CBC News, September 20, 2007 

Nine protesters have been arrested near Caledonia, Ont., at a demonstration at a subdivision near the site of a long simmering aboriginal land claim dispute. Witnesses say more than 100 police officers in riot gear went into Stirling Street subdivision Wednesday to make the arrests. Six Nations protesters have occupied the subdivision since last week, saying the land is theirs.

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Support Chris Hill: Six Nations indigenous prisoner. Stop the Criminalization of Indigenous Resistance to Colonial Land Theft! Free Chris Hill!

To view a video with his mother, please click on the following link.

You can write Chris at:
Chris Hill
Wentworth Detention Center.
165 Barton Street East
Hamilton, Ontario

On January 3rd, Six Nations Police, in accordance with the demands of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), arrested and imprisoned Chris Hill, a 20 year old young Mohawk man of the Wolf Clan from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, for allegedly “assaulting a police officer with a weapon” on April 20th, 2006 – the very day that the OPP and the RCMP invaded Douglas Creek Estates and violently attempted to evict the people of Six Nations from their land. That day, the OPP used tazer darts and batons on unarmed people, including women and youth, and arrested 16 people on a day that brought nation-wide attention to the struggle of Six Nations for land rights and autonomy.

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Trevor Miller set free after declaring Mohawk sovereignty to the colonial settler-state of Canada. Sarita Ahooja

On February 9, 2007, Trevor Miller, a 31 yr-old Mohawk man charged by the colonial authorities due to his participation in the Six Nations Land Reclamation, and who was sitting behind bars for over 7 months, was finally released on bail. Trevor Miller was greeted outside the courthouse by his supporters with tears and applause. At a prior court appearance, Trevor declared to the Cayuga court “I am a sovereign Mohawk man, and you have no jurisdiction over me.” Trevor is being represented by his lawyer Justin Griffin, as well as Stuart Myiow, a representative from the Mohawk Traditional Council of Kahnawake (MTCK). As Trevor stood proudly in the witness booth, dressed in traditional regalia, he greeted the full courtroom of supporters who rose and stood in his honor. Bonnie Swain was also present,having traveled from Grassy Narrows,Ojibway territory, Northern Ontario, where the fight to stop clear-cutting on their lands by Abitibi Consolidated and Weyerhaeuser has been on-going since the blockade began in 2002.

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SIX NATIONS: An appeal for Turtle Island-wide solidarity and action. One year is too long! Recognize the rights of Six Nations!

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February 28th, 2007 marks the one-year anniversary of the Six Nations Land Reclamation. One year ago, a group of people from Six Nations took back a piece of their land that was under construction by developers and demanded an end to the destruction of their land and to settler encroachment on their territory.

Now, one year later, the Canadian government has yet to recognize the truth: that this land is not owned by them nor can it be sold by them. It is Haudonausaunee (Iroquois) territory, stolen and sold by the colonial authorities illegally.

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Ottawa, Six Nations outline positions By Marissa Nelson, Hamilton Spectator

There appears to be little agreement between the two sides on whether the former Douglas Creek Estates land was rightfully surrendered by Six Nations or not. The federal government has staked out its legal position in talks that are supposed to resolve the standoff in Caledonia. This week, lawyers for the federal government presented the Six Nations negotiators with a 13-page report that takes issue with a similar native report made in November. The federal report argues that if the case was brought to court, the surrender of what was called the Plank Road lands would be upheld. But it also stresses that negotiators must find a resolution to the outstanding land and money grievances. The next meeting of the main table is Feb. 8. Six Nations’ delegates are meeting today to discuss the report. Below is a point-by-point synopsis of the two sides of the debate, as depicted in the report.

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