June 20th:
Two women were brutally assaulted on June 14th, 2008 at the Akwesasne
border. They could not bring charges against the border guards unless they paid
court costs. Prothonotary Mireille Tabib made an order on October 23, 2008 that Mohawks residing in
Akwasasne and Kahnawake are not residents of Canada.
Yet someone coming from South Africa,
if assaulted, can lay criminal charges for free! The Canadian judicial system has made us
persona non grata with no rights to be protected by their system like everyone
else in the world. This violates the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
June 30th email:
"..Canada
is reviving the old tactic of disinformation, intimidation, and threats. We are
in the right. We don't want guns! This
is a time to negotiate from a position of strength, not fear or weakness. We
can't have appeasers make deals behind our backs. If we start giving way
piecemeal, eventually we will wind up with nothing.
The Mohawks are obviously not going to break the peace that
has pervaded the situation from the beginning to now. The Peacemaker Decanawida
and our ancestors will be proud of the message of peace that we have maintained.
If anybody causes trouble, it will be outside agitators, police forces,
military, undercover agents, and professional troublemakers. We won't fall for
it. We will protect each other."
Please support the Mohawks in their efforts to protect
themselves. Write and call your representatives demanding that their
sovereignty as indigenous persons be protected, that the border patrols,
police, and military interventions stand down, and that Canada
and the US
return to the rule of law in matters relating to the rights of native persons.
If you are a mainstream media source, please cover this
story. If you're a blogger, blog it. If you are into message boards, put it out
there. Make known what is going on.
For more information, here's the Mohawk Nation News blog I
used as my source:
click here
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