My name is Monica, I am Onkwehonwe and I live in Akwesasne (Kawehno:ke aka Cornwall Island portion). Others often refer to Onkwehonwe around Akwesasne, as ‘Indian’ or ‘Mohawk’ or ‘First Nation, Aboriginal, Indigenous, Iroquois, Haudenosaunee, Native’.  On days that I choose to leave or return to my home, I am forced to make a decision about how I will accomplish that. Will I take a right turn or a left turn? What are my chances of returning home safely, peacefully, and intact?

Either way I turn to leave or return to my home, I must beep my closest friends and family to let them know the exact time that I make the turn and which way I will turn. I never know when or if any border agents, police, troopers, military, union agencies, or corporations (Seaway, Gas, Telus) are going to decide to barricade our roads and bridges. Each time they decided to barricade our roads, bridges, and imprison all Onkwehonwe onto our tiny island this year, they usually laughed as they told me that the ‘Mohawks of Akwesasne’ have no human rights with them. Other days they would frown, bark orders at me, and demand that I submit to all of their commands. Other days, they threatened to take my cameras away from me.

One night, this past summer (2009), a female NY State Trooper, actually crept up to my vehicle with her hand on her gun, as if she was terrified my vehicle would blow up on her. I had to put both my hands up in the air and loudly say hello so that she could at least hear a human being’s voice, coming from inside my vehicle. I have to say that I was alarmed that she might just start shooting me, simply because I was just trying to return to my home after purchasing a few bottles of water.

If I take a left turn, I must prepare myself mentally and remind myself of The Great Law. Based on how the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) union agents have treated myself, my friends, and family for the past 50+ years, I know that I can be the next unfortunate traveler.

At any time, a traveler may be unfortunate to be forced to deal with a miserable CBSA union agent. Not every CBSA union agent is the same, but we seem to have a clique of CBSA agents around Akwesasne, that have a very long history of dealing out abuse, harm, and threats towards innocent travelers.

Why is CBSA is stealing vehicles from Akwesasne?
In October 2009, CBSA union agents started stealing vehicles from anyone they know that lives in Akwesasne. CBSA then demands a $1000.00 or more ransom, to be paid by the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, before they will return the stolen vehicle or even show the paperwork about why they stole the vehicles. CBSA union agents have stolen the same vehicle from the same individuals, while laughing in the vehicle owners’ faces on occasion.  CBSA continues to steal vehicles from Akwesasne, even today.

Has your vehicle been stolen by border agents?

How  is CBSA forcing more than $30,000.00 per day from working class people in Akwesasne?
On some days, CBSA collects more than $30,000.00 from the mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, sons, daughters, and good innocent working-class people that live in Akwesasne.  Some of the people, refuse to allow MCA (Mohawk Council of Akwesasne) to pay the ransom for them, because they do not want the MCA to represent them as Onkwehonwe.  Some of the people, empty their life savings to pay the ransom.  Others take out personal loans to pay the ransom to CBSA.  Others in Akwesasne, go to the roads and beg for dollars, hoping that 1000 or more travelers will be able to spare a dollar, so that they can get their vehicle back and get their own children to school safely.

Why does CBSA want Akwesasne and Indians put under Marhall Law?
CBSA union agents laugh at the Mohawks of Akwesasne and try to escalate the bully game.  On a few occasions, this past summer of 2009, they have been overheard laughing and urging their angry victims to go beg for dollars, shut down their own bridges in Akwesasne,, so that all the Indians could be put under Marshall Law.

Have you ever had a border agent make threats about martial law for your own community?

Why is CBSA calling the Mohawks of Akwesasne, Immigrants and Refugees?
Sometimes when CBSA union agents recognize us, as being from Akwesasne, they scowl at us and demand that we go in another building to be interrogated. Other days, the CBSA union agents, will shut their booth window and get on their phone when they recognize our faces as being from Akwesasne. After they talk on the phone, they usually demand that we go to another CBSA trailer to be interrogated. Sometimes they hide their faces and their badge numbers from my cameras, when they say and do things that are abusive towards us and break their own laws, mandates, and policies.

