In Defense Of Mohawk Land

Author : Linda Pertusati
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1997-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438415949

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In Defense of Mohawk Land by Linda Pertusati Pdf

During 1990, a land dispute between the Mohawk territory of Kanehsatake and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada took center stage in the world community, erupting into months of intense and often violent confrontation. Rooted in the historical reality of past injustices, the events of the 1990 Mohawk-Oka conflict epitomized the relationship and struggles which exists between Aboriginal nations, ethnonationalist movements, and the state. By examining the Mohawk-Oka conflict, this book tells a story of struggle and survival during the 1990 invasion by the Quebec provincial police and Canadian army into Mohawk sovereign land. The story is one of an embattled nation's struggle and aboriginal right to determine its political and economic destiny. Through extensive research of archived documents, newspapers, and interviews with leaders and members of the Mohawk Warrior Movement and other central figures in the Mohawk nation, the author demonstrates how politicized ethnicity and ideology can become significant factors in the repertoire of indigenous ethno-nationalist social movements for generating and maintaining social protest.

Author : Linda Pertusati
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0791432114

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In Defense of Mohawk Land by Linda Pertusati Pdf

Examines the conflict that exists between the Mohawk Warrior Movement and Canada within the context of the Mohawk nation's struggle for national self-determination.

Author : Craig MacLaine,Michael S. Baxendale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Algonquians
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043296024

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This Land is Our Land by Craig MacLaine,Michael S. Baxendale Pdf

Author : Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781629639550

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The Mohawk Warrior Society by Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall Pdf

The first collection of its kind, this anthology by members of the Mohawk Warrior Society uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien'kehá:ka survival and self-defense. Providing extensive documentation, context, and analysis, the book features foundational writings by prolific visual artist and polemicist Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall (1918–1993)—such as his landmark 1979 pamphlet, The Warrior's Handbook, as well as selections of his pioneering artwork. This book contains new oral history by key figures of the Rotisken'rhakéhte's revival in the 1970s, and tells the story of the Warriors’ famous flag, their armed occupation of Ganienkeh in 1974, and the role of their constitution, the Great Peace, in guiding their commitment to freedom and independence. We hear directly the story of how the Kanien'kehá:ka Longhouse became one the most militant resistance groups in North America, gaining international attention with the Oka Crisis of 1990. This auto-history of the Rotisken'rhakéhte is complemented by a Mohawk history timeline from colonization to the present, a glossary of Mohawk political philosophy, and a new map of Iroquoia in Mohawk language. At last, the Mohawk Warriors can tell their own story with their own voices, and to serve as an example and inspiration for future generations struggling against the environmental, cultural, and social devastation cast upon the modern world.

Author : Sierra Adare,Helen Dwyer
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433966699

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Mohawk History and Culture by Sierra Adare,Helen Dwyer Pdf

Readers explore the rich history and culture of the Mohawk Nation, including details of the struggles and the successes in both the Mohawk past and the present. The traditions, culture, and language of the Mohawks are being preserved throughout northern New York and Canada, and readers discover the challenges that have been faced to hold on to the ways of life. Fascinating facts, historical artwork, and modern photographs give readers detailed accounts of challenges such as fighting in the American Revolution and working to reclaim their native lands.

Author : Ryan Nagelhout
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482419924

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The Mohawk People by Ryan Nagelhout Pdf

As the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Mohawk people were called the "keepers of the eastern door." Their villages were sustained by hunting, fishing, and agriculture, and their people lived in communal dwellings called longhouses. Their lives changed forever with the arrival of European settlers. Readers will learn the history of the Mohawk, including their involvement with the Iroquois Confederacy and their roles in the French and Indian War as well as the American Revolution. The contributions of the Mohawk to modern society, such as the building of the Empire State Building, may surprise readers and encourage them to find out more about this amazing tribe.

Author : Harry Swain
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781553654292

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Oka by Harry Swain Pdf

On July 11, 1990, tension between white and Mohawk people at Oka, just west of Montreal, took a violent turn. At issue was the town's plan to turn a piece of disputed land in the community of Kanesatake into a golf course. Media footage of rock-throwing white residents and armed, masked Mohawk Warriors facing police across barricades shocked Canadians and galvanized Aboriginal people from coast to coast. In August, Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa called for the Canadian army to step in. Harry Swain was deputy minister of Indian Affairs throughout the 78-day standoff, and his recreation of events is dramatic and opinionated. In Oka, Swain writes frankly about his own role and offers fascinating profiles of the high-level players on the government's side -- Quebec Native Affairs Minister John Ciaccia, federal Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon, Chief of the Defence Staff General John de Chastelain, Premier Robert Bourassa and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Swain offers rare insight into the workings of government in a time of crisis, but he also traces what he calls the 200-year tail of history and shows how the Mohawk experience reflects the collision between European and Aboriginal cultures. Twenty years on, health, social and economic indicators for Aboriginal Canadians are still shameful. The well-funded "Indian industry" is a national disgrace, Swain says, and the Indian Act is in urgent need of replacement. Identifying current flashpoints for Aboriginal land rights across the country, he argues that true reconciliation will not be possible until government commits to meaningful reform.

