The Face of Resistance: Censored News 2014

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Censored News 2014: Defending the Sacred and Exposing the Exploiters

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Around the world, the struggle to defend Mother Earth and human rights, and expose the exploiters is maintained by the good hearts as a sacred trust

by Brenda Norrell
Censored News

The year of 2014 was a difficult one for many, and the struggles to defend the earth and defend human rights were fought with sacrifice around the world. The most viewed articles at

Yankton Sioux seeks dismissal of Transcanada's KXL tarsands permit

Faith Spotted Eagle

YANKTON SIOUX, IHANKTONWAN, SEEKS DISMISSAL OF TRANSCANADA�S BID FOR SD PUC PERMIT STATUS ON JANUARY 6, 2014

By YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE

Thomasina Realbird, Yankton Sioux

Faith Spotted Eagle, Ihanktonwan Treaty Chair
Censored News

Wednesday, December 31, 2015



YANKTON SIOUX NATION -- In a determined move, the Yankton Sioux Tribe will square off with Transcanada on

New York Times' Copycat Journalism: Tex Hall and Blood Oil

The top article above by The New York Times, published today, has a very similar title,
and similar facts, to the Censored News article in February.

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

The New York Times has finally covered Chairman Tex Hall and the corruption in the oil and gas industry on the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation in North Dakota.

The New York Times article today has almost the

Mohawk Nation News 'ONGWE�HON:WEH ORATION'

ONGWE�HON:WEH ORATION

Posted on December 29, 2014







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MNN. Dec. 23, 2014. Britain and its colonies, US, Israel, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, are partners in waging continual war against world peace. Colonization will end:





1.WHEN public officials make oaths to local natural inhabitants of the land and not to a foreign autocrat.

2.WHEN

The Ride to Wounded Knee

Photos by Ken Marchionno

Dec 28, 2014

http://300-miles.org/OT/index.html











300 Miles, The Oomaka Tokatakiya Future Generations Ride by Ken Marchionno and Students of the Future Generations Teen Photojournalism Project





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News Rot: The Black OP Media of 2014

The mainstream media in 2014: No more than a black Op






By Brenda Norrell

Censored News



TUCSON, Arizona -- No one spins wars better than CNN and no one kills with drones better than the White House. The paid media in the US marched to the tune of their handlers in 2014, continuing the rot and decay of US manufactured news. The news became no more than a black OP, a dark operation of the

The U.S. and Mexico: Hand-in-Hand in Human Rights Violations

The U.S. and Mexico: Hand-in-Hand in Human Rights Violations
By Frontera NorteSur
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Dutch translation by Alice Holemans NAIS/Censored News
French translation by Christine Prat/Censored News
Though little-noticed by the U.S. media, events north of the border bore striking similarities to developments in Mexico in 2014. Like in the mass protests that arose south of the Rio Bravo and

Mohawk Nation News 'DETROIT SIGN OF THE TIMES'

Detroit's abandoned Silverdome is now just an empty shell left to rot






















Detroit's abandoned Silverdome is now just an empty shel...

Photographer Johnny Joo visited the abandoned Pontiac Silverdome last month after the roof finally collapsed and his photos offer an eerie, empty look at...







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Ken Marchionno Photos '300 Miles Oomaka Tokatakiya'

Ken Marchionno Photos '300 Miles Oomaka Tokatakiya'

The Oomaka Tokatakiya is a nearly 300-mile memorial horseback ride across South Dakota in the United States. The ride starts on December 15th, at the site where the Lakota Indian Chief Sitting Bull was killed, and traces the trail taken by some of his tribe to join Chief Big Foot. It goes on to follow Big Foot's effort to reach

Zapatistas Posters: Festival of Resistance and Rebellion against Capitalism

Read more about the Festival of Resistance and Rebellion against Capitalism, happening now in Mexico:
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/12/zapatistas-on-ayotzinapa-festival-and.html