When we are forced to go to another CBSA trailer, their are usually another set of CBSA union agents that interrogate us. The scrutinize our identification cards, passports, status card, drivers licenses or whatever identification we may be carrying. When I ask them why they are interroogating me, they angrily state that they are following the ‘Immigration and Refugee Act’ or the “Immigration and Refugee Protection Act’. When I tell them that Onkwehonwe and Indians are absolutely not ‘Immigrants’, nor are we “Refugees’, they usually scowl, laugh at me, or start behaving even more bizarre towards me.

Have you ever been forced to prove that you are not an immigrant or refugee, after you showed your identification to a border agent?

Why and Where do CBSA agents deport Indians too?
Usually as I deal with each incident with CBSA, I end up hearing about at least 5 more stories about other Onkwehonwe, Indians, Mohawks, Aboriginals, Indiginous, and First Nations individuals that were kidnapped, driven far away from their home, and dropped off at another border agency location. When CBSA union agents drop them off in the middle of nowhere, far away from their homes, they are left to fend for themselves and who knows if all of them ever make it back to safety? I am sad to think about any young travelers that are not able to afford the basics of personal safety. A cell phone along the border towns is an outrageous bill, that many working class people are not able to afford.

Are you an Indian that was deported from your own home? If yes, where did the border agents deport you too?

Lessons Learned about living around corporation borders.

• Do not travel alone around the borders.  Some border agents have a nasty habit of falsely accusing travelers of various crimes.  Some border agents are very nice,  but the few that are nasty, have really created serious safety hazards for all Onkwehonwe and travelers.
• Contact at least one friend or family member before you leave for your destination, during the route to your destination, and when you arrive at your destination.
• Always keep an audio recorder on and recording when you are forced to deal with border agents.
• Keep  your camera / video camera recording when you are forced to deal with border agents.  Be sure to not put yourself or your camera in a position that can be considered ‘hindering an officer of performing his duties.’  Keep a safe distance away, do not point the camera at the officer’s computer keyboard if present.
• If  you must travel alone, listen to happy peaceful music or audio that helps you maintain a peaceful happy mind.  I know it sounds silly, but some of the nastiest border agents around here, seem to pickup on any travelers that are having a moment of weakness (anger, fear, anxiety).  Do not risk your safety, by putting yourself in a situation where angry bully border agents may decide to take their misery out on you.
• When you are in a group setting, keep your cameras and audio recording and pointed at others in your group as they deal with border agents.  Be sure that your fellow travelers also point their cameras at you while you document the event.  Cameras seem to help everyone to remember to act with their best behavior.  Remember to stay calm and focused on remaining peaceful, calm, and safe.  Do all you can to De-escalate any incidents involving angry, frightened, anxious, border agents.
• If you notice CBSA border agents putting on black leather gloves and covering up their own security cameras, make sure you loudly point out that more cameras are still pointing at the officers from outside your small group that the CBSA union agents are focusing on.  When CBSA union agents realize that cameras are still recording their actions, they tend to stop threatening, making up false accusations, and often will stop their attack right their.  **  if you notice CBSA union agent is loudly verbally stating something that totally contradicts what is going on, quickly loudly let that CBSA union agent know that their are still more cameras on the incident.
• Cameras, Video Cameras, and Audio recorders can be setup to automatically upload incidents to the internet and other servers.  You need to learn how to do that for yourself if you are traveling around the borders.  You can contact me around Akwesasne, if you need some help to learn how to document the events in your life around Akwesasne.

I often wonder why some of the border agents consistently try to escalate a simple grocery shopping trip into a national security incident.  I may never understand why any border agent would choose to go into a career field that they so obviously hate so much.  I must say that if it were not for the friendly, honest, and professional border agents, I may never be able to enjoy the benefits of simple basic human rights around Akwesasne.

