Native People Supporting The Palestinians

by Doug George-Kanentiio, Akwesasne Bear Clan   A hundred years ago, in 1924, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy started on the long road towards securing a presence among...

Canada to Pay Billions in Foster Care Settlement: the Money Belongs to Kidnapped...

by Doug George-Kanentiio | Columnist  On February 10 the US news station WWNY reported that Canada has agreed to pay $2,000,000,000 (billion) to settle a...

Marking the Iroquois New Year by by Doug George-Kanentiio

There are many different religious entities on each Iroquois territory with Catholics and various other Christian denominations ranging from Baptists to Mormons, all of...

Why I did not go to meet the Pope: a Mohawk Perspective

By Doug George-Kanentiio | Columnist  Our group, the Akwesasronon Shonatatakeronon, were not involved in the planning of the visit by Pope Francis. I was concerned...

Column: ‘When the Serpents Devour Themselves’

By Doug George-Kanentiio | Columnist Six years ago I wrote a column in response to the plans by an oil pipeline company to build across...

Haudenosaunee Iroquois: We Don’t Want an Apology; We Want Justice

By Doug George-Kanentiio Native American children sitting outside the steps of the Mohawk Institute. (Photo submitted by Doug George Kanentiio). There is a reason why the...

Natives Have the Highest Rate of Death by Cops

by Doug George-Kanentiio Akwesasne Mohawk          I, along with millions of others, watched the trial of Derek Chauvin, 45, charged in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the...

Bering Strait “Theory” A Myth

Bering Strait “Theory” A Myth ©by Doug George-Kanentiio   Imagine you are part of a small group of nomadic hunters, compelled for some unknown reason to leave...

My Friend Was Killed Running from a Canadian Residential School by Doug George-Kanentiio Akwesasne...

My Friend Was Killed Running from a Canadian Residential School by Doug George-Kanentiio Akwesasne Mohawk   On a clear September evening at 5:14 pm in the west...

Why Wear Orange?

  by Doug George-Kanentiio Akwesasne Mohawk Mohawk Institute Survivor No. 4-8-2-738 People ask why the residential-boarding school survivors, their respective families and supporters wear orange. This...