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 | | It was operated with the sanction of the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs at Kahnawake. | | | Mohawks moved there in 1721 and then tried to have the land reverted to them but were continually denied by the Canadian government. | | | The nation is not involved in any way in the activities of such a society nor endorses it actions." (Associated Press) Garrow has since abandoned her previous view and joined in with the warriors. |
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http://sixnations.buffnet.net/Threats_to_Traditional_Governments
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| | Mohawk nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Mohawk Nation, as part of the Iroquois Confederacy, were recognised for some time by the British government. | | | Their traditional homeland stretches from just south of the Mohawk River, east to the Green Mountains of Vermont, west to the borders of the Oneida nation, and north of Montreal along the St Lawrence River valley and the Ottawa River valley. | | | Since the 1980s, Mohawk politics have been driven by factional disputes over gambling. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_nation
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| | ICT [2004/03/09] Mohawk scholar speaks at Syracuse University |
| | She cited from her research the experience of one Kahnawake Mohawk who was interrogated by a U.S. official who challenged his blood quantum, family history and documentation as a status member of the Mohawk Nation as justification to freely cross the border. | | | The journalists were met by an official who claimed to be of Cherokee decent who was going to deny them entry because they did not have a letter from the chief of their community stating they were recognized members of the Mohawk Nation. | | | Simpson said the official claimed that in the Cherokee Nation everyone crossing the border has such letters and the free passage rights of the Haudenoshaunee to cross the border were restricted to |
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| | OKA.DOS.txt |
| | After several years of trying to convince the Federal Government, in negotiations, of its legitimate claim to a parcel of land, that the Mohawks of Kanesatake had never surrendered or otherwise legally given up, a barricade was erected in April 1990 to stop the expansion of a private golf course. | | | There is no question in my mind that the Mohawks at Kanesatake would rather be negotiating than facing now 1,000 police with fully automatic weapons and all of this armament in an effort to protect their sacred land and their wives and children who were there with them. | | | News reports and telephone calls to her office allege that SQ officers are prohibiting Mohawk men from crossing the barricade, while letting non-native residents of the community through. |
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http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/lubicon/1990/OKA.DOS.txt
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| | The Mohawk delegation asked that an assurance be given for the protection of the Mohawk Nation and its people when the barricades were taken down and surrender of their defense weapons. | | | The negotiators of Canada were told, repeatedly, by the Mohawk delegates that the Mohawk people were not asking for anything that does not belong to us. | | | The Mohawks will be tortured, as they have already been, at the hands of the Surete du Quebec, and imprisoned for their rightful struggle to maintain their land base, the remains of their ancestors and to protect their fellow Mohawks at Kanehsatake. |
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http://www.bcgreen.com/~samuel/lubicon/1990/OKA0913.txt
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| | Iroquois Constitution |
| | When the Lords of the Five Nations propose to meet in conference with a foreign nation with proposals for an acceptance of the Great Peace, a large band of warriors shall conceal themselves in a secure place safe from the espionage of the foreign nation but as near at hand as possible. | | | When any alien nation or individual is admitted into the Five Nations the admission shall be understood only to be a temporary one. | | | Rights of the People of the Five Nations 93. |
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http://www.indigenouspeople.net/iroqcon.htm
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| | cree-1998-01.txt |
| | The main result of the Kahnawake Mohawk Band Council entering into any international agreement is the subordination of national Mohawk sovereignty which the Haudenosaunee Peoples as a collective have been defending for centuries. | | | We must acknowledge that the result of these actions was the erosion and collapse of the political, economic and social systems of the Original Peoples of Turtle Island and their First Nations. | | | Diverse, vibrant Aboriginal nations had ways of life rooted in fundamental values concerning their relationships to the Creator, the environment and each other, in the role of Elders as the living memory of their ancestors, and in their responsibilities as custodians of the lands, waters and resources of their homelands. |
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http://www.nisto.com/cree/mail/cree-1998-01.txt
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| | Mohawk Tribe |
| | The Mohawk Nation, then known as Kanien'kehake (people of the flint) was one of the five founding Nations of the Iroquois League (or confederacy). | | | Finally, as the Mohawk are the keepers of the Eastern Door, we seek to serve as a doorway towards other online resources and have also included a discussion board so that you may exchange ideas, comments, ask questions, and find the answers you seek. | | | This website is meant as a resource for those of you who seek to know more about the Mohawk tribe and the Iroquois League. |
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http://www.mohawktribe.com
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| | INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. 2, Treaties |
