Natives rally against law and order while injunction hearing continues

May 30, 2008

Another major hearing on the pending injunction against the extortionist HDI and their representatives took place before a justice of the peace this morning in a packed Brantford court room, but not before supporters of land claim lawlessness staged a show across the street.

At 9am a protest of “solidarity” began in Victoria Park directly across from the Brantford superior court. Approximately 100 Natives showed up to wave signs in an attempt to cast a thin veil over threats of violence being uttered by Six Nations residents and their chief Bill Montour.

As the only representative of CANACE in attendance, I could feel the love in the air as I checked my watch on arrival and was told by a man with teeth missing “I’m surprised YOU know how to tell time!” I really wasn’t expecting a warm hug from a strictly pro-Native crowd, but even I was surprised to see how easily they have the Brantford Police dancing like their puppet OPP counterparts.

Six Nations chief opposes national day of action

The Brantford Expositor

May 28, 2008

Six Nations Chief Coun. Bill Montour says he is “totally opposed” to a national native day of action planned for Thursday. (Edit: What a coincidence. The day before the National Day of Nothing falls on its face, he decides he doesn’t support it.)

“This year, the (band) council has made a resolution that there will be no day of action,” Montour said Tuesday.

Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations says the peaceful day of action is about raising awareness of the challenges facing First Nations communities.

More threats of Bloodshed from Natives

The following warning to the Brantford about the consequences of attempting to enforce the law was published in the Expositor today. 

May 26, 2008

“Foundation for confrontation”

I (Clive Garlow) am one of those named in the motion record regarding the application for an injunction by the city of Brantford.

OPP may reluctantly do job: Fantino

May 25, 2008

As reported by the Brantford Expositor yesterday, OPP commissioner Julian Fantino paid a visit to a longhouse meeting to chat with Confederacy chiefs on Friday.

That alone is not earth shattering news as Fantino has stated in the past that he visits the area to dine with Native leaders and visit his friends on DCE, but this time he didn’t come for dinner and he was not bearing a bottle of wine.

What’s ground breaking about this story is that Julian allegedly told the Natives that the Ontario Provincial Police might enforce the law and arrest criminals regardless of their skin color!

OPP will make arrests: Fantino

The Brantford Expositor

May 24, 2008

A hastily convened Longhouse meeting took place Friday between native Confederacy chiefs and Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino. (Edit: Who has been backed into a corner like a rat)

Fantino seemed to warn Confederacy leaders about the implications of the injunction the City of Brantford is trying to obtain in court this month.

“He said if an injunction comes down, the OPP will have to follow it and make arrests,” said a native person who attended the meeting but asked not to be identified in print.

Two OPP lawyers also appeared at the first hearing of the injunction in Brantford court on Friday, even though the city’s injunction doesn’t apply to land policed by the OPP.

When Fantino left the native longhouse, he found someone had put a native Warrior sticker on his vehicle, which he stopped to remove.

In an interview earlier this week, Fantino said the OPP are looking into the fees being charged by the Haudenosaunee Development Institute, which is demanding payments from developers. Fantino said those fees are just one of a number of delicate matters the OPP is reluctantly handling.

Injunction case on hold; City, natives to return to court Friday

The Brantford Expositor

May 24, 2008

More than 25 members of Six Nations rose in support of Ruby Montour as she spoke in Ontario Superior Court Friday morning.

They lined up behind the 66-year-old woman who has become a leader among native protesters at city development sites, some unfurling Confederacy flags inside Brantford’s historic Wellington Street court house.

“As a Haudenosaunee, I have every right to demonstrate in a peaceful manner,” Montour told Justice G.E. Taylor. “I’m asking you to listen to the side of Six Nations. For the first time in Canadian history, let’s do the right thing.

“This very courthouse sits on our land and it hasn’t been paid for.” Montour made the comments as part of a hearing into Brantford’s request for an injunction preventing natives from protesting at city building sites. The hearing was adjourned until next Friday.

Day of Action a failure before it begins

May 22, 2008

With the second Native “day of Action” just one week away, it appears that the 2008 installment is a failure before it ever got started.

From the time the June 29, 2007 event was announced until the day was done, we were all hard pressed to pick up a news paper without reading a quote from Phil Fontaine, Shawn Brant, or some other self proclaimed “activist” intent on breaking the law with the protection of the OPP.

Mohawks not phased by Casino Rama issues

The Belleville Intelligencer

May 21, 2008

Funds from a native-run casino in Orillia have come under scrutiny following a Canadian Press report that raised questions Monday about fiscal oversight.

But, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte insist the casino has been crucial to funding new infrastructure on Tyendinaga Territory.

Casino Rama funds allocated to the Tyendinaga Mohawk council have built roads, repaired bridges and will likely play a vital role in ensuring residents have clean, drinkable water, says Chief R. Don Maracle.

City bylaws fail first test; Police stand by as protesters ignore posted warning signs

Brantford Expositor

May 21, 2008

New bylaws aimed at stopping native protests at city construction sites have failed their first test.

Six Nations protesters weren’t deterred Tuesday by warning signs posted over the weekend at the site of the $10.5-million Hampton Inn Hotel in the northwest business park.

“I’m frustrated,” said Danny Bawa, president of the company behind the hotel project. “Once the signs were there, it should have worked.

“People normally obey the law.”

‘No trespassing signs’ upset natives

Just when you think that the likes of Extortionists Floyd and Ruby Montour can’t get any more ridiculous, a story like this comes along.

The Brantford Expositor

May 20, 2008

Conflict has risen another notch at the construction site of a hotel repeatedly protested by Six Nations activists in the city’s northwest, with the sudden appearance of signs forbidding entrance to the property by anyone from a particular native organization.