WGO 22 – Francis Boots On Onkwehonwe Justice Systems
Francis Boots gives his take on traditional Onkwehonwe justice systems and means of conflict resolution.
Category: Akwesasne
Kanasaraken speaks to Ateronhiatakon on the Kayenerekowa
Kanasaraken speaks to his friend Ateronhiatakon in Akwesasne to talk about what his father told him. Issues covered include the Kayenere:kowa, the state of politics within the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the influence of Gawio.
Mohawks Become First Tribe to Take Down a Federal Dam
By MARY ESCH, ASSOCIATED PRESS HOGANSBURG, N.Y. Dec 11, 2016 A century after the first commercial dam was built on the St. Regis River, blocking the spawning runs of salmon and sturgeon, the stream...
Onkwehon:we protocols for international relations
AKWESASNE – Kanasaraken speaks to Real Peoples Media about how the Mohawk people have traditionally handled relations with representatives from other countries and how they go about picking representatives to communicate with those other...
Kanasaraken on the Condolence Ceremony
AKWESASNE – Kanasaraken speaks with John Kane and Matt Hill from the Let’s Talk Native studio in Cattaraugus about the condolence ceremony developed by Hiawatha and the Peacemaker. The condolence ceremony was essential in...
Akwesasne Animals in Kanienkéha
AKWESASNE – Kanienkéha (Mohawk Language) student Monica Peters has recently produced a video of all the beautiful animals she sees in the forest of her home community in Kawehno:ke ko:wa, Akwesasne, Cornwall Island. Peters...
Ganienkeh and the escape from Band Council control
AKWESASNE – Kanasaraken (aka Loran Thompson) speaks about the problems affecting his community in Akwesasne, and the problems that traditional Onkwehon:we people are facing at the hands of the colonial Band/Tribal Councils. In discussing possible ways...
The Onkwehon:we connection with Ecuador
By Tom Keefer AKWESASNE – Mohawk elder Kanasaraken (aka Loran Thompson) recently spoke to Real Peoples Media about his visit to Ecuador to see the devastation in the Amazonian rainforest caused by Chevron. Kanasaraken...
Why the Mohawks are no longer walking the high steel
By Henry Gass. (This article was originally published by the Globe and Mail on August 23, 2013) Pete Marquis doesn’t drink on his drive home from work any more. He dreams. Night is falling...
You are on Indian Land
A FILM BY MORT RANSEN, 1969, 36 MIN 48 S The film shows the confrontation between police and a 1969 demonstration by Mohawks of the St. Regis Reserve on the bridge between Canada and the United...
