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Tt m A Voice From The Eastern Door Volume 4, Number 25 October 16, 1986 : $ .50 Sen 1 lie Akwcsasi M Kegis> was sta completed l)v I'I or Citizens Project ti Senior Citizens Project which is located in ted in late May of 1986 and is expected to be •bruary or March of 1987. The project :con- t.uib 20 units. 4 are two bedroom units and'16 are single bedroom units. 2 'apartments will be equipped for. handi- 1 lipped. . ' '•;• ' '• ;•/•] Local Resident Arrested On Isisniene resic Canadian Custt Cigare te Smuggling Charge ent Diane Lazore, 36, was arrested Oct. 13by ins officers for allegedly attempting to transport S 14,400 worth of cigarettes into Canada without p.i\ ing import duties. • • ••'- -, \\•.. . '\-• According to Customs officials Ms. Lazore was stopped at the ( anadiairCustoms and Immigration building on Cornwall Island hv officer Brent Lafave because heJhad been informed att -mpt to illegally bring cigarettes into Canada person drivng a blue van with Quebec license ot ,i possible ,i native observed Ms. Lazore operating the vehicle evening of. October 13th. When Lafave ex- Olticer l.al.iw i Irsn ibnd sin 111 .infmed the van'lie noticed\it contained cartons of-what could possible he cigarettes. His suspicions were confirmedwhen he uncovered .'{() carious of cigarettes in the van; ' \ •••'.\ • Canadian Customs officers estimated the, value of: the cigarettes <il $14,401) with a loss in revenue to ...Canada that ha\ e iinii) Ms. I.a/ore w >\ .is loiiiid to h ; .inted to SK5,350.00 M I'ai use t'p.iv ei Ms. I. a/ore vv; lie: anaignmen I a/. 1 .ire \v a s repi :! !•• CI.HIII did w Minn di e ten , own is arrested and upon examination of the van \e S 14,250.15 in U.S. funds in her possession. Ms | ,a/.orr said he money was being used to pay her tuition.at sitv where she Is a student. . ... -.\ : \' -\-. s laken to Cornwall where she was held until the next day. At the hearing October 14, Ms, esented by Loran Thompson whOargued that >t have jurisdiction since Cornwall Island was or\ of the Mohawk Nation, . •••'• ' . < , dwn Vitoiiiev MacDonald responded by'saying the court-.. i mid ti-v I lie < a.se and asking for a bail high enough, to\ insure In....ii 1 uiuild appeal for trial. . - : .'. '' Mi . Ihompson a sub-chief with the Mohawk Nation Coun- cil, n ied to persuade the court to hold the trial at: Akwesasne Inn was unsiu cesslul in securing a committment to do so. He alsH attempted to get Ms. La/ore released on her promise to appear hut the court set the bail at $7,500 which was paid for' In Ms I .a/ore. She is scheduled to return to court to face the; stmiUnli\^ charge on November 27, '. •'•\ • •.•.;' Loran Thompson Arrested By O.P^./^./:C;- r ':^-i Loran Ihompson, 39, a sub-chief with the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, was arrested by the Ontario Provincial Police October 14 for theft of a motor vehicle, theft of goods with a value of less than $1,000.00 and obstruction of govern- mental administration. '•.'••\•-.\'• , : Mr. Ihompson was jailed at the Justice Building in Cornwall, Ontario when he appeared there to assist in the' release of: Diane Lazore, 3(>, of Tsiniene. Ms. Lazore had been 1 arrested In the O.P.P. for allegedly transporting cigarettes across; the international border without paying Canadian import duties ; ; Along with the charges pending against Thompson other (barges were brought against his brother, Larry Thompson who also has auto theft, theft of goods, obstruction and assault citations. The bail for Loran Thompson was set at $2,000.00 and $2,000.00 for Larry Thompson. The bails were paid by Danaliegh Bush. ',. '. : v : . According to sources the Thompsons Were arrested because they allegedly were involved in an incident at the Canadian Customs Building on Cornwall Island. Apparently two Mohawk women from Kahnawake were stopped by Customs officials and the goods they had purchased in Massena were allegedly subject to import\ duty. The Thompsons received a call for assistance from the women and allegedly removed the goods out of the Customs Building and instructed the women to proceed back to Kahnawake. \: •>.'