Author : Audra Simpson
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822376781

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Mohawk Interruptus by Audra Simpson Pdf

Mohawk Interruptus is a bold challenge to dominant thinking in the fields of Native studies and anthropology. Combining political theory with ethnographic research among the Mohawks of Kahnawà:ke, a reserve community in what is now southwestern Quebec, Audra Simpson examines their struggles to articulate and maintain political sovereignty through centuries of settler colonialism. The Kahnawà:ke Mohawks are part of the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy. Like many Iroquois peoples, they insist on the integrity of Haudenosaunee governance and refuse American or Canadian citizenship. Audra Simpson thinks through this politics of refusal, which stands in stark contrast to the politics of cultural recognition. Tracing the implications of refusal, Simpson argues that one sovereign political order can exist nested within a sovereign state, albeit with enormous tension around issues of jurisdiction and legitimacy. Finally, Simpson critiques anthropologists and political scientists, whom, she argues, have too readily accepted the assumption that the colonial project is complete. Belying that notion, Mohawk Interruptus calls for and demonstrates more robust and evenhanded forms of inquiry into indigenous politics in the teeth of settler governance.

Author : John Borrows
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442630956

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Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism by John Borrows Pdf

Indigenous traditions can be uplifting, positive, and liberating forces when they are connected to living systems of thought and practice. Problems arise when they are treated as timeless models of unchanging truth that require unwavering deference and unquestioning obedience. Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism celebrates the emancipatory potential of Indigenous traditions, considers their value as the basis for good laws and good lives, and critiques the failure of Canadian constitutional traditions to recognize their significance. Demonstrating how Canada’s constitutional structures marginalize Indigenous peoples’ ability to exercise power in the real world, John Borrows uses Ojibwe law, stories, and principles to suggest alternative ways in which Indigenous peoples can work to enhance freedom. Among the stimulating issues he approaches are the democratic potential of civil disobedience, the hazards of applying originalism rather than living tree jurisprudence in the interpretation of Aboriginal and treaty rights, American legislative actions that could also animate Indigenous self-determination in Canada, and the opportunity for Indigenous governmental action to address violence against women.

Author : David Weitzman
Publisher : Flash Point
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781466869813

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Skywalkers by David Weitzman Pdf

Skyscrapers define the American city. Through a narrative text and gorgeous historical photographs, Skywalkers by David Weitzman explores Native American history and the evolution of structural engineering and architecture, illuminating the Mohawk ironworkers who risked their lives to build our cities and their lasting impact on our urban landscape.

Author : Jane Dickson
Publisher : Purich Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774880084

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By Law or In Justice by Jane Dickson Pdf

The Indian Specific Claims Commission (ICC) was formed in 1991 in response to the Oka crisis. Its purpose was to resolve claims arising from promises made to Indigenous nations in treaties, the federal Indian Act, and within other Crown obligations. This book traces the history of Indigenous claims and the work of the ICC. Written by longstanding ICC Commissioner Jane Dickson, it provides an unflinching look at the inquiry process and the parties involved. Dickson draws upon the records of the commission and her long research and experience with Indigenous claims to provide a balanced, careful analysis of Canada’s claims policy; she also makes a passionate plea for greater claims justice.

Author : Penelope Myrtle Kelsey
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781438438047

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Maurice Kenny by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey Pdf

Explores the work of Maurice Kenny, a pivotal figure in American Indian literature from the 1950s to the present.

Author : Ward Churchill
Publisher : City Lights Books
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0872864146

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Struggle for the Land by Ward Churchill Pdf

Landmark work illustrates the history of North American indigenous resistance and the struggle for land rights.

Author : Louis Grumet,John Caher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1614686467

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This Land Is MY Land by Louis Grumet,John Caher Pdf

A regiment of well-armed Mohawk Indians descended from Canada the night of May 13, 1974, repossessing 612-acres of Adirondack wildness to which they claimed aboriginal rights. For three long years, an occasionally violent and perpetually tense standoff between the "radicalized" or "traditionalized" Mohawk, local residents and the New York State Police festered like a ticking time bomb until future Governor Mario M. Cuomo negotiated a precariously balanced truce. Cuomo's solution-which masterfully dealt with the imme-diate problem at hand (getting the Mohawks out of Moss Lake) without resolving, or even addressing, the unresolvable underlying issues (the return of nine million acres of land)-resulted from dozens of volatile negotiating sessions in which Louis Grumet, co-author of This Land is MY Land, was the key envoy. This Land is MY Land is an insider's account of the history and politics that returned a chunk of wilderness to the people who inhabited the region centuries before the Europeans arrived, provided the Mohawk with a new homeland in northern New York and deftly offered the State a face-saving resolution.

Author : Barry Wright,Susan Binnie,Eric Tucker
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487546045

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Canadian State Trials, Volume V by Barry Wright,Susan Binnie,Eric Tucker Pdf

The fifth and final volume of the Canadian State Trials series examines political trials and national security measures during the period of 1939 to 1990. Essays by historians and legal scholars shed light on experiences during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath, including uses of the War Measures Act and the Official Secrets Act with the unfolding of the Cold War and legal responses to the FLQ (including the October Crisis), labour strikes, and Indigenous resistance and standoffs. The volume critically examines the historical and social context of the trials and measures resulting from these events, concluding the first comprehensive series on this important area of Canadian law and politics. The fifth volume’s exploration of state responses to real and perceived security threats is particularly timely as Canada faces new challenges to the established order ranging from Indigenous nations demanding a new constitutional framework to protestors challenging discriminatory policing and contesting public health measures. (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History)