My previous posts about the events are also found online at “CBSA stopped tribunal by arresting Davis for roaming freely around Akwesasne” and “Davis vs. CBSA human rights tribunal stopped again by the CBSA“. Another good video to watch, so that you can get a good idea of how the C.B.S.A. is trying to force Katenies, the Davis family, and all Onkwehonwe to become ‘Canadian tax payers’ can be found online and is titled “Court Ignores Mohawk Jurisdiction, by Lia Tara“. It’s interesting to note that the video shows Katenies at the cornwall court house, more than a year ago.

I have to question why the C.B.S.A. and the Crown waited for more than a year, to chain – imprison and try to force Katenies to be held under the British Crown?  Onkwehonwe are not Canadians nor are we British!  Why did the C.B.S.A. and Crown choose to imprison Katenies, stopping her from attending the Davis vs. Human Rights Tribunal?  Why did the CBSA refuse to tell us why they  arrested Katenies on thursday December 3 2009?  When did the CBSA get authority to arrest Katenies and any Onkwehonwe for roaming freely around Akwesasne?

When ‘Show and Tell’ involves C.B.S.A.  and government agents that assume their activities are secret, it tends to look like a scene from a prison camp dictatorship.  The photos, audio and video that were recorded, while the C.B.S.A. harassed us, lied to us, and imprisoned Katenies has been sent to many safe locations and it is available from AkwesasneWomensFire.com.

Not one of us are criminals, our only ‘crime’ according to CBSA and the Canada corporation, is that we choose to roam freely around Akwesasne, our homelands, the Americos Empire.

You can listen to what everyone said for yourself, by clicking the audio links next to each picture ( I will post asap ).  CBSA trailer also has cameras and they record everything inside their trailer and the CBSA barricade on Brookdale avenue at the north edge of the bridge. Historically, the CBSA mysteriously lose or damage their own recordings, each time they abuse anyone though.  That is why everyone is encouraged to record and document everything they encounter at all times.

This first photo is a young man that claimed to be a C.B.S.A. agent.  He was wearing a gun, weapons, vest, black uniform while he ‘processed my ID’ in the CBSA trailer next to Hieberts restaurant, on Brookdale Avenue in Cornwall Ontario.  He told me that he does not have to wear a badge number when I asked him what his badge number was.  He laughed and scoffed at my question, carried my ID card to a desk.  He wrote notes about my ID card, then took it over to a copy machine.

His superior (#16210) also backed up the anonymous CBSA agent’s statements by telling me that hiding badge numbers was an ‘internal matter’ that did not concern me.  I kept questioning both of them and they both laughed at me.  They insisted that they are not required to wear nor show their badge numbers at any time.

I stepped out of the CBSA trailer and requested more cameras to go inside with me, to find out the badge number of the CBSA agent.  The slimy behavior of the CBSA agents (today and in the past), give me cause to be alarmed that they plan to abuse their position at any time.

When I returned with cameras,  the anonymous CBSA agent ran into the back room of the CBSA trailer and tried to quickly put a badge number on his uniform.  He returned to me and my camera, smiling.  He  tried to place a badge number on my camera lens.   The new badge number he produced, was  #20372, but his actions give me reason to never trust him or his superiors.

CBSA agent # 16210 stated again that the badge numbers are not required, an internal matter, and did not concern us.  I stated that I do not believe anything that liars say to me and their was now no way for me to know if that new badge number even belonged to the anonymous CBSA agent. Here is a photo of the CBSA agent that claimed he is never required to show or tell what his badge number is (while he is carrying a gun too!).

CBSA agent refused to wear or show his badge number, while wearing gun, weapons, taking my ID card away and making copies. (maybe #20372)

CBSA agent refused to wear or show his badge number, while wearing gun, weapons, taking my ID card away and making copies. (maybe #20372) Thursday Morning Dec. 3, 2009 Cornwall Ontario.

CBSA agent refused to wear or show his badge number, while wearing gun, weapons, taking my ID card away and making copies. (maybe #20372) Thursday Morning Dec. 3, 2009 Cornwall Ontario.

