Mohawks In Solidarity With Tohono O'odham At Border Summit

Mohawk Mark Maracle, representing the Women Title Holders, said Mohawks from the north are ready to support the Tohono O’odham in the south “by any means necessary”. “We are directed under our law to go to the aid of others and not just sit back and watch the devastation”, Maracle said, adding that the proposed border fence would upset the natural order. “If this fence goes up, this nation will see natural disasters like it has not seen before. It will disrupt nature and the natural order.” The Border Summit of the Americas opposed the border fence and the US Senate’s passage of the multi-billion dollar Secure Fence Act of 2006, during the Border Summit Aug. 29 – Oct. 1. Calling it another “Berlin Wall”, International Indian Treaty Council member Bill Means said Indian people would not allow the United States to violate federal laws protecting American Indians, sacred sites and the environment. Those include the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act and American Indian Religious Freedom Act. If the U.S. attempts to continue with its policy of ignoring federal law to build the fence, Means said the government of Mexico will be called on to demand that the US follow its own laws and issue an environmental impact statement before building the fence. Means said Indian people would not sit by and allow the U.S. to carry out the mandate of the U.S. to disregard laws to violate Indian lands. http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=2639&blz=2

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