And the Oneidas, an Indian nation, forms a part of the body of this Five-Nations Indians confederation, and their representatives in this confederation is nine chiefs.
Seth Newhouse translation
Heritage Markers are placed on properties that are of significance to the province or Canada. So why are heritage markers popping up on Onkwehonwe territory, and who is approving them?
“The Trust works with governments, Indigenous communities, conservation authorities, land trusts, heritage organizations and private landowners to ensure the stewardship of its lands and easements, providing vital community relationships and vibrant local participation. More than 90 percent of the Trust’s properties are managed with partners. The Trust employs an integrated conservation approach to heritage, as shown below.”
The ongoing and forceful development on Onkwehonwe territory makes placing land into the heritage trust system all that much more appealing. In the meantime, the lack of adequate housing and infrastructure to accommodate existing Onkwehonwe swept under the rug.
The land will often sit without any disturbances and well-manicured lawns, but how is that going to assist with the socioeconomic and housing crisis facing the people living in the community or the slums of neighbouring communities.
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council made another attempt to stop the development of lands; however, according to Canada, they only recognize the Elected Council as spokespeople for the land. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council is recognized as a sub-system of the Six Nations Council.
Development is forging ahead as the Six Nations Council is not requesting land back but only cash. What about #LandBack that appeared to be supported by both councils?
The powers that be on every territory need to be reminded that Illusory Truth and accompanying propaganda is dividing our nations to the point that in a few generations, we won’t be able to see the sun rising or setting from our territory because of the surrounding skyscrapers.
What’s that Heritage Moment going to look like?
The city of Brantford agreed to rethink its plans for a road extension crossing over a Mohawk Village settled by Tehowagherengaraghkwen in the 1780s. He was recognized as a “War Chief” in the revolutionary war between the Americans and British and again in 1812. The position was not hereditary but one awarded after observable actions in combat.
Another war erupted soon after the war of 1812, fueled by religious organizations driven upon the claim to be the first to bring about the true civilization of Onkwehonwe. Onkwehonwe men presented this history during the last attempts to develop the area.
Allows freedom of thought and expression without compromising one’s core identity and persecution regarding one’s spiritual choices. Onkwehonwe understood that Politics and Religion are separate matters.
Records indicate a school was located on the Mohawk village site referred to as Davisville and was funded through Wesleyan Methodist. An Ojibway missionary Peter Jones provides a short account of an illness that had struck Davisville children, causing his nephew’s death. Although not considered a residential school, the children who attended lived on the same property.
The likelihood of the source of the infection was either Alvin Torry or Jones himself; who recorded feelings of fatigue and fever in the week before symptoms presenting in the children. The circuit preaching missionary undoubtedly came into contact with diseases between his preaching “appointments” in various settlements and villages.
Peter Jones was the son of Augustus Jones. The latter being notable as an American surveyor turned British Crown Surveyor with the endorsement of John Graves Simcoe. Jones is painted as a close friend to another War Chief Thayendinaga while simultaneously participating in land removal strategies that saw large tracts of land removed from the Mohawks and others.
Several denominations were struggling for supreme stewardship over Onkwehonwe during this time with little care or concern for the youngest members of the nations.
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