Here are photos of the CBSA agent that claimed to be the superior of the above CBSA agent.  The following CBSA agent (# ) is the one that told me that they never have to wear or show their badge numbers to any of us, while they are in uniform, carrying firearms, and imprisoning any of us.  He also refused to say why he chained and imprisoned Katenies.  Then he stated that he did not know why he arrested Katenies.  Then he stated that he can arrest anyone at any time.

CBSA agent #16210, telling me that they can hide badge numbers anytime they choose. Thursday Morning Dec. 3, 2009 Cornwall Ontario.

CBSA agent #16210, telling me that they can hide badge numbers anytime they choose. Thursday Morning Dec. 3, 2009 Cornwall Ontario.

CBSA agent #16210, telling me that they can hide badge numbers anytime they choose. Thursday Morning Dec. 3, 2009 Cornwall Ontario.

Katenies was chained and imprisoned in a room, in the CBSA trailer. The CBSA agents in the trailer, were overheard talking about how Lucinda Reading and Sean Gaudet setup a ‘lookout synopsis’ the day before, as part of their plan to stop Davis from attending the Davis vs. CBSA Human Rights Tribunal. Katenies was denied communication with anyone. CBSA and the Crown tried to force their own Canadian lawyer onto Katenies and her family. The Crown denied Katenies the ability to speak for herself and now they threaten to imprison and hide Katenies until March 2010. Teihontathe Fallan Davis continues to attend the Human Rights Tribunal, even while her mother Katenies is being imprisoned, hidden, and silenced by CBSA, the Crown, and the dictatorship that I know as Canada corporation.

I noticed that the USA border has erected a new metal barracade on the north edge of the bridge to Kawehno:ke, in the past few days. I wonder if the elders fears will come true, when they say the corporations of USA and Canada will imprison all Onkwehonwe?

• C.B.S.A. = Canadian Border Services Agency.  A Canadian Union.  Note that CBSA duties do not state that they decide when Onkwehonwe are ‘allowed’ to leave and return from our homes around Akwesasne!
• Maps of Akwesasne.

When we got to the C.B.S.A. blockade and told the C.B.S.A. agents that we were on our way to the Human Rights Tribunal, the C.B.S.A. agents chose to escalate the event into a verbally violent confrontation.  They quickly surrounded our vehicle, put on their black leather gloves and started barking orders at us and accusing us of various negative actions, from every side.

Luckily, we found our cameras and shot video and pictures of the incident.  Our cameras seemed to help the C.B.S.A. agents to back off a little from us.  Those videos and pictures will be available to the public very soon.

The C.B.S.A. agents forced Katenies into handcuffs and took her away from us.  The C.B.S.A. agents refused to tell us why they were kidnapping Katenies.  We followed the C.B.S.A. vehicle over to their fenced in compound, next to Hieberts Restaurant and the traffic circle on Brookdale Avenue.  The C.B.S.A. agents knew that Katenies is part of Teiohontathe Fallan Davis support team in the Human Rights Tribunal.  We could not allow Katenies to be kidnapped, cuffed, and taken away by the same people that are known to violate the Human Rights of Katenies and her daughter Teiohontathe.   They had physically beaten Katenies a few years ago and that abuse has also gone unchecked.  In fact, C.B.S.A. continues to try and escalate that abusive event.

It’s important to note that C.B.S.A. had already been in federal courts with Katenies and had seen Katenies travel around Akwesasne for many years, prior to this date of the Human Rights Tribunal.  C.B.S.A. was allready found to have no jurisdiction over Katenies and her right to roam at large, travel freely, and exist as an Onkwehonwe woman.

Why did C.B.S.A. agents choose to ‘arrest’ Katenies in the middle of the Human Rights Tribunal?  The very same Human Rights Tribunal that C.B.S.A. tried to stop 4 times in the past already?

One of the recent reasons that C.B.S.A. used as an excuse to stop the Human Rights Tribunal, was that their lawyer Gaudet had a close relative that was sick from a flu virus.  C.B.S.A. stated that they only want that one lawyer to move forward for them.  Yet, it has become a known fact that Gaudet was actually working on this case, during the time he claimed he was so distraught over a family illness.  Davis and her support, continue to give compassion and patience to C.B.S.A. even as C.B.S.A. chooses to abuse their position, every step of the way.

