Category: Mohawks

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Article / Del Riley / Governance / Indigenous Economy / Latest News / Media / Mohawks / Ontario / Racism / Trade

Uncompelled Justice: Why David Sharpe’s Abuse of Process and Charter Challenge Demands Canada’s Attention

The power of a state to compel testimony is among its most coercive tools. That power, when misused, threatens not only the rights of the individual but the constitutional foundations of our justice system. In the case of David Sharpe, a First Nations economic leader and former CEO of Bridging Finance Inc., the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) crossed a critical legal line—and may have changed the law retroactively to cover it up.

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Article / Governance / Indigenous Economy / Indigenous Medical Cannabis / Mohawks / OPP / Racism / Shawn Brant / Trade / Tyendinaga / Tyendinaga Police

What we know about the unprecedented raids on Mohawk cannabis farms in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

It has been difficult to separate fact from fiction in the recent police raids on cannabis farms in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. The following is a timeline that Real People’s Media has put together to make sense of the events.  

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Article / Energy / Governance / Indigenous Economy / Latest News / Mohawks / Raid at Wyman Rd / Trade / Tyendinaga

Predatory Pricing leads to the cheapest fuel in Ontario, and hard times for Mohawk businesses

How the economic practices of a former employee of the Auditor General of Canada are harming the private sector in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Editorial note: Real People’s Media has been approached by several business...

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Article / Bridging Finance / Indigenous Economy / Latest News / Legal Battles / Mohawks / Ontario / Racism / Tyendinaga

Mohawk sues Ontario Securities Commission after they break their own laws

Real People’s Media has previously reported on the case of David Sharpe and his battle with the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”). Sharpe, a proud Mohawk who lives in Tyendinaga, has faced considerable negative mainstream media coverage over the past three years. There have been significant developments since we last reported on this matter. 

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Article / Brantford / Cannabis Laws / Indigenous Economy / Indigenous Medical Cannabis / Latest News / Legal Battles / Mohawks

Brantford police raid sovereign Indigenous cannabis shop on Mohawk lands

BRANTFORD – A sovereign Indigenous cannabis store operating in downtown Brantford, Ontario was robbed on Tuesday Sept 12th by the Brantford Police department. Sovern 4/20, which opened the day before the raid occurred, is...

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A report back from the North American Indigenous Games

NAIG is truly one of the only events that brings together Indigenous youth from across North America to one meeting spot. The games are more than just athletic competition as it is a springboard for Indigenous youth to share ideas and form lasting bonds across Turtle Island.

Anishinaabe / Article / Canada / Canadian Government / Del Riley / Historical / Indian Act / Latest News / Longform / Mohawks / Onkwehon:we / Onkwehonwe History / Position Paper / Theory / Tom Keefer / Treaty of Niagra

A Sovereign Path Forward

Band councils, lands reserved for Indians, and to end the Indian act By Chief Del Riley & Tom Keefer with Karen Commandant The PDF version of this document is available for download here. Comments...

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Indigenous Economy / Kanenhariyo / Latest News / Medical Cannabis / Mohawks / Onkwehon:we / Ontario / RPM YouTube / Toronto / Trade / Treaty Relationships / Video

Uncle Gene visits the 1701 Iroquois Trading Post

On June 3, 2022, Gene Hill visited the 1701 Iroquois Trading Post on Kingston Rd, in Scarborough Ontario. The 1701 Iroquois Trading Post is a sovereign Indigenous store retailing cannabis, tobacco, fish and other Indigenous products.

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Anishinaabe / Del Riley / Events / Governance / Indigenous Economy / Indigenous Medical Cannabis / Indigenous Tobacco / Kanenhariyo / Latest News / MIssissaugas / Mohawks / Onkwehon:we / Toronto / Trade

Webinar: How to resist economic genocide?

Join an interactive webinar with speakers including: Ken Hughes Sr. Spokesperson for Mississaugas of the Credit Medicine Wheel, Tyendinaga Mohawk War Chief Kanenhariyo, and Hereditary Crane Clan Chief Delbert Riley on Monday, April 4th at 7pm.

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Two Row Times and “Credible” Mohawk slander and libel Skyler Williams

The Two Row Times, a pro-Indian Act newspaper colludes with the “Credible” Mohawk to smear #1492LandBackLane’s most high profile warrior. The unfounded and slanderous claims made against Willams are part of a longstanding pattern to target and discredit those Onkwehon:we who uphold their traditional systems and fight to preserve their lands.