Category: Onkwehonwe History

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Operation MYGALE and the criminalization of the Indigenous tobacco industry

When trade is treated as a crime against the state: A backgrounder on the largest raids on the Indigenous tobacco industry in history. (First published by Ricochet Media.) By Tom Keefer The largest police crackdown...

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Kentyohkwahnhakstha gathering in Kenhteke

KENHTEKE MOHAWK TERRITORY – There will be a gathering of the Kentyohkwahnhakstha movement on Saturday April 16th 2016 at the Sadies Lane Longhouse in Tyendinaga. The meeting starts at 7am with a sunrise ceremony and...

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The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving and Marriage Ceremony

CATTARAGUS – Paul Delaronde (Tekarontake) and James Gray (Sakoietah) join Matt Hill, Louis Snyder and John Kane for the type of conversation that is the reason for “Let’s Talk Native…” Listen in to hear...

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Straightening the tree of peace

LAFAYETTE – A gathering to discuss the duties, rights and responsibilities of the title holders and the people in relation to the Gayanenhsa’gonah was held on March 19th, 2016. Speakers including Kanasaraken, Ateronhiatakon and Tekarontake...

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Truth, reconciliation and clan families

[Artwork credit: “Clan Mothers” by Stan Natchez.] By Tom Keefer One of the most important things that I have learned in spending the last 10 years working with Onkwehon:we people is the significance of...

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LTN: The Treaty of Canadaigua

WASHINGTON – Ribbon shirts, Gustowehs and Haudenosaunee people filled “The Indian Treaty Room” at the White House this week as some celebrated the 222 year old Canandaigua Treaty. These participants seemed oblivious to the...

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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...

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The commons, the castle, the witch and the lynx

By Peter Linebaugh One day at Crottorf we eat mouthwatering strawberries and yogurt for our lunch-time sweet. Crottorf is the name of a castle, or schloss, in Westphalia, Germany.  Twenty-one of us are assembled...

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“They call us Mohawks” – the story of Ganienkeh

GANIENKEH – This video takes you behind the scenes in the Mohawk community of Ganienkeh. Ganienkeh was established as an “Independent Indian Republic” in the 1970s and operates according to cooperative economic principles and...

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An Anarchist Study of the Rotinonshón:ni Polity

“Where License Reigns With All Impunity”  An Anarchist Study of the Rotinonshón:ni Polity by Stephen Arthur “Their Policy in this is very wise, and has nothing Barbarous in it. For, since their preservation depends...