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20 years after Oka: nothing has changed for Native people
Jun 11th, 2010 by admin
Mining project in Kanesatake/Oka: Kanesatake says “no” to any exploitation of niobium on its ancestral lands
Jun 11th, 2010 by admin
KANESATAKE, QC, June 9 /CNW Telbec/ – The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake made public today that it categorically rejects the project of the company Niocan Inc., which plans to exploit a resource of niobium on land forming part of the Seigneury of Lake of Two-Mountains, on which Mohawks of Kanesatake have title as well as Aboriginal and treaty rights. “Our position is clear. We will never allow our land to be used without our consent and in a way that is harmful to the environment,” says Grand Chief SohenrisePaul Nicholas.
VIDEO: Interviews from Defenders of the Land 2008
Feb 17th, 2010 by admin
A network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada
November 2008 — Winnipeg — 12 interviews — 133 minutes
November 2008 — Winnipeg — 12 interviews — 133 minutes
Between November 12-14, 2008, the historic Defenders of the Land gathering took place in Winnipeg. The gathering brought together dozens of grassroots activists, elders, youth, women and men from Indigenous communities across “Canada” who are in active struggle to defend their land and assert self-determination. The second Defenders of the Land gathering was recently held in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories, in November 2009.
Members of No One Is Illegal-Montreal have recently uploaded thirteen interviews with participants from the 2008 Defenders of the Land Gathering in Winnipeg. The interviews are now available for viewing and download on the IsumaTV website. IsumaTV is an independent interactive network of Inuit and Indigenous multimedia.
–> The Defenders of the Land channel, with all thirteen interviews, is accessible here: http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/defenders-land/ <– Continue Reading »
CN drop your racist lawsuit!
Aug 31st, 2009 by admin
Watch the video of the October 31, 2008 demonstration at CN headquarters in Montreal, demanding that they drop their racist lawsuit against Mohawk activists in Tyendinaga.
Update: Struggle Continues Against Armed Border Guards in Akwesasne: Three Mohawks Still in Jail
Jul 21st, 2009 by admin
Update: Support and Stay Tuned:Struggle Continues Against Armed Border Guards in Akwesasne Three Mohawks Still in Jail in the Quinte Regional Detention Centre (June 29th, 2009) On June 1st, the Harper government’s decision to allow Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) border guards carry sidearms was scheduled to be enforced, but the community resistance of Akwesasne Mohawks resulted in the closing of the border by the Canadian government. Since then, the Mohawks of Akwesasne continue to resist the imposition of armed border guards by the CBSA. Throughout the Mohawk Nation, actions have been taken demanding that the Canadian government enter into negotiations on the issue. Continue Reading »
July 11, 09: Fraudulent theft of Mohawk land
Jul 16th, 2009 by admin
Kanehsatà:ke Mohawk Territory For July 11, 2009 Re: Fraudulent theft of Mohawk Land by the Municipality of Oka It has now been 19 years since the “Oka Crisis” when the Municipality of Oka, developers, in collusion with the Federal and provincial governments attempted to defraud the Mohawk peoples of Kanehsatà:ke of our ancestral Pines to make way for the expansion of a 9 hole golf course and a condominium development. 19 years later, nothing has changed as the Municipality of Oka with the approval of federal government, continues to defraud Mohawk peoples of our land and its resources through housing developments, the nationalizing of Oka Park and through the Kanesatake Interim Land Base Governance Act (KILBGA). Continue Reading »
Anti-Canada Day Solidarity Statement with Akwesasne
Jul 1st, 2009 by admin
[For statement with image, visit: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2009/07/anti-canada.html]
Anti-Canada Day Solidarity Statement with Akwesasne
July 1, 2009 – Montreal
To the members of the community of Akwesasne –
To all members of the Haudenosaunee –
We write to publicly express our respect, solidarity and support with the continued struggles for sovereignty and self-determination by Haudonausanee peoples.
In particular, we highlight our admiration for the courageous and ongoing community resistance to armed border agents at Kahwehnoke in Akwesasne. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is an occupier on Kanionke:haka lands, and we unequivocally support the demand of the people’s movement at Akwesasne to refuse the arming of any border agents. We also support the demand for free movement for all members of the Akwesasne community. Continue Reading »
Akwesasne: May 2009 overview
Jun 1st, 2009 by admin
From June 1st, 2009:
“[The Canadian Border Service Agency] is a foreign oppressive force who occupies our sovereign community and territory. (They are) unwelcome, uninvited and now carrying firearms. For lack of a different description, that is considered by some an act of war.” – Larry King, member of the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory (quoted in Ottawa Citizen, May 29, 2009)
[A delegation of three non-native Montreal activists, including a member of No One Is Illegal-Montreal, is currently at the site of protesters at the Kawehnoke Port of Entry (Cornwall Island) on the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne. Native protesters at Akwesasne are welcoming allies to stand in solidarity, and to witness their efforts to resist the imposition of armed guards on Mohawk territory.
The No One Is Illegal-Montreal website will have updates directly from Akwesasne, as well as maintain a mainstream and alternative news compilation, at the following link: http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com/2009/06/akwesasne.html ] Continue Reading »