Family statement: Lakota man shot by Rapid City police after Native Lives Matter Rally

Allen Locke, 30, shot by Rapid City
police five times after Native Lives
Matter Peaceful Protest Rally



Family of Native American Police Shooting Victim Releases Statement



Call for prayer gathering outside Rapid City Mayor's office Monday, 300 6th St. at 10am MST, Native leaders will meet with Rapid City Chief of Police and Rapid City Mayor regarding shooting of Native American man by

Mohawk Nation News 'Canada's Final Solution'

CANADA�S FINAL SOLUTION

Posted on December 21, 2014






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MNN, Dec. 21, 2014. Why negotiation tables, war department of Indian Affairs and special military trained police and surveillance strategies? Why does the corporation of Canada have to pass illegal laws to take from and remove us? They, in effect, acknowledge that we are the sovereigns of Ono�ware:geh

How One Indigenous Woman Took On a Multinational Mining Corporation... And Won

Published on



Friday, December 19, 2014



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Common Dreams


How One Indigenous Woman Took On a Multinational Mining Corporation... And Won




Indigenous Peruvian farmworker Maxima Acu�a de Chaupe withstood violent eviction attempts, beatings, and a legal battle to protect her land from being turned into an open-pit gold mine





by


Sarah Lazare, staff writer







Acu�a de Chaupe at

CheBus y Contra Las Agresinones a la Caravana Climatica

Red Contra la Represi�n: Libertad a Christian Rosendahl Guerrero y contra las agresiones a la Caravana Clim�tica
Network Against Repression: Freedom for Christian Rosendahl Guerrero and against the attacks on Climate Caravan

Desde marzo de este a�o la iniciativa Caravana Clim�tica, integrada por distintos activistas ambientales comenz� su recorrido en el norte de M�xico, con destino a Lima,

Mohawk Nation News 'Hands off our Russian Allies'

HANDS OFF OUR RUSSIAN ALLIES

Posted on December 20, 2014




Mohawk Nation News

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MNN. Dec. 20, 2014. We Ongwe�ho:ne, the true sovereigns of Ono�ware:geh, thoroughly object to Canada�s sanctions against our wampum carrying Russian allies. They, like us, are being targeted for genocide. Canada is going after Russia�s banking, energy and defense sectors. The

Zapatistas: On Ayotzinapa, the Festival, and Hysteria

On Ayotzinapa, the Festival, and Hysteria as a Method of Analysis and Guide for Action. Subcomandante Insurgente Mois�s



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Espanol


Zapatista Army for National Liberation

December 2014

To the compas of the National and International Sixth:

To the National Indigenous Congress:

To the family members and compa�eros of those killed and disappeared in Ayotzinapa:

Sisters and brothers:

Zapatistas 'On the Eve of the Festival'

On the Eve of the Festival

Zapatista Army for National Liberation

Mexico

December 19, 2014
Italiano
Espanol


To the National Indigenous Congress:

To the National and International Sixth:

Compas:

Greetings to all of you. We are writing to let you know how participant registration is coming along for the First World Festival of Resistance and Rebellion against Capitalism: �Where those

'Why the Mountain' documentary film for Mauna Kea

Friday, December 19, 2014





"Why The Mountain" is a documentary film for Mauna Kea








Mauna Kea is inundated with 13 telescopes. The Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) will dwarf what's already on the summit.



Our goal is to produce a beautiful, powerful and evocative film to help people everywhere understand why Mauna Kea is sacred to Hawaiians, a fragile ecosystem that needs protection,

Censored: One Woman's Journey

Thank you to Ann-erika White Bird and Lakota Voice!Brenda Norrell, One Woman�s JourneyLakota Voice Lakota Voice contacted Brenda Norrell, Censored News, last November requesting permission to reprint her story, �Powers of deception, arm chair journalism and editorial scams�. After Censored News published a highlight of Indigenous Resistance for 2014, we again contacted Ms. Norell. This time,

