Sovereignty of the Haudenosaunee
Friday, May 30, 2008
1960 ~ Indians were declared "Citizens of Canada"
to make sure that the Indians wouldn't be able
to go to an
Federal government announces to the masses of its citizens
that they are "demanding that the Canadian military be
called in to protect their interests against the Native
people..." they are in fact, declaring war upon our People.
We are sovereign Nations
and when a military action
is called upon us,
it is an act of War.
We do not declare war
upon the government of
or upon any sector thereof.
However, we are not going to be pushed
into Provincial Courts that have no jurisdiction
over our Nations either.
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Sovereignty of the Haudenosaunee
Who gave permission for the Dominion of Canada and the
Haudenosaunee?
Most people in
to understanding why we, as the true First People of this
Continent, are standing our ground so firmly. Many are
simply unaware of the hardships we have endured to arrive
at where we are today. As we stand at the crossroads of
protecting what is rightfully inherent to us, we will
either move forward in a good, healthy and constructive way
or once again, loose our chance for a better tomorrow.
The average Canadian citizen does not clearly understand
the millions, if not billions of dollars owed to just the
On gwa hon weh in
agreements, mineral rights, and other such monies have
never been paid by the Canadian government or companies
involved. Though legally binding, these payments have been
ignored. Continuing this illegal and immoral behavior
ensures that all of the earnings from land development goes
to the government and to the individual companies while none
goes to the caretakers of this same land.
I want to share some of the history with you that I found
meaningful:
Both Colonies have created illegal government bodies to do
their dirty work of discriminating against the On gwa hon
weh who are the True Title Holders of the Land. The
"The Indian Act, The Tribal Council, B.I.A., Band
Administration, and Indian Affairs," are
unconstitutional and serve as a breach of trust. In 1857,
1869, and 1876, the Indian Act aimed at assimilation
through a "Divide and Conquer Policy." This goes
against everything within the Treaties of the Two Row
Wampum and The Silver Covenant Chain.
The Treaties are the foundation created through respect for
one another's Nation. This unique relationship is meant
to have an everlasting Peace, as it bounds our two separate
societies together as we sail side by side each in our own
vessels, with our own customs and laws for "As long
as the grass grows, the sun shines, and the water
flows." This breach of Treaty Responsibilities and
Obligations is a direct approach of assimilation.
Under International Law ~ Genocide is a Crime.
The Crime against Humanity goes against the United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly December 1948 and what came into
effect January 1951. The Convention on the Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide was ratified and became law in 1952 which
states, "a crime against humanity is an act of
persecution (discrimination) on any large scale of murders
against a body of people, and is the highest level of
criminal offense. Discrimination occurs when discriminatory
practices are based on the place in which one's
ancestor's lived."
It was never litigated that our people had to live on
reserves to keep our identity. It was created by Indian
Affairs and the Dominion of Canada, in order to keep us
isolated and under their orders. The Federal and Provincial
governments are out of their jurisdiction where we are
concerned, as "We never surrendered our rights or our
identity to any government.
is, total Genocide."
Article II
"Any of the following acts committed with intent to
destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical,
race/religious group, as such
a) killing members of a group
b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of
the group'
c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of
life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in
whole or in part.
d) Impoverished measures intended to prevent births
within the group
e) Forcibly transferring children of that group to
another group
f) Involuntary sterilization of Native women
States Chris John, "You have a responsibility as a
citizen of the world to know what your government is up to
and resist (their) unlawful actions. The Crime of Genocide
is covered up. Now it's a double crime."
Through:
a) Genocide
b) Conspiring to Commit Genocide
c) Sending in direct and public agitators to harm us
d) Attempt to commit Genocide with lies
e) Participate in committing to conspire against us
Article IV
Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts
enumerated in Article III shall be punished whether they
are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials
or private individuals.
We, as On gwa hon weh established our land prior to the
Dominion of
supreme authority over our lands. Our Forefathers laid a
path for us through Treaties because of the need for mutual
understanding and agreements that relate to Peace and
Friendship, Military
acquired our lands through our Military Alliance, which
guarantees our Sovereignty through the protection of the
Crown, establishing them through Peace. Our lands were
never conquered by outsiders and we never consented to
American or Canadian authority over our Territories, nor
did we place our lands in trust with the
Historical Dates--
July 1751 ~ The last Conference with the Five Nations at
sensible of the consequences of it ever in their senses to
consent."
1784 ~
and
In the early 18 and 1900's, white settlers obtained
land through trickery, seizure and force, created by the
Dominion of
Zygmunt Baum, "Modern genocide is an element of social
engineering, meant to bring out a law and order conforming
to the design of the perfect society."
solution regarding "Indian Problem" strategy of
social engineering known as assimilation which began with
1857 Act.
Sir Duncan Campbell Scott serving as head of the Department
of Indian Affairs during the development of the residential
school system. "Our objective is to continue until
there is not a single Indian in
absorbed into the body politic, and there is no Indian
problem. Residential schools were designed to take the
Indian out of Indian."
25, June 1969 ~ Announcement of the "Statement of the
Government of
"white paper") in the House of Commons by the
Minister Jean Chrentien. The proposed changes included the
repeal of the Indian Act, and at the end to the special
relationship between the federal government and Indian
people. Canadian government introduces but fails the White
Paper. This paper was a further attempt at assimilation
aimed at annihilating 'nation' status of First
Nations.
· Assimilation through mission schools and
bounty's.
In a speech delivered shortly after tabling the White Paper
in Parliament, Trudeau summarized his rational; "We can
go on treating the Indians as having a special status. We
can go on adding bricks of discrimination around the ghetto
in which they live and at the same time perhaps helping them
preserve certain cultural traits and certain ancestral
rights or we can say you're at a crossroads."
Pointing & Gibbons
In March of 1959, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was
sent into Six Nations, which until 1924 had been completely
self-governed. The police were there to evict
"Iroquois" Chiefs and Clan Mother' after
traditionalists on the reserve seized control and, for all
intents and purposes, declared the reserve separate from
1960 ~ Indians were declared "Citizens of Canada"
to make sure that the Indians wouldn't be able to go to
an
Canadian Government.
Treaty Rights are clear in early treaties signed with the
young
become a corner stone of American legal practice and at
least on the face in national government procedures.
In concluding these thoughts, I wish to say this...
When an entity, whether a local municipality, province or
Federal government announces to the masses of its citizens
that they are "demanding that the Canadian military be
called in to protect their interests against the Native
people..." they are in fact, declaring war upon our
People. We are sovereign Nations and when a military action
is called upon us, it is an act of War.
We do not declare war upon the government of
any sector thereof. However, we are not going to be pushed
into Provincial Courts that have no jurisdiction over our
Nations either. The time for all Canadian citizens to
truly understand the history and legal positions of the
Native nations here, so long withheld from them by the
political leaderships, is long overdue.
Only in understanding the TRUTHS of these historic
agreements and knowing who we are as a People will there be
progress toward fair and equitable treatment for all people
in
Nya weh-
Always,
Jacqueline House
Cayuga- from Six Nations
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