As I witness the patience and compassion from Katenies and Teiohontathe Davis, while they endure year after year of abuse from C.B.S.A. and their union agents, I am reminded of The Great Law and how it works every day.

Some of our group, overheard the C.B.S.A. agents discuss how Sean Gaudet and Lucinda Reading created a ‘LookOut Synopsis’ the night before, as a tactic to stop Katenies from being able to support her daughter Teiohontathe for the rest of the Human Rights Tribunal.  If C.B.S.A. has nothing to hide, why are they now in their 5th slimy attempt to stop the Human Rights Tribunal from hearing the voices of Katenies and her daughter Teiohontathe?

I wrote about this incident earlier and you can find that post at http://www.akwesasnewomensfire.com/government/davis-vs-c-b-s-a-agents-stop-human-rights-tribunal-again/

Another incident during that day, that I did not have the opportunity to mention yet, is when we all arrived at the Bail Court in Cornwall Ontario.  When we first arrived to the building, we were all in a hallway looking for the Bail Court room.  A crown prosecutor, (Lahaie?) suddenly bursts out laughing, smiles and states with glee,  to her friend ‘Did you hear who they just brought in? Janet Davis!’.  The prosecutor’s friend recognized one of us in the hallway and tried to gesture to the prosecutor to shut up.  Now, I have learned why the crown prosecutor in cornwall ontario also has such an ugly unprofessional reputation as being one of the most racist anti-Onkwehonwe groups around.  Later that day, I saw that same gleeful unprofessional prosecutor stand up in front of what she calls ‘your worship’ (the judge?) and state that she wants at least 3 hours to work on Davis bail hearing.  They refused to hear the case that day and they refused to provide any papers, documents, or to even tell Katenies family what the charges were and why they handcuffed her and imprisoned her.

So far, C.B.S.A.  and the crown have refused to allow Katenies to have any contact or communication with any of her family, friends, and supporters.  The crown is trying to force their own lawyer to speak for Katenies.  Katenies has been in federal courts many times and won, why is this little bail court trying to silence Katenies and force her under their plans and language?

Even the lawyer that claimed she works for the general public refused to help Katenies family, daughter, and friends to receive any paperwork of any type that could help us to know why the crown was chaining and imprisoning Katenies.  The (judge?) refused to hear Katenies and stated that he will never hear her case, for as long as she does not allow the crown to give her a lawyer.

Of course Katenies did speak out, she demanded that they let her go now,  and she refused to allow any of the strange court people to force their ugly plans onto her and her family.

So much is going on this week and I am posting as fast as I can.  We always have lots of photos and videos of everything, I will post those as soon as I get more time in the next few days.  My final comment for now, is that all I witness in this life, causes me to firmly beleive that I can never allow the british corporations (USA, Canada) that consistently breaks its own ‘laws’ to ever represent me or any of my loved ones.

update:  I found these photos showing that Katenies was at the Court house in 2008. I have to question again, why did the C.B.S.A. choose to perform a ‘lookout synopsis’ to stop Katenies from helping in this Human Rights Tribunal? C.B.S.A. barracades have been around Akwesasne for some time now and they know Katenies and her daughter travel freely around Akwesasne, for all their lives.  Why did the C.B.S.A. choose to forcefully chain and imprison Katenies while she was on her way to the Human Rights Tribunal?  Oh, I get it, let’s take the attention off the Human Rights Tribunal itself.  This also looks like a tactic to take the attention off the fact that C.B.S.A. physically beat down the grandmother and wiped her all over the concrete, because they are angry that she roams at large around her own lands!

Have you ever heard of a court where they imprison someone, refuse to state why they imprison, refuse to allow anyone to speak, and try to force their own bully voice to become the representative of the one they imprison?  This stuff reminds me of the spanish inquisition days!

This morning, we all gathered in the same vehicle to go attend the Human Rights Tribunal together.  We were all laughing and appreciated driving by the sign at the crossroads that read ‘We Love You Fallan and We Support You’.  The sign was up at the Crossroads, the only road leading north out of Kawehno:ke, so everyone in our community will see it when we travel north from our homes. 

We were happy that the vehicle line-up on the bridge was very short, so we actually did not have to wait for long to get to the C.B.S.A. blockade on Brookdale Avenue in Cornwall Ontario.  I was feeling happy to know that Teiohontathe Fallan was scheduled to only endure 30 more minutes of abusive interrogation. 

When we pulled up to the C.B.S.A. blockade, the agents recognized all of us right away.  Today was different, because for the past few months, the same agents never asked any of us for identification when we passed through.  They asked us where we were coming from.  We told the C.B.S.A. agents that we were on our way to the Human Rights Tribunal.  She asked for all of us to provide identification.  Some of our team are not members or citizens of Canada, USA, Mohawks, nor Akwesasne.  The C.B.S.A. agent said that she will not accept their identification cards, and we responded by yelling ‘We will Never carry your government IDs, Never!’. 

Suddenly, more C.B.S.A. agents drove up and parked their vehicle in front of ours.  More C.B.S.A. agents approached every side of our vehicle, and some were putting black leather gloves on.  One or two started barking orders at our driver, yelling at her, accusing her of derogatory activities.  She got out of the car and tried to help him calm down.  I was sitting behind our driver and I asked the C.B.S.A. agents why they were trying to escalate issues with us.

More C.B.S.A. agents approached the left side of our vehicle and demanded that ‘Janet Davis’ get out of our vehicle now.  We asked them why and they would not answer us.  More C.B.S.A. agents gathered around the back of our vehicle with our driver.  The C.B.S.A. agent stayed sitting inside their tiny booth, and he turned his back towards us when our cameras pointed towards him. 

The C.B.S.A. agents drove Katenies over to their small trailer in a fenced in compound, next to Hiebert’s restaurant.  We followed them over and asked them why they were arresting Katenies.  The C.B.S.A. agentt #16210 stated that he did not know why he took Katenies away from us.  He also stated that he will not provide form E67 nor any information, nor any documents about why he put Katenies in a holding room

Another C.B.S.A. agent did not have a badge number on, so I asked him what his badge number is.  He scoffed at me and said he does not have to wear his badge number.  His superior (#16210) stated that hiding their badge numbers is ‘an internal matter’ and that I should not be concerned.  The C.B.S.A. agent with no badge number, scoffed again and went back to writing in his notebook while he looked over my identification card.  He was in a black uniform and wore a gun.

I went outside and got a camera and returned to the C.B.S.A. trailer with more of our group.  More of us asked again why they are not wearing their badge numbers and #16210 stated again that its an internal matter and that they don’t have to wear their badge numbers.  We pointed our cameras at them, and the C.B.S.A. agent (that previously refused to wear his badge number), ran into a back room and grabbed a badge number (#20372).  He walked back to me, while putting a badge number on, then he took it back off and held it in front of our cameras smiling.  I have to wonder if that was even his real badge number.

Luckily, someone was able to phone the Human Rights Tribunal Commision and let them know that we were not able to attend the planned Tribunal, because C.B.S.A. was holding us up, refusing to state why they put Katenies in handcuffs and took her away to Bail Court.

We followed them to the Bail Court in Cornwall and waited from the morning until 4:15pm.  They finally brought Katenies out to the Bail Court room and refused to let her go.  The judge threatened to hold her until she agreed to get a lawyer.  He stated that he did not want to hear her case, because their Crown Prosecutor wanted to spend at least 3 hours working on Katenies.

The last time C.B.S.A. got this Human Rights Tribunal cancelled, it was because Teiohontathe Fallan Davis chose to beleive that C.B.S.A. lawyer, Sean Goudet needed to take time off, because he stated that his close family member had a serious illness.  How many more tricks will C.B.S.A. pull out of their bag, as an attempt to stop this Human Rights Tribunal from being heard?