O'odham Benefit for Youth Gathering

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Censored News Heroes in Resistance Awards 2014

Censored News Photographer of the Year Robyn Jackson, Dineh


Censored News Heroes in Resistance Awards


By Brenda Norrell

Censored News

English and Dutch



Leonard Peltier

Censored News readers have selected their heroes to be honored as Heroes in Resistance. The Lifetime Achievement Awards honor Leonard Peltier, Debra and Alex White Plume, Billy Frank, Jr., Lehman Brightman and Dineh

Mohawk Nation News 'Visualize the Peace'

VISUALIZE THE PEACE

Posted on December 17, 2014







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MNN. Dec. 17, 2014. Today is the first day of the solstice. The natural variety of languages will enhance the spreading of the Great Peace throughout the world. Everyone wants to see a world without war for our children. Mohawk Nation News is being translated into many languages. We are grateful for

Mohawk Nation News 'OLD TIME REMOVAL!'

OLD TIME REMOVAL!






















OLD TIME REMOVAL!

Please post & distribute. Nia:wen. MNN. DEC. 16, 2014. This letter was send to the Governor General of Canada, Hon. David Johnson, on December 16: "...







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Swan case dismissed, Colville Members for Justice Respond

Swan v. Colville Business Council Dismissed

Colville Members for Justice Respond



By Joe Fry, Media Coordinator

Colville Members for Justice

Dec. 13, 2014

Censored News



Further action now being considered, which may include federal complaint







Yvonne Swan

In an order filed on December 2, 2014, in the Court of Appeals of The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Chief

Navajo Nation buys ceremonial masks at Paris auction, rescues masks

Navajo delegation calls repatriation efforts a success



�These masks are spiritual beings and the Navajo people have strong connections with them. We need to regard them as such.� Vice President Rex Lee Jim.

By Navajo Nation
Censored News
English and German
PARIS�The Navajo delegation on a mission to Paris, led by Navajo Nation Vice President Rex Lee Jim was successful in their repatriation

Zapatistas Festival of Resistance as Genocide of Indigenous Peoples Continues

Zapatistas in Sonora, Mexico, with O'odhamPhoto by Brenda Norrell

By Brenda Norrell

Censored News



The Eve Auction in Paris continued its cultural genocide with an auction of ceremonial items of Hopi, Pueblo, Navajo, Lakota and other Native Americans today.



The auction in Paris follows the theft of sacred Apache land for copper mining in the US Congress, led by Arizona Sen. John

Mohawk Nation News 'ONO�WARE:GEH'

ONO�WARE:GEH

Posted on December 15, 2014






Mohawk Nation News

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MNN. Dec. 15, 2014. Ono�waregeh is Mohawk for Great Turtle Island. New Victoria Mayor, Lisa Helps, swore an oath to the Ongwe�hon:we of the area. When all mayors refuse to take an oath to the Queen, the Privy Council will be removed and colonization will end.


Privy Council: �Brother, can

Paris Auction selling Hopi, Pueblo, Navajo and Plains Sacred Items

Klee Benally confronts auctioneer Alan Leroy in Paris





UPDATE TODAY, MONDAY, Dec. 15, 2014



Navajos Buy Back Artifacts at Paris Auction



PARIS � Dec 15, 2014, 10:53 AM ET

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press
















Navajo officials spent several hundred thousand euros to buy back seven tribal masks at an auction Monday in Paris a sale that went ahead despite efforts by the U.S.

Mohawk Nation News: GETTING TO KNOW YOU

GETTING TO KNOW YOU






















GETTING TO KNOW YOU

Please post & distribute. Nia:wen. MNN. Dec. 13, 2014. This letter went to some of the cities on the Kahnawake tract called the "Seigneury". "Dec. 13, 2014. To:...







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McCain's new mode of genocide: Theft of Apache sacred land for copper mining

Photo by Sandra Rambler, San Carlos Apache"We need the water for our beloved children and grandchildren and all those who are yet to be born."

