URGENT! ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE INVADE PEACEFUL MOHAWKS AT
TYENDINAGA. ANOTHER CALEDONIA STYLE DEVELOPER "CASHOUT" SCAM
MNN. Mon. April 21, 2008. Attacks on Indigenous people continue.
Canada isn?t satisfied to waste billions of dollars a year on war
missions overseas. It?s using the same armored fist at home. Today
the town of Deseronto on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory was surrounded
by the armed forces of the Ontario Provincial Police. Deseronto is
an illegal nonnative enclave.
With eyes wide open, Emile and his father Theodore Nibourg of Napanee
Ontario, who own the ?Smiling Wilderness Restaurant? on the
TransCanada Highway, decided they wanted to build a $35 million
condominium on Mohawk land in Deseronto overlooking the Bay of
Quinte. Never mind that they don't own the land, Canada refuses to
acknowledge Indigenous property rights. The Nibourgs are real estate
developers of commercial and residential properties out of Kingston
Ontario.
They are fully aware of the Culbertson Land dispute which has been
the focus of negotiations between the federal government and the
Mohawks
since 1995. [Nibourgs at cell 6135610984 fax 6135447868
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Last year the Thurlow Aggregates Quarry Site run by Tim Letch of
Intergrorup Finance of Kingston was shut down by the Rotiskenekete.
There was evidence of extensive illegal dumping including large
amounts of asphalt. Not only was the dumping illegal it also
violated environmental protection laws by contaminating ground water
with toxic waste. Tim Letch was involved in some way in the condo
development. The Nibourgs appeared to have pushed Tim Letch out of
the picture.
In a press release from the Sadie's Lane Longhouse at Tyendinaga
supporting the occupation, according to the Two Row Wampum agreement,
they said that, "It's our land and we are prepared to help defend
it". [Contact Jan Hill 6133966742 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A Rotiskenekete said, "We are prepared to stay as long as necessary
to defend our land. Mr. Nibourg or anyone else trying to develop our
land in Deseronto better think again". The peaceful encampment is on
a large grassy knoll, overlooking the Bay, surrounding a large tipi.
The full moon was glistening off the water. There was drumming,
singing and good humor. Flashing Rotiskenekete patrol cars ringed
the encampment. According to the OPP budget plan, they need to find
some Mohawk fall guys to arrest to illegally enforce their foreign
laws. Everybody except us cashes in - police doing overtime, justice
system, Indian Affairs, bureaucrats, media, the town, and maybe the
developer. All because they know we will do what we are supposed to
do, defend our land!
This morning at 5:00 am an overwhelming force of armed OPP are "just
monitoring" the situation. The Mohawks of Tyendinaga camped on the
property last night. This morning they set up blockades on highway 2
just east of Deseronto. "They've got East and West bound roads
blocked", said Constable Jackie Perry of Napanee provincial police.
He said vehicles can go north on Deseronto Road at the
Tintersection.
On April 11th the Nibourgs had started cutting trees on the
property. The Rotiskenekete appeared on the scene, stopped them and
told them to leave. Nibourgs seem to think that the OPP is their
private army. Ignoring the legal rights of the Mohawks at
Tyendinaga, they declared, "If you Mohawks don't leave, we are going
to call the OPP and have you kicked out". He appeared to be setting
up a confrontation.
A few days later Nibourg decided to apologize and asked for a meeting
with the Rotiskenekete. Obviously, he had his eye on the lucrative
pay out received by Henco Inc. for their illegal development at Six
Nations Caledonia. He was quite blunt about it. He offered to use
them as pawns to extort money from the Ontario Government. He asked
the Rotiskenekete to occupy the said land and block the roads in
order to escalate the situation. Then he would ask the government to
pay him for the land, his expenses and his forecasted profits. Then
he would agree to stop the construction. We understand he doesn't
even need the money to build this because he's planning to be bought
off.
Regarding Deseronto, the government violated our lands rights by
fraudulently giving out permits for nonnative people to build on our
land also referred to as the Culbertson Tract of 1873. The
Rotiskenekete told Nibourg, "No. There will never be a development
on our land". We want our land that Deseronto sits on returned to
us. We demand that the government deal with the nonnative residents
of Deseronto by compensating them and paying for their relocation.
They
told Nibourg, "You will be the last to be dealt with". The
Rotiskenekete added, "We don't want to be used as a tool for
extorting
money from any foreign governments, including the governments of
Canada and Ontario".
Then Nibourg said that he would be back with a construction crew on
Monday, April 21st, to start building. The Mohawks have stopped
construction, are occupying our land and have blocked the roads to
keep him and any of his coconspirators away
from creating another ?Caledonia? so they can cash in big!
Supporters of the Mohawks are welcome. Residents may pass through
the occupation without hindrance. We are anxious that everybody
understand this issue from the Mohawk perspective.
The Rotiskenekete will carry out the peace and the tenets of the
Kaianereh?ko:wa [Great Law of Peace].
Contact: Rotiskenekete: 6138491314; 6138274991;
email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kahentinetha Horn
MNN Mohawk Nation News
UPDATE: OPP BRINGS IN RIOT SQUAD AND SWAT TEAM. MOHAWKS OF TYENDINAGA
RETREAT TO QUARRY
OPP CLOSE PERIMETER AT 9:00 A.M. TUESDAY APRIL 22, 2008
OPP USING CHILDISH VIDEO GAME TACTICS
300 RIOT SQUAD IN FULL GEAR, SHIELDS, ARMS AND ALL. ANOTHER 80 TO 100
OFFICERS IN "GHOST CARS" AND "MARKED AND UNMARKED" CARS.
REAL ESTATE AGENT EMILE NEIBOURG STAYS AWAY.
