Hunter Gray
2014-04-04 14:59:16 UTC
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Kenneth Deer: Mohawk sovereignty versus Quebec separation
Friday, April 4, 2014
Filed Under: Canada | Opinion
More on: kenneth deer, mohawk, quebec, sovereignty
Kenneth Deer discusses the dilemma Mohawk people face in an upcoming election that could lead to Quebec leaving Canada:
Hence the anxiety of some Mohawks who do not want to see Quebec separate from Canada. Emotions are running high in some and panic seems to be influencing their thinking. To break a long standing political stance of nation-to-nation, government-to-government relationship with Quebec and Canada based on the concepts of the Two Row Wampum would be major departure from the Mohawk's own position of sovereignty.
And this is the dilemma. The sovereignty of Mohawks versus the sovereignty of Quebec and Canada.
Mohawks believe they are sovereign and act that way. That is what gives Mohawks their strength and a very unique relationship with Quebec and Canada today. Mohawk communities are very independent and assert their authority in any way they can much to the chagrin of Quebec and Canada. Mohawks are separate from Quebec more than Quebec is separate from Canada at this time.
And Quebec knows that. They know that Mohawks have a strong sense of nationality and exercise it more than other Indigenous Nations in Quebec. Jacques Parazeau, who was Premier of Quebec during the last referendum in 1995, once said that Mohawks are a problem. They block bridges and can be troublesome. Let the Mohawks stay in Canada. They can keep their land and it will be Canada's problem to control them.
Get the Story:
Kenneth Deer: What the Mohawks Might Say to the PM (Indian Country Today 4/3)
Another Opinion:
Caroline Nepton: To vote or not to vote? Aboriginal people in Quebec to decide (CBC 4/2)
Earlier Story:
First Nations weigh in on Quebec sovereignty debate (CBC 3/18)
HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq /
St. Francis Abenaki / St. Regis Mohawk
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO
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See my new expanded/updated "Organizer's Book,"
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new 10,000 word
introduction by me. This page lists many reviews.
And this book is also an activist's how-to manual:
http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm
The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:
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http://www.indianz.com/News/2014/013140.asp
Kenneth Deer: Mohawk sovereignty versus Quebec separation
Friday, April 4, 2014
Filed Under: Canada | Opinion
More on: kenneth deer, mohawk, quebec, sovereignty
Kenneth Deer discusses the dilemma Mohawk people face in an upcoming election that could lead to Quebec leaving Canada:
Hence the anxiety of some Mohawks who do not want to see Quebec separate from Canada. Emotions are running high in some and panic seems to be influencing their thinking. To break a long standing political stance of nation-to-nation, government-to-government relationship with Quebec and Canada based on the concepts of the Two Row Wampum would be major departure from the Mohawk's own position of sovereignty.
And this is the dilemma. The sovereignty of Mohawks versus the sovereignty of Quebec and Canada.
Mohawks believe they are sovereign and act that way. That is what gives Mohawks their strength and a very unique relationship with Quebec and Canada today. Mohawk communities are very independent and assert their authority in any way they can much to the chagrin of Quebec and Canada. Mohawks are separate from Quebec more than Quebec is separate from Canada at this time.
And Quebec knows that. They know that Mohawks have a strong sense of nationality and exercise it more than other Indigenous Nations in Quebec. Jacques Parazeau, who was Premier of Quebec during the last referendum in 1995, once said that Mohawks are a problem. They block bridges and can be troublesome. Let the Mohawks stay in Canada. They can keep their land and it will be Canada's problem to control them.
Get the Story:
Kenneth Deer: What the Mohawks Might Say to the PM (Indian Country Today 4/3)
Another Opinion:
Caroline Nepton: To vote or not to vote? Aboriginal people in Quebec to decide (CBC 4/2)
Earlier Story:
First Nations weigh in on Quebec sovereignty debate (CBC 3/18)
HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq /
St. Francis Abenaki / St. Regis Mohawk
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO
Check out our massive social justice website
www.hunterbear.org The site is dedicated to our
one-half Bobcat, Cloudy Gray, and to Sky Gray:
http://hunterbear.org/cloudy_gray.htm
See my piece ON BEING A MILITANT AND RADICAL
ORGANIZER -- AND AN EFFECTIVE ONE (Mississippi et al.):
http://crmvet.org/comm/hunter1.htm
See our very full COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
page -- with a great deal of practical material:
http://hunterbear.org/my_combined_community_organizing.htm
See my new expanded/updated "Organizer's Book,"
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new 10,000 word
introduction by me. This page lists many reviews.
And this book is also an activist's how-to manual:
http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm
The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm:
(Photos)