\'• The Customs officials along with the native security force at- tempted to stop the loading of the merchandise into the vehi- cle driven by the Kahnawake women but Were prevented from doing so because allegedly the Thompsons,;along with a group of others, interfered stating that the goods were per- sonal items and therefore not subject to duty. The Kahnawake vehicle is said to have returned to that community. When the Thompsons appeared in court the next day to de- fend Ms. Lazore, Larry Thompson was said to have been struck across the head, with a coat by a Customs officer. Thompson defended himself with the result that a scuffle en- sued between Thompson and the Customs Officer Larry Thompson was the only one charged with assault and jailed. A group of concerned Akwesasne residents went to the Justice Building when informed of the problems there. Ms. Lazore was granted bail and released but Loran Thompson was taken into custody at that time.. ' ; Construction Site of the Akwesasne Seniors Project in St. Regis. Which is expected to b e ready for occupancy in February or March of \87\. , •.••.• ' .'.'.' Photo: Tina Sunday The total cost of the project is estimated at $1,288,000.00. The project is geared toward the elderly people who don't want the burdon of itaking care of a big home themselves and yet have the comforts of their own home. Akwesasne Freedom School Exchange Students Denied Visas .After a year of planning between the Akwesasne Freedom School and JANEV, a non-political group in Germany, two chaparones and nine students were denied visas into Germany because they were travelling on Haudenosaunee Passports. The Freedom School was planning a 4 week trip to Germany to starting a student exchange program. While in Germany they were to give a message of peace and exchange information about cultural lifestyles: German students are planning to visit Akwesasne next year. ' Extensive planning took place prior to departure times by both parties involved to avoid being detained by U.S. and Ger- man custom officials. Anytime a person travels on the Haudenosaunee Passport 'they are met with a different .response each time by custom officials. Earlier trips abroad have proved to be a lesson in patience, luck and anger,, not to mention many lessons given to thqm in history. . Instrumental in the last stage of planning was Tom Porter, Director of the Akwesasne Freedom School and Martina Kother, a member of JANEV. Mr. Porter had made two trips to speak with Joachim Sciiapdick; the Vice Consulate to Germany in New York City, to present any documents such as passports, birth certificates and letters of intent. Mr. Schapdick couldn't foresee any'problems and'sent all documents to his govern- jnent of Germany. Germany's response to this was-non- commifal: they have a very strong alliance with the United States and are concerned about two things. Their first concern : was whether .the U.S. would let the delegation back into the. U.S. and would the U.S. recognize or permit the Six Nations to use their'own passport. They stated that since Germany would not be able, to accept the passports as such, they would issue travelling visas, meaning they wouldn't recognize them or xlenv them. The delegation continued with their plans, arriving in New York City expecting to see Martina Kothe with their visas from the German Consulate. Ms. Kothe, who is doing her thesis on the student exchange between the Mohawk and German students, couldn't produce the visas upon the arrival of the delegation. Germany refused to issue the visas and Ms. Kothe failed to inform the Freedom School of this. At this point the delegation could have stayed rn New York and demand that .they issue visas. Countries issue them only after a political 'volley between the two nations, which takes place any where from 4 minutes to 4 days. Mr. Porter thei\decided to return : -'the;children to Akwesasne. He felt it was in the best interest of the children since the school was limited in travelling funds. \ ; The Kanawake Survival School has since accepted the invita- tion to travel to Germany, planning to leave from Montreal. They will travel on .Haudenausaunee Passports. The students refused to travel on any other passport. Germany has inform- ed us that the support people have taken a lawsuit out on the Germain government for refusing to accept the Haudenau- saunee Passport. Copies of this document will be sent to the ..