Choppers flying overhead. Low flights over our heads at Culbertson
Track and the quarry. On the water there a dozen OPP surveillance
boats.
Six Nations Rotiskenekete have just shut down the court house in
Brantford, Ontario Kenny Hill 5192093849.
BACKGROUND
MNN. Apr. 22, 2008. Last night the nonnative Deseronto squatters,
whose town is on Tyendinaga Mohawk land along the Bay of Quinte, made
human chains along the road leading up to the demonstration. They
held up signs for the Mohawks to see, with messages, like "power to
people [themselves]" "Remove your masks" and "You are a disgrace to
your race". Pictures available. Are they copying us or what? They get
the tactics but not the principle.
Band council chief R. Don Maracle distanced himself from the
blockaders saying ""Blockades are not the way to settle land claims.
People need to understand that it takes time to resolve these issues.
They need to remain calm to allow [me] to negotiate peacefully in a
climate that is not hampered by protests and blockades", he told the
local radio station.
R.Don Maracle would be right except for two things. One, a negotiator
needs to be picked by the people for the purpose. You can't assume
the right to negotiate because you've been elected to a colonial band
council office who function on colonial capitalist brains.
Two, negotiations have to be in public to meet the requirements of
both Haudenosaunee Law and international law. Agreements cannot be
the result of the informed consent of the people if the people have
not been informed. In camera closed door negotiations are not
legitimate.
The land in question is the Culbertson Track of 1832 which was never
given up. The Ontario government knows full well that there's a
problem with squatters on the Tract since 1832. How long do they
expect us to wait for them to uphold the law.
The roads trespass on our land. It's our land. It's our business
where we stand on it. The OPP, the squatters, the trucks carrying
toxic waste to the quarry and the construction crews are all
trespassers. The illegal colonial governments and agents defame us by
accusing us of saying we're the law breakers instead of doing their
duty to protect us from their unruly law breaking people. Why are the
cops breaking the law?
The squatters roamed around all night shooting verbal threats left,
right and center, "You better take down your blockade or else!", with
the OPP standing behind them probably setting them up and urging them
along. The OPP are following the same "Whiskey Trench" tactics used
by the SQ during the Mohawk Oka Crisis of 1990 at Kanehsatake and
Kahnawake. They're just standing there watching as their citizens
break the law. By doing this they are encouraging them to act like
rabble.
What needs to happen in a proper democracy is that the legal rights
and principles have to be set out and recognized by all responsible
parties. In keeping with the requirements of both international law
and the Great Law of Peace/Kaianereh'ko:wa, we have set out our
rights. The British Crown agreed to recognize and protect our right
to our land on the Culbertson Tract. Ontario has not set out its
rights. It has provided no legal authority for its claims. Instead
it's using armed force to support those who would violate the law.
This is totally dishonorable behavior. This isn't the 19th century
anymore.
When are Canadians going to leave colonialism behind? It''s been
formally recognized as illegal for almost a century now.
They should know by now that their strong arm strategy to wear us
down and scare us into submission by defaming us and our ancestors
just won't work. We have been unwavering since the time of first
contact. We never agreed to be British subjects. We never became
Canadian citizens. We never agreed to accept the injustices that have
been visited upon us. We will continue to ask questions about their
illegal actions. We will overcome this nonsense.
The Rotiskenekete did take down some of the blockades last night in
good faith as we feel we had made our point about the fraud that is
taking place. The condominium construction on the Bay of Quinte is
illegal. Ontario should stop feeding into the scam artists who are
trying to use us to extort cash pay outs out of them. They should
simply uphold the law and evict the squatters. Succumbing to these
tactics is unfair to Ontario tax payers.
When the Deseronto squatters started attacking us, it was left to the
Mohawks to defend ourselves and our land by putting the blockades
back up. The OPP should have been cooperating with these efforts to
ensure the safety of everyone.
The OPP came in yesterday morning and set up a perimeter further out.
This morning at 8:00 am they moved closer.
The OPP came to every area where there was a Mohawk blockade pushing
threats from OPP Headquarters that they are ""coming in""
and ""taking us out"". Constables Ron Van Straalen and C. Flynn of
the OPP at Napanee Detachment are in charge [6133543369, Fax
6133549183].
We had 4 sections blocked. The roads are open, #2 highway going
through Deseronto to Napanee.
Emile Neibourg, the real estate agent created this situation. He is
trying to extort a pay out from Ontario by threatening to build
condos on our land. Caught on video was the police saying, "We know
that he created this to deal with this land issue". Then he can help
Canada say, "We don't have any money to pay the Mohawks for the
disruption of their land, or to relocate the Deseronto squatters. We
gave it all to Mr. Neibourg. The OPP has become a tool of corporate
corruption. They''ve been turned into a private army of the
opportunistic scumbags who will stop at nothing to line their
pockets.
To our brothers and sisters, ""We need help. Pressure the OPP and the
governments of Ontario and Canada to stop the violence and stop the
corruption on sovereign independent people. Nobody has spoken to us.
They just came in and attacked. Is this the new OPP protocol? These
OPP look like they are itching to converge on us at the quarry and
take us out. They want to try out their new Faschist Fantino tactics.
Their ultimatum is, "get out of here!!" They know we are right. They
refuse to talk to us. Ontario citizens should be asking why their
government is letting itself be used for this organized thuggery.
Rotiskenekete 6138491314 6138274991 email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OPP Eastern Regional Headquarters 6132844500 fax 6132844597
lg.beechey chief supt. Commander, Eastern Region, Smiths Falls.
MBQ R. Don Maracle, 6133963089, CELL 6133919249 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
6133963424 ext. 106 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jan Hill 6133966742
Emile Neibourg 6135610984 fax 6135447868 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