Once again, John McCain is the darling of the coyotes and snakes





By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

Sen. John McCain's new mode of genocide is no where more obvious than in the slick theft of Apache sacred lands for the benefit of a foreign

Zapatistas Moises: De Ayotzinapa, del Festival y de la histeria como m�todo de an�lisis y gu�a para la acci�n

De Ayotzinapa, del Festival y de la histeria como m�todo de an�lisis y gu�a para la acci�n. Subcomandante Insurgente Mois�s

EJ�RCITO ZAPATISTA DE LIBERACI�N NACIONAL.

M�XICO.



Diciembre del 2014.

A l@s compas de la Sexta nacional e internacional:

Al Congreso Nacional Ind�gena:

A los familiares y compa�eros de los asesinados y desaparecidos de Ayotzinapa:

Hermanas y hermanos:

MNN 'INDIAN GIVERS!'

INDIAN GIVERS!






















INDIAN GIVERS!

Please post & distribute. Nia:wen. MNN. 12 Dec. 2014. One day in 1975 while I was sitting at my desk in Indian Affairs, Harry Chapman, the Registrar, show...







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Canada Blocks NAFTA Investigation Into British Columbia Fish Farm Impacts on Wild Salmon

For Immediate Release, December 12, 2014


Contact:

Alexandra Morton, (250) 974-7086Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity, (510) 499-9185



Canada Blocks NAFTA Investigation Into British Columbia Fish Farm Impacts on Wild Salmon

Decision Threatens Salmon Runs

Zapatistas World Festival of Resistance and Rebellion against Capitalism

Schedule for the First World Festival of Resistance and Rebellion Against Capitalism

FESTIVAL MUNDIAL DE LAS RESISTENCIAS Y LAS REBELD�AS CONTRA EL CAPITALISMO



Traduzione italianoTraduction en Fran�aisEnglish translationDeutsch �bersetzung
Dutch translation
Espanol




Schedule for the First World Festival of Resistance and Rebellion Against Capitalism



NOVEMBER 28, 2014


First

Mohawk Nation News 'Sun Setting on British Empire'

SUN SETTING ON BRITISH EMPIRE

Posted on December 12, 2014







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Dutch translation by Alice Holemans NAIS
German translation by Selina Berger

MNN. Dec. 12, 2014. When every corporate band council refuses to take an oath to the Queen, it is the beginning of the end for the British Empire in North America.



Queenie: �On your knees when you�re talking to

Indigenous leaders assassinated defending land

Human Rights Day: tribal leaders assassinated for defending their land







Guarani leader Marinalva Manoel was stabbed to death after campaigning for her tribe's ancestral land.

� Aty Guasu

By Survival International

Dec. 9, 2014: To mark Human Rights Day on Wednesday, Survival International � the global movement for tribal peoples� rights � warns about the growing humanitarian crisis

Shakedown: How deportation robs immigrants of their money and belongings

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An action alert about a dangerous deportation practice: stop the shakedown of immigrants!
Dear brendanorrell@gmail.com,Hundreds of thousands of immigrants each year are dumped at the Mexico border and permanently expelled without their most basic belongings: their money, identification documents, cell phones, important phone numbers, photos and keepsakes. From the border they

Apache elders words on theft of sacred lands for copper mining

The US House has passed legislation to steal Apache sacred land for Resolution Copper mining. Sen. John McCain is pushing for this theft of Apache land in the Senate. Censored News is reposting these photos and words of Apache elders about Oak Flat. Articles and photos by Sandra Rambler, San Carlos Apache. Testimony to Congress:"If this land is transferred to Resolution

Mohawk Nation News 'CIA TORTURE INC.'

CIA TORTURE INC.






















CIA TORTURE INC.

Please post & distribute. Nia:wen. MNN. Dec. 10, 2014. Will and Kate represent the British monarchy, which is "white privilege". They arrived in New York...