| | Relinquishment to New York, by the Mohawk nation of Indians, under the sanction of the United States of America, of all claim to lands in that state. | | | AT a treaty held under the authority of the United States, with the Mohawk nation of Indians, residing in the province of Upper Canada, within the dominions of the king of Great Britain, present, the honorable Isaac Smith, commissioner appointed by the United States to | | | Agents of New York pay to the Mohawk deputies $1,000 and their expenses. |
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http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/moh0050.htm
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| | The Wampum Chronicles: Mohawk Territory on the Internet |
| | Old News Clippings Document “Mohawk” Political Revival NEW! | | | The Seven Nations Of Canada: The Other Iroquois Confederacy | | | The Wampum Chronicles is proud to support the reclamation of Six Nations land near Caledonia, Ontario. |
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http://www.wampumchronicles.com
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| | THE MOHAWK NATION COUNCIL & THE GREAT LAW OF PEACE |
| | This project is funded by the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, the Mohawk Roundtable, and the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force. | | | The origin of the rights, these women leaders have, begins in their founding mother, Tsikonsase, who is also known as the Mother of Nations, because it is said that her blood line originates from the first woman on earth. | | | Therefore, all groups and factions of various nations would be known as relatives to each other and would respect one another, and thus violence would cease. |
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http://hometown.aol.com/miketben2/miktben7.htm
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| | Mohawk-nation.htm |
| | On December 16, 1773, the evening before the tea was supposed to be landed, the Sons of Liberty, a group of about 50 Boston residents organized by Samuel Adams, burst from the Old South Meeting House and headed toward Griffin's Wharf, dressed as Mohawk nationMohawks. | | | As a consequence of the Mohawk NationMohawk Nation's allegiance with the British, through being a part of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, the Mohawk peoples were forced from their lands in the Mohawk ValleyMohawk Valley, in present day New York State, by the revolutionaries. | | | Mohawk nationMohawk - Eastern United States Native American |
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http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/M/Mohawk-nation.htm
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| | The Mohawk Defense Of Kanasetake (aka Oka, Quebec, Canada) |
| | For a better understanding of the Six Nation Iroquois Confederacy of which the Mohawk people are a part we have published the Great Law Of Peace in its entirety, perhaps for the first time in a non-native publication. | | | The first of the squares on the left represents the Mohawk Nation and its territory, the second square on the left and near the heart represents the Oneida Nation and its territory, and the white heart in the middle represents the Onondaga Nation and its territory. | | | Another success of the Mohawks was described by Michael Baxendale, author and journalist, who wrote |
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http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/350.html
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| | Native American Thoughts and Wisdom |
| | The Mohawk Nation is one of five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy formed by neighboring and closely related North American Native Nations: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and the Seneca. | | | The name "Mohawk" was given to them by the Algonquin Nation and was later adopted by the British, Dutch, French and Americans due to the fact that it was easier to spell and to pronounce. | | | Today, 10,000 people maintain their Haudenosaunee identity and move about freely within their territory with total condemnation and disregard towards the boundaries drawn by European immigrants. |
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| | Native Americans of the Northeast |
| | The Mohawk Nation is "Keeper of the Eastern Door." | | | Tribal enrollment for the Cayuga Nation is about 1,000. | | | This page was devised to bring together information about the Iroquois Nation (Hotinonshonni). |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/5467
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| | Mohawk - Indian Law Resource Center |
| | In February 2005, the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs (a traditional Haudenosaunee government), the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, and the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne signed an agreement with Governor George Pataki to resolve their historic claim to lands in Northern New York. | | | Represented by the Indian Law Resource Center, the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs approved the agreement only after years of vigorous advocacy to ensure that the deal adequately protected the interests of their community and of future generations of Mohawks. | | | Those claims site repeated violations of a federal treaty confirming Mohawk land rights. |
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http://www.indianlaw.org/mohawk.html
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| | Time for Kids Magazines Their Native Tongue |
| | Children of the Mohawk Nation work to save their ancient language and culture | | | There are three clans in the Mohawk Nation: Turtle, Bear and Wolf. | | | Only 1 out of 5 Mohawks could speak it. |
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http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/magazines/story/0,6277,96109,00.html
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| | Other Native Sites |
| | The Founding of the Kahniakehaka (Mohawk) Nation Council | | | Welcome to My World of the Nisga'a Nation | | | Southern Cherokee Nation - descendants of the Ridge faction. |
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| | rat haus reality jumpdoors to web lan' |
| | His current position as commentator for National Public Radio completes his exceptional qualifications for this position. | | | The United Nations and the Corporate Agenda, by David Korten | | | Net Warriors, Indigenous Peoples Global Caucus, Intersessional Working Group on the United Nations |