•'. Confederacy. Land Claims Meeting On October 10, 11, the Tri-Council with all three lawyer firms, met and renewed interest in going ahead with the stall- ed negotiations oiji land claims. The most important result of the meeting was jthat the Tri-Council met at the negotiating table. The lawyers present at this meeting representing the Tri- Council were Richard Sobel, Tribal Council, Curtis Berkey, Mohawk Nation Council and Harry Sachse, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne. Because of the new leaders in the Tri-Council of Akwesasne, it was felt necessary to educate all of them on land claims issues before any further action be taken. The negotiating team for Akwesasne was made known to the law firms and these people are Doug George, Ron Lafrance, Julius Heine, Billy Sunday, Lloyd Benedict, Mike Mitchell, Leonard. Garrow, Brenda Lafrance, Rosemary Bonaparte and the alternates are John Lazore and Barbara Barnes. The negotiating team will'have a preliminary meeting in Washington with the lawyers on October 27 to discuss and work out primary principles of the negotiating team. It was agreed that the 1 Tri-Council should be back at the bargaining table as soon as possible and the lawyers would be contacting Govenor Mario M. Cuomo within the month. It was also agreed that the Tri-Council as a whole should attend a land claims training session to be conducted by Mr. Curtis :Berkey. Mr. Gilbert Terrance Jr. was recommended by the three councils to be the Tri-Council coordinator. This coordinator position was set up to help alleviate most of the problems of .communication between the lawyers and three councils. A press conference will be held Friday, October 17, 12:00 noon at the Kanatakon recreation hall to tell the public that we will be going ahead with the land claims negotiations. Negotiations entail land title, Federal and state monetary set- tlements, additional residential and farm land, Industrial pro- perty, Hydroelectric power, Seaway revenue, public lands and unused lands, forest lands, utility rights of way, and trespass damages. . The next Tri-Cduncil meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 8 at 8:00 a.m. -«W;ilj».-H, „ Tribe Hires Former Administrator Mrs. Saka Cook Pembleton, 36 is the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council's new Tribal Administrator, a position which she held back in 1983. It was due to the deletion of the position in 1983 that she went to the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, where she served in an office manager capacity. With the reintroduc- tion of the position she has returned. • . • Mrs. Pembleton is now supervisor of all personnel.in the Housing, Public Utilities, Employment, Education, Health, Economic Development, Social Services, Finance, and Tribal areas. This posii.Vjii was reiiUroduced to aMevi-i'.* 3 m^-t of trw pressure the Tribal Trustees are feeling because of the legislative workload; the political negotiations; and the redun- dant, time consuming administrative concerns at this time. Saka obtained her bachelor of arts degree at Nazareth Col- lege in Rochester, N.Y. and her masters degree at St.-Lawrence University. - ' Her husband is Raymond Pembleton and they have one child, Rasennes, who is 9 years old. ' Saka is a founding member of the Akwesasne Emergency Team and is presently the treasurer for the emergency team. Mrs. Pembleton has stated that her best attribute is getting along with others and that she is here to serve the community. She also added that all her jobs here at Akwesasne.were ser- vice oriented and in this respect all her jobs were simiUar. In addition to the -management positions she had with the Tribe and the MCA before, Mrs. Pembleton had been director of the Johnson O'Malley Program, officer manager for the ' Akwesasne'Notes and bookkeeper for Chico's fuel. ' Saka's friendly smile will be a welcome addition to the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council. If vou have any concerns with the Tribe and its activities please contact Sa'ka at 358-2272 ext. 20. Tri-Council Resolution To Enact A Single Unified Land Claim Against The State Of New York WHEREAS the Mohawk people of Akwesasne represented by three respective Governments of the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne namely the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council and the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, are part of a unified process by which all Mohawks within its Territory are represented; WHEREAS this unified process is a mandate directly from the Mohawk people here within the Akwesasne community; WHEREAS these three Governments all within a single com- munity of Mohawks; WHEREAS, these three Governments are all engaged in land claim actions in the United States (New York State) and in Canada; WHEREAS these eventual land claim settlement will be for the use and benefit of all Mohawks within the Territory of Akwesasne; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the three respective Governments namely the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council and the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs, will engage in a single unified land