SUPPORT A MOHAWK VISION KEEPER'S RETURN TO HIS ANCESTRAL LAND
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In this time of gratitude, healing and returning to fundamental truths that we hold to be self-evident, it is so important to understand how much the structure of the U.S. democracy was based on the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.

When the Europeans first came to these shores, the People of the Longhouse taught the visitors the principles of the Great Law, including how to caucus, methods of impeachment, the supremacy of governance by and from the people, and the exclusion of religion from governance. These teachings formed the basis of the fledgling colonial democracy. However, the framers of the U.S. Constitution left out the central concepts of the rights of nature and the equality of women from their borrowed blueprint.

“We are at a time