Tyendinaga...

Tyendinaga at a tipping point

I received word tonight from our council of men at Tyendinaga. For months now the OPP have been trying to erect a new police station on sovereign Mohawk territory. The men’s council have been working 24/7 to stop this act of war and return to a legal state of peace and accomodation. Within sight of the new police station is the “Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte” school. Five years ago Health Canada visited the school and viewed the sores our children have been contracting from using the water. They have been providing bottled water instead of fixing the problem and five years later the government is only interested in erecting a new police station. Our main interest, even before the illegalities of this act of war, is to provide our children the safe place that most parents take for granted in this country.

In the interest of public safety and the return to normal interaction between our two nations, our men are advising the public that only when the water problem gets fixed at the school, will the police station be allowed to be built. The government can pay for a police building to suppress us, but not for the safety of our children in their own school?

If Canada truly wants to be a legal entity in the eyes of the international community, they must follow their constitution and provide consultation to the indigenous people on any development in our territory. Right now the OPP are readying themselves for another “Ipperwash” scenario instead of providing the proper consultation between us. It looks like tomorrow will be the day when all of these issues come to a head.

We are asking for your help by sending emails and making phone calls to the prime minister pm@pm.gc.ca and minister of finance Flaherty.J@parl.gc.ca, These two guys should have the clout to avert an unnecessary conflict between our men and their police. Ask them to actually do something about this situation. They would need to pay for the repairs on the water problem at the school before paying one nickel to construct another “police state” building. Please tell them what good Canadians think about their mishandling of this situation. We can avert bloodshed and have everyone go home safely. That is the interest of the men’s council.

We all want peace,
thahoketoteh of Kanekota