claim against New York State for the use and benefit of all Mohawks within the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne; SIGNED for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne; Mike Mit- chell, K ary David, John Lazore, Vivian Smoke, Hilda King, Lloyd B jnedict, Gerald J. Sharrow, Angie Barnes and Yvonne Leaf. [ SIGNED: for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council; Rosemary Bonaparte and Brenda Lafrance. SIGNED: for the Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs; Richard Mitchell and Floyd Beaver Barnes. SIGNEDilON THIS 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1986. Books Of Close Doors Tells Bingo Palace The St.i Regis -Mohawk Tribal Council ordered Mohawk ce manager, Guilford White, on October 4, to pro- Bingo Pali ducea co Tribal ins g p nplete audit within 30 days plus open.: all records to section .or close the Bingo Hall down. ' .The orqer was given to Mr. White, at the monthly Tribal ineeting after Trustee Brenda Lafrance told theassembly of 75 people th£t the Palace had never given the Tribe a complete audit, Lafrance also cast doubts on the depencJabiUty 0f the Palace owners by saying they had deliberate.Jy. missed meetings witty the Trustees. ,. .;;'•-'..- ; Several i tribal members also questioned White, noting tha he had not produced a complete financial report because he expected-[Richard. Sobol, Tribal lawyer, to be fired at the meeting October 4th. -'-.'•• Mr.-Whiite responded tb the allegations by using profanities when referring to Attorn sy Sobol. White had earlier spoken in favor of piring the Palace's lawyer, Vaughn Aldrich, as the Tribal attorney to replace Sobol. Mr. White was apparently caught. ofjf-guard when \ldrieh appeared at the meeting to turn dow.iv the motion because, Aldrich said, \The Tribal Chiefs weire not unanimously behind me.\ . Tribal '\trustee Rosemary Bonaparte readaletter from Sobol which stated the United States Congress Would soon be pass- ing legislation which woi Hd prohibit commercial bingo on In- dian rese!rvatio.ns that were not entirely owned by Indian governments.'. Trustee Bonaparte inferred that, this.would in effect make the Mohawk Bingo Palace, as it now is, illegal. Trustee! Lafrance also quoted Attorney Sobel when she told the meetihg that the exist ing contract has the Tribe paying for the Palace building which would be assessed as zero (0) depreciation in ten years and has the provision that Guilford White and Basil Cook would be able to buy the $1,500,000 structurej fot $1.00. Lafrance also noted the Tribe has no guaranteed access to the Palace property sbeyen if the Tribe owned the building it could not get to it. Guilford White did not dispute either Lafrance or Bonaparte. : A tribal; member introduced a motioji which set a thirty day limit for the Mohawk Bingo Palace to produce a complete audit and openi for Tribal inspeciton all records or have the Palace contract terminated. The cancelling of ths contract between the Tribe'and the Palace would in effect,shut down the Bingo Hall. The-motion, was passed 37 for and 15 against. KarHviio Reading The Akwesasnei ^Community will host a Kariwiio reading from October 19 t023. The reading will be at the Akwesasne Longhouse and will be recitsd by Hubert Buck and Jake Thomas. ] •' \ - | \.'-.' • • -. - •> •' ; . • • ;• ,'. \• . '.•'• The week's activities will begin at 2:00 pm, October 19 when the speakers and guests will be formally welcomed to Akwesa^ne. All native people are weicon le to attend; , Haudenausaunee Hunting { A The Mohawk Nation through a Haudenausaunee identifica- tion card: (red card) issues a hunting license to Its citizens. With this card you are not subjected to any regulations in Indian Country but if you are a sportsman using this card you are urged to follow those regulations designed to protect the wildlife. Indian Country is defined as those lands designated to Indians for use and occupancy and any lands claimed by In- dians for future use. : . . '-•;':' If you hunt off Indian Country with this card you are sub- jected to those regulations that are operating in that jurisdic- tion. ••• . •'. •' • • .\ •'•' •.'...;• '>'v;3 v . '\] •' \ \V If you are caught hunting in Indian Country with a Haudenausaunee red card and any foreign entity disrupts your rights as a Haudenausaunee citizen, please take down the arresting officers name and number as he is liable for a $10,000 fine and/or jail sentence under the U.S. Civil RighU Act. Call for more information the North American I ravwnng College at (613) 932-9452 or Akwesasne Notes at (518) 358-9531. i 'I