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http://www.ratical.com/jumpdoors.html
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| | Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory |
| | This site is maintained by the Technical Services staff at First Nations Technical Institute. | | | Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Membership Officer or call | | | For band membership inquiries and information, please e-mail the |
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| | The Flag Mohawk Nation of Kanienkah |
| | Only the Mohawk issue their people passports from the Mohawk nation. | | | The Mohawk nation spans the border between the United States and Canada. | | | In Canada, the Mohawk reside on the Six Nation Reserve in Ontario, the Tyendinaga band on the north shore of Lake Ontario, the Gibson Band on Georgian Bay, the Akwesasneon the St. Lawrence River and at Kahnawake in Quebec. |
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http://members.aol.com/Donh523/navapage/mohawk.htm
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| | Mohawk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Mohawk nation, an indigenous people of North America | | | Mohawk language, the language spoken by the Mohawk people | | | Mohawk hairstyle, from a hairstyle traditionally worn by the Mohawk tribe |
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| | The Six Nations of the Iroquois |
| | Most of the nation's members live on or near the Seneca Nation reservation. | | | About 40 of the 630 people in the Oneida Nation live on this reservation. | | | The council is a traditional meeting of all of the nations of the Confederacy. |
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http://tuscaroras.com/pages/six_nations_ex.html
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| | Iroquois today |
| | The Iroquois are six nations who joined together to form a confederacy of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations. | | | After the war all the NY State Mohawks who supported the British moved to Canada, settling mainly at Tyendinaga and Six Nations. | | | Most of the Cayuga who were pro-British, moved to live with the Seneca in N.Y., and others went on to Six Nations In Canada. |
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http://www.iroquoismuseum.org/iroquois.htm
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| | Kaniahkehake Mohawk |
| | If the man were a chief of the Kahniakehake Nation, he would wear attached to his feathered hat deer antlers that symbolize his authority as one of the nine chiefs of the Mohawk Nation. | | | The Mohawk were the first Nation to accept the Great Law of Peace from the Peacemaker as he and Aiionwatha (Hiawatha) journeyed to the Five Nations. | | | The joining together of the Five Nations is perhaps the oldest example of nations uniting under a single form of government and spirituality. |
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http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/pages/mohawk.htm
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| | Native American Authors: Mohawk Tribe |
| | The Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs is an acknowledged administrative agency for the Mohawk people. | | | Description: This is the official home page of the artisans and craftworkers of the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne. | | | Description: "The Wampum Chronicles: A Website of Mohawk History represents independent research into Mohawk history. |
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| | Eastern Door Volume 7 Number 16 |
| | We have all heard the position of the Mohawk Nation's right to nationhood: its constitution, land base, population, treaties, etc. What we are asking is: Where is the government of the Mohawk Nation that the Great Law describes? | | | We are not talking about individuals of groups who make statements about a Mohawk Nation; nor are we talking about individual communities that are Mohawk by population. | | | In a meeting that took place in Belleville, Ontario, on January 13 and 14, (1996) all the elected councils from the Mohawk communities met to discuss the rebuilding of the Mohawk Nation. |
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http://www.easterndoor.com/archives/VOL.7/7-16.htm
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| | Mohawks of Kahnawake |
| | Kahnawá:ke is one of seven communities, which comprise the Mohawk Nation. | | | The MCK is the governing body for the Kahnawá:ke Mohawk Territory. | | | For the purposes of clarity, it must be pointed out that the term “Mohawk Council of Kahnawá:ke” also refers more generically to the entire organization that provides administrative services to the community. |
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| | The BIA took over the tribal police department after investigating; Like the Oneida Nation, and the Mohawk nation, the Blackfeet nation is supervised by a team of to alarming tales of bankruptcy, prostitution, suicides, and murder Mohawk Bingo Palace, Mohawk Tribal, was earlier the executive director of the Christian Coalition. | | | Yet, the tribe is one of those sovereign nations: like the Blackfeet, along the Canadian border, among whom 30 cocaine traffickers were recently convicted. | | | Yes, provided that the nation or tribe has obtained a license to do so issued by the New York State Liquor Authority and complies with all State laws, rules and regulations regarding alcoholic beverage provision. |
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http://skutcher.php5.cz/new-vegas-casinos.html
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| | St. Regis Mohawk Indian Nation |
| | St Regis Mohawk's response to EPA's request for recommendations on the designation of areas for the PM 2.5 standard. | | | The SRMT participates in the Annual Indian nation leaders meetings with Region 2 senior management and the Director of the American Indian Environmental Office, held in Syracuse, New York. | | | Discussions included specific environmental issues of each of the Indian nations, as well as environmental protection of the Indian nation lands and development of the Indian nations environmental capacity. |
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http://www.epa.gov/region02/nations/srm.htm
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