sharing from the series in my new book. I took it at Tekakwitha Island in 2020 and to me it evokes the
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Haudenosaunee and allied nations flags in the Echoes of a Proud Nation Powwow 2023 grand entry colour guard.
#powwow
#kahnawake
#haudenosaunee
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An excellent article profiling Cayuga faithkeeper Jock Hill's teachings on the basics of Haudenosaunee wampum:
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“It’s not called National Forgiveness Day.”
Everyone in Canada needs to read this powerful piece by
@rjjago
#Reconciliation
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The traditional chiefs today took part in "Words at Edge of the Woods" — a welcoming ceremony that took place at the Mohawk longhouse in Kahnawake.
#wetsuwetenstrong
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Joe Norton was an early mentor to me. I was his political assistant for 10 years. I respected him and admired him for his oratory, his courage and dedication to Kahnawàke, which I witnessed in public and behind the scenes many times. We’ve lost a great leader with his passing.
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Reconciliation is Recolonization.
It’s central theme in my new book, and one whose practical application is expertly and compellingly explained in this article by
@michellecyca
in
@thenarwhalca
#itsallabouttheland
#metiscolonialism
for
@thenarwhalca
, a long story about a complicated topic: Indigenous rights and sovereignty, which are inextricable from their homelands. what happens when those lands are claimed by another group?
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"Since 1492 our people have been under attack. Our cultures, our traditions, our spirituality, our very identities targeted for annihilation. Because if the colonial beast got rid of the Native’s, its agents got rid of their problem. You see, it’s always been about the land."
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Kahnawa’kehró:non and anyone else interested in our work on visioning the transition to traditional governance… Our new Community Engagement Coordinator, Chelsea Phillips, and I will be posting updates and info on that Project at our new Facebook page, so please Like and Follow!
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The
@CNRailway
is owned by one of the richest people in the world
@BillGates
- the company is not going broke because of these blockades.
#WetsuwetenStrong
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Looking at this gathering and praying for peace, power and righteousness to infuse the circle.
#WetsuwetenStrong
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“I believe the most notorious place for false claims of Indigenous identity is universities across the country.” - Many people claiming to be Indigenous do not share our collective experience
@napekan
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@keithbaldrey
I’m betting those who suffered under apartheid in South Africa are probably insulted by you presuming to have anything to say about it, White Man.
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"It’s been a monumental effort on the part of our people to simply survive the Euroamerican governments’ attempt to eliminate us. Those of us that are still here are the inheritors of a heritage of resistance and courageous, wise choices on the part of our ancestors. We are the
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“settler colonialism is not just an ideological force. This ideology of erasure often motivates efforts to materially upend all pillars of Indigenous life and existence.” -
@somdeep_sen
Settler colonialism is not an ‘academic fad’ via
@AJEnglish
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Pilgrimmage to the site of one of the first, if not the first, land reclamations of traditional territory by Onkwehonwe… Fifty years ago traditional people from Kahnawà:ke went to Moss Lake / Eagle Bay and showed people what
#landback
really is.
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Mohawk Phrase of the day:
Kanata, “village”
+ Satiens, “to sit”
= Kanatiens/Canadian, “squatter”
#originallandlords
#neverforget
#CancelCanadaDay
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I'm proud to share that our Kahnawà:ke Oral History Project, featuring the life stories of Kahnawà:ke elders, has been Shortlisted for the Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Community Programming!
@KnowhistoryCDN
@MCKahnawake
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"What they're asking for is for us to keep our minds within the Canadian legal framework and to operate in the parameters of legal precedents that have been set by white reasoning and to not bring in Native understandings of law and to exclude Native understandings of law, to
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“This is how nations are built, and this is how nations survive, is by taking risks... The real test is to put yourself out there on issues like this. Our ancestors used to go into battle and risk their lives to defend their nation. This isn’t that scenario, but it’s almost as
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The colonial tool of "self-identification is finally being seen for what it is: an assault on First Nations existences. Good for
@nhpr
for recognizing this and correcting their practices. It's time for universities and other public institutions in Canada and the United States to
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Look at this awesome West Coast piece by my friend, the Ahouset Nation artist Guy Louie Jr. - it’s an Orca design, 24 inch red cedar panel with acrylic paint.
He’s in Kahnawà:ke and
#Montreal
today and the piece is for sale.
DM me for pricing if you’re interested!
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Mohawks know more about the Wet’suwet’en and the complexities of the situation than you do, Guy from Langford Who Lied His Way Into Office
@jjhorgan
#WetsuwetenStrong
#indigenousresurgence
#haudenosaunee
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Family heirloom… an original - and highly impressionistic - portrait of my grandfather by the great
#kahnawake
artist and founder of the Kahnawà:ke Warrior Society, Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall.
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Extra proud to be Kahnawàkerò:non tonight! We just made history in
#kahnawake
selecting Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer as our Grand Chief, the first woman, and first member of the
#LGBTQ2S
community to lead the Mohawk Council of Kahnawàke.
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The public should know that the historians the Legault government is consulting on this issue, specifically Alain Beaulieu of
@UQAM
, are paid handsomely (for many years and to this day) by Quebec, to undermine Mohawk rights claims in court.
@CanadiensMTL
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We’re the
#4
best selling First Nations theme book on Amazon - in less than a year.
Indigenous Resurgence being beat out by a white supremacist argument for colonialism and some Pretendian BS is pretty much a true reflection of the reality in Canada these days!
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This is the face of Mohawk resistance: armed with ancestral knowledge, locked together in unity, and loaded with love for the land, they are a stronger force than a truckload of AK-47s.
#WetsuwetenStrong
#kahnawake
#indigenouswomen
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International solidarity event for
#WetsuwetenStrong
in
#Berlin
-
@MayaRoisin
@Gidimten
@UnistotenCamp
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@Collaterly
The world’s longest genocide continues - the original people of the Western Hemisphere have been fighting for our survival for 500+ years and this Maya boy’s fate is that of millions upon hundreds of millions of our relatives and ancestors.
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The first printing of It’s All about the Land is sold out!
Bookstores may still have copies on their shelves, but if you want to get your copy, it’s best to order it online at:
The second printing will start shipping out in mid-April.
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Always honoured and proud to stand with my fellow Kahnawà:ke military veterans for grand entry.
#kahnawake
#powow
#veterans
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Great afternoon session yesterday talking about the White/Montour case and legal aspects of asserting Mohawk nationhood with the bright young minds of the Indigenous Law group at
@mcgillu
Faculty of Law, including Katsi’tsaronhkwas from Kanesatake!
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It's
#NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay
and I'm sharing the first look at my new book from
@utpress
- with the powerful Forward written by Pam Palmater, and a section we've titled, The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism.
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IDENTITY THEFT AND SETTLER RESPONSIBILITY
A talk by Taiaiake Alfred (June 19, 2024)
"They are really slyly defending the status quo of colonialism by creating and perpetuating a false image of what it is to be Native. It’s an image that continues to serve colonial purposes
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“the Canadian government is doing just enough to appease the Indigenous community and keep it from taking up arms or organizing a broader protest movement, he said... I’m not sure we’re that close yet. But as Fanon says, it won’t take much.” - Murray Sinclair.
#fingerscrossed
Murray Sinclair has tried for years to shock Canada into confronting colonialism. He’s not done yet - The Globe and Mail
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