“Servants of the People”
by John Kane September 11, 2013 Traditionally, this title was an honor bestowed on those distinguished both by willingness to serve and effectiveness in doing so. This was our concept — unique throughout the...
Category: Governance
Ka’nikonriyo Podcast 12 – Lifting Eachother Up – Hazel Hill On The HDI – Part 3
PART 3 OF 3. Hazel Hill joins the Ka:nikonhriyo Podcast with Kelly MacNaughton and Tom Keefer on Wednesday May 16, 2016 to talk about how she came to be involved with the Haudenosaunee Development...
Ka’nikonriyo Podcast 8 – Operation MYGALE and the Six Nations tobacco industry
Kelly MacNaughton, a Mohawk business woman from Six Nations speaks about the implications of Operation MYGALE, and what she thinks will be next for the Tobacco Industry at Six Nations.
LTN – The Kayenere:kowa in the Modern Context
With Matt Hill, John Kane and Paul Delaronde On this weeks episode John commemorates the anniversaries of two of the worst atrocities committed against Indigenous peoples in the US and talks about the development...
“Indian Fighting” with Terrorism Laws
Time for the U.S. to Admit What It’s Doing—“Indian Fighting” with Terrorism Laws By John Kane, Sept 4, 2013 The Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act (CCTA) and its enhanced amendments through the reauthorization of the...
WGO 3 – The Onkwehon:we relationship to tobacco with Tekarontake
Kanenhariyo, Tom Keefer and special guest Tekarontake of Kahnawake gather together in the basement to discuss the history of the Onkwehon:we relationship to tobacco. Tekarontake talks about ancient trading practices, the significance of tobacco to...
The Sting and the Overreach
by John Kane August 21, 2013 Last week, a 43-count federal indictment was filed in the Western District of Missouri. It named 18 defendants and while only a handful of were Native, this indictment and the...
First Autonomous Indigenous Government created in Peru
By Rick Kearns The Wampis people of Peru recently created the nation’s first Autonomous Indigenous Government, which does not seek independence from Peru but intends to protect their rights and their territory. On November...
Returning to World Indigenous Governance
By Kanenhariyo I have a dream that our people will spread out from the reservations we call territories, and establish new communities steeped in our languages, laws, traditions and clans. I have had this...