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Seeking nominees for Censored News Heroes in Resistance Awards

Censored News Photos

Seeking nominees for Censored News Heroes in Resistance
Censored News will honor our heroes. Please send us the names of your heroes, so we can honor those who made a difference in 2014. Please include grassroots people, media, and all other heroes.
Also, please nominate heroes for Censored News Lifetime of Resistance Award.
Thank you!
brendanorrell@gmail.com

Renewed push for clemency for Leonard Peltier

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Renewed push for clemency for Leonard Peltier

Media Contact: Jack Magee

Email: jacko@dublin.com
Dec. 10, 2014
Press statement posted at Censored News



December 10th, International Human Rights Day, marks the beginning of a Human Rights Action Center (www.humanrightsactioncenter.org) global campaign to seek clemency for Native American Leonard Peltier. Peltier, now 70 years of age

Democracy Now: Indigenous Women Frontline Earth Defenders: Climate Change Solutions

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Watch video: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/12/9/indigenous_women_on_the_front_lines


Indigenous Women: Frontline Earth Defenders Share Their Climate Change Solutions

Today is �Gender Day� at the U.N. Climate Change Conference, a day that acknowledges the disproportionate impact of climate change on women, who make up 70 percent of the world�s poor. We hear from a panel of indigenous

Photos: Paiutes fight against theft of water rights to Pyramid Lake

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"Today's meeting at Pyramid Lake, Nevada concerning all issues including water issues. This is the Chairman Elwood Lowery with council members."Ray Bones Lowery

Paiutes fight against water rights to Pyramid Lake
Article by Brenda Norrell
Photos by Ray Bones Lowery
Censored News
PYRAMID LAKE, Nevada -- Pyramid Lake Paiutes continued to fight for their water rights to Pyramid Lake, one

Big Energy threatens climate talks in Peru

Dear all,
Please find the briefing paper published by Attac France and Aitec in the framework of the Lima UNFCCC conference to highlight how TTIP and CETA are jeopardizing climate and energy transformation processes :

Here in English :



Climate or TTIP, make your choice!

https://france.attac.org/IMG/pdf/note_tafta_lima_-en.pdf

Here in French :

Climat ou

PERU TRIBUNAL: Verdicts on Violation of Rights of People and Nature

Peoples of the 4 river basin of Peru present their case for violations to Rights if Nature and the peoples impacted by oil development in the northern Amazon of Peru. Photo by Robin Milam

Tribunal verdicts on violation of rights of people and nature

By Global Alliance

Monday, December 8th, 2014
Censored News

International Rights of Nature Tribunal Day 2





Delegation of Saweto with

PERU Tribunal Denounces Violations to Rights of Nature

Casey Camp, Ponca, speaks on fracking at Peru Tribunal


Tribunal Denounces Violations to Rights of Nature

By Global Alliance

Monday, December 8th, 2014
Censored News




Yasunidos caravan arrived at Rights of Nature Tribunal in LimaINSPITE of Ecuador's customs to release the bus tocontinue their Caravan from Mexico!


International Rights of Nature Tribunal Day 1

Lima, December 6th,

Today: Indigenous Women at UN Climate Summit Peru

WECAN INTERNATIONAL AT THE UNFCCC COP20 2014




Top photo by Robin Milam
Posted at Censored News
WECAN International is headed to Lima, Peru this December for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP20 negotiations. Join WECAN and our allies for a series of events and mobilizations in pursuit of climate justice, systemic change, and equitable solutions that

PERU Tribunal Denounces Violations to Rights of Nature

Casey Camp, Ponca, speaks on fracking at Peru Tribunal
Photo Robin Milam


Tribunal Denounces Violations to Rights of Nature

By Global Alliance

Monday, December 8th, 2014

Please go to updated link: http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2014/12/peru-tribunal-denounces-violations-to.html

