Evening meeting with Akwesasneronon on the island Kawehnoke arrived John Boots opened and David White gave a update on the new building, Laura Morris gave her up date on the current court events. Wesley “Fuzzy” Benedict spoke and represented himself very well all the people past 45 listened to him speak,and the younger people listened and one young man mentioned his frustration on the things going on around our territory letting everyone know the time is now to fix the situation at Kawehnoke, that it shouldn’t be left to the next generation.
Larry Thompson talked about the history of the obelisk in central park behind the Metropolitan museum in N.Y.C
Jake Swamp spoke on the Kaienneren:kowa and the 5 nations from setting up meetings to having our runners go to each nation and deliver our message of what continues to happen with the outside government and our traditional people here in Akwesasne Kanienkahaka Territory.
Jake, mentioned that the message is heard by each nation then we will have a Grand Counsel in Onondaga in which all the nations will come together and listen to issues that have been put forward.
Only then will decisions about CBSA become reality, to this day no other government can decide what will become of our land that solely belongs to the next seven generations. Our clan mothers need to sit down and meet with the people and the traditional counsel and all our people have to agree and what we agree on is no guns no border on our land, to many of our young people were mistreated, our men and women and our elders.
We will stand together for the children yet unborn, We will continue to pass on our knowledge to our young men and women when they understand fully only then we can move to a better future for all of us on our Territory.
Nia:wen ko:wa,
Nedify
What is the significance of the Obelisk? I can barely wait to see your pictures and videos of the Obelisk
If indeed there are human rights abuses going on, it is important to document these. Word of mouth, as well as written documentation are important. But, it must be remembered that we live in an electronic age. If it is within the means and determination of the peoples being abused, then maybe it is time to use cameras both within and without the areas of abuse. I am talking about an audio and video computer-controlled system that is deployed within general land areas and their perimeters. I do not now, nor will I ever, promote violence, but if violence is being used against indigenous peoples, then it must be captured clearly by electronic means so that it may be used as evidence at a later time.