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ARE YOU ‘INDIAN’ OR ‘ONKWEHONWEH’? | Mohawk Nation News

9.7.18

ARE YOU ‘INDIAN’ OR ‘ONKWEHONWEH’? | Mohawk Nation News: The Canadian government is a corporation which passed the Indian Act that defines who is an Indian. White women who married Indians became enrolled as Indians with Indian Affairs. Anyone not qualified who carried a fake Indian status card was criminally charged. Impersonation is a crime under the Criminal Code of Canada. It’s fraud

The corporation of Canada suppressed our onkwehonweh [true natural people of turtle island] identity so the invaders could steal turtle island and our identity. The corporation created “status Indians”, forced English or French names on us, stole our children [which they still do] and placed us in POW camps called ‘reserves’. The Indian agent was the warden who watched our every move. To be free or get a job or marry out, we had to voluntarily or involuntarily enfranchise. In fact, our identity comes from creation when we live according to the kaianerekowa, the great good path.


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