Archives for Eagle and Condor
The Most Important Day in the Last 10,000 Years
The Zapatistas have organized a National Indigenous Congress. That congress is now proposing an Indigenous women for president in the Mexican election of 2018, as part of an ongoing "campaign for life and the reconstruction of our country which is being torn to shreds." by QUINCY SAUL | Counterpunch | June 14,…
Removing the Burrs: A Traditional Mohawk Welcoming Ceremony
Using part of the Condolence complex of ceremonies, Ateronhiata:kon (Francis Boots) welcomes Roxana Miranda Rupailaf, a Mapuche poet from Chile. Then he offers healing to Myriam Gonzalez, a Chilean Canadian from Montreal. The ceremony is in Mohawk, followed by an English explanation and Spanish translation beginning at 16:51. For more…
The Eagle and Condor Peoples unite in fight against Chevron
By Fernando Arce WASHINGTON, – Onkwehón:we from the North, Central and South American parts of the continent converged in Washington on Apr. 21, 2015 to demand justice for the indigenous victims of Chevron’s pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Hundreds of cousins, sisters and brothers from all over the continent took over…
Kanasaraken on the Onkwehon:we relationship with Ecuador
Mohawk Kanasaraken (Loran Thompson) speaks about his visit to Ecuador to see the devastation in the Amazonian rainforest, and speaks about the importance of developing indigenous to indigenous relationships with the original peoples of those lands.
WGO 11 – Kanenhariyo’s Speech To The Venezuelan Ambassador
This is the full audio of the April 8th 2015 speech given by Kanenhariyo in response to the speech made by Venezuelan Ambassador Wilmer Barrientos at the Mohawk longhouse on 5th line at Six Nations.
WGO 10 – The speech of the Venezuelan Ambassador to the Mohawk Longhouse
On April 8th 2015, the Venezuelan Ambassador to Canada, Wilmer Barrientos, came to the Mohawk Longhouse on 5th Line for dinner and a social dance. The ambassador made a profound and historic speech which is reproduced here in its entirety.
WGO 7 – The day after the Ecuador rally in Washington, DC
After a 14 hour bus ride back from a historic rally in Washington where over 100 Onkwehon:we people came out to stand with their Ecuadorian brothers and sisters, Kanenhariyo and Tom eat lunch with Kanenhariyo's family and discuss the significance of what just happened.
Tahayote speaks at Washington gathering against Chevron
Tahayote makes a speech at the international gathering of resistance against Chevron's actions in Ecuador.
Who Berta Caceres is and was
Berta Caceres. by Grahame Russell HONDURAS – Berta Caceres, a great Lenca woman from Honduras, was assassinated on March 2, 2016. She was targeted and killed because of who she is, because of what she lived and fought for, her whole life. For her life, sicarios (paid assassins) broke into her home…
Chican@ Libearation and Indigenous Self-Determination
by Joaquin Cienfuegos Intro This was written for the people in the movement Chicano identified and beyond. It is also a reflection. We need to continue to build, but in order to do that lets continue to examine our strategies and our collective vision for liberated communities, the struggle for…