Indigenous leader enroute to UN climate summit murdered

The Guardian reports, "The body of an indigenous leader who was opposed to a major mining project in Ecuador has been found bound and buried, days before he planned to take his campaign to climate talks in Lima.
"The killing highlights the violence and harassment facing environmental activists in Ecuador, following the confiscation earlier this week of a bus carrying climate campaigners

CRISPY CRITTERS

Posted on December 8, 2014






Mohawk Nation News

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MNN. Dec. 8, 2014. The Mohawks called the Jesuits �Ratisti�hen�sta:tsi, which means �burnt to a crisp�. The people carry out the punishment for three capital offences, treason, espionage and conspiracy, by burning the criminal[s] at the stake. These crimes could lead to the annihilation of

Mohawk Nation News 'Binding the Arrows'

BINDING THE ARROWS

Posted on December 8, 2014






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MNN. Dec. 8, 2014. A copy of this Objection was sent by registered mail to the Governor General of the Corporation of Canada:


Never ending Longhouse uniting all Ongwehonwe on Onowaregeh.


�To: Every Ongwehonwe in the Rotinoshonni Confederacy and to all our Friends and Allies on Onowaregeh:

She:kon.

Failure of Indian country news is crime against humanity

By Brenda Norrell
Censored News

It should be considered a crime against humanity for salaried reporters, supposedly covering national Indian news, to stay home and plagiarize instead of being present in DC.

Those reporters are failing as watchdogs to prevent the theft of Indian water rights, and Indian land rights. Real reporters in Indian country could do a great deal to protect land and

Sen. McCain leads planned theft of Apache sacred lands for copper mining

UPDATE: McCain's new mode of genocide: Theft of Apache land for copper mining

McCain is the darling of the coyotes and snakes


By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
Sen. John McCain's new mode of genocide is no where more obvious than in the slick theft of Apache sacred lands for the benefit of a foreign corporation for copper mining. Of course, McCain's theft of sacred lands in Arizona is nothing

Paiute Leaders Statement to Congress on Pyramid Lake Water Rights

Paiutes protest planned theft of
Pyramid Lake water rights
Photo by Bad Bear Sampson 2014



Paiutes fighting to protect their water rights to Pyramid Lake say this document proves the current Paiute chairman has waived rights:


JOINT STATEMENT OF: ELWOOD LOWERY CHAIRMAN PYRAMID LAKE PAIUTE TRIBE

STEPHEN HARTMAN

VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL FISH SPRINGS RANCH LLC



BEFORE THE:

Mohawk Nation News 'Feathered Economic Hit Men'

THE FEATHERED ECONOMIC HIT MEN

Posted on December 5, 2014






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MNN. Nov. 5, 2014. The economic hit men have now donned feathers to corrupt the leader in Kahnawake. They tell the leader, �Here�s some money. Don�t worry about the people. Take the money for yourself and your family.� With the band council proposal to give us money for Kahnawake and the Mohawk interest

Mohawk Nation News 'Another Trail of Tears'

ANOTHER TRAIL OF TEARS

Posted on December 3, 2014




Mohawk Nation News

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MNN. Dec. 3, 2014. As Don Corleone said, �We�ll give them an offer they can�t refuse�. The INDIANS known as the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake MCK were obviously trained at the school of dirty tricks. I saw these tactics played on our people when I worked at Indian Affairs. They tried to

Mohawk Nation News 'Stir the Mind'

STIR THE MIND

Posted on December 1, 2014




Mohawk Nation News

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MNN. Dec. 2, 2014. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake is calling for a one-day community consultation on the supposed loss of the Seigneury of Sault St. Louis SSSL by the Mohawks of Kahnawake. It was not lost. We always knew where it was! We are not the intruders. Yet we are being asked if we

Mohawk Nation News 'CA'NAZISM'

CA�NAZISM

Posted on December 1, 2014


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MNN. Dec. 1, 2014. Canada is the first colony to register with the Vatican/CROWN in 1867 as a corporate state. The definition of Nazism is the merger of corporation and state. All those carrying Canadian identification are the new Nazis!



Harper is