U.S.-Canada Border Crossing Closed Over Mohawk Akwesasne Protests

In response to Mohawk Akwesasne protests against the planned arming of Canadian border agents, Canadian officials have barricaded and closed a bridge that spans the St. Lawrence river — and links Ontario and...

Bloody water and other souvenirs

Souvenirs have a long history and even a likely prehistory.  A number of my friends and coworkers exchange stones brought back from faraway places. It would be hard to find a simpler, more authentic...

Canada/ US: Mohawk Reserve, Asian Crime Organization, sneak Drugs, Money, Gun...

Opinion Barry Artiste Mohawk Territory, like other First Nations Territories across Canada enjoy the rights of tax free cigarettes and Gas, a favourite place for tourists crossing the border to stop by and...

The new Vancouver Special, now with more awkwardness

Here's a cantankerous piece about a new Vancouver housing trend: the Mohawk. If you're from these parts you've probably seen them around--"a two-storey box with a half-sized strip of 'hair' on top," as the writer describes them.The Mohawk is arguably more attractive than its...

Great Law of Peace Brought Iroquois a More Perfect Union

"“I am Dekanawidah and with the Five Nations’ Confederate Lords I plant the Tree of Great Peace.“x1 So begins the Great Law of Peace, the constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy, a union of tribes centered...

First Native American Roundtable Sept. 13: Respect for the Earth, Native Amer...

The new North American Theology: Pastors call for progressive change in environmental and cultural thinking or risk a decline in the health of societyTurtle Island Project: First Native American Roundtable and...

Algonquin Pow-wow: Resisting uranium mining in Canada

"Brothers, Sisters, Friends and Allies, Mohawk Nation News has taken a strong sovereignist position in support of the Sharbot Lake issue. We think that Canada must adhere to their request for a nation-to-nation...

Free drugs for US workers

Okay, so employers want to help their employees out by providing them with the drugs they need now. That's not a bad idea. Wait, it's to cut down on costs later? Oh. Well, still, it's understandable to want to cut...

Repression in Tyendinaga and The Struggle for the Culberston Tract

"The Culberston Land Tract The Culberston is a tract of land, 923 acres in size that runs along the eastern boundary of Tyendinaga today. In 1837 the Federal Government changed the status of the land from Indian land to white land. All agreements with the Mohawk Nation...

Land claim

"Well this settles it...9000-year-old artifacts found on occupied land in Caledonia, Ont. And the artifacts and remains of a village did not include a golf course, or suburban housing."

American Indian News

These people are believed to be the first people to arrive in North America. They claim to have pitched their wigwams before all the Johnny-come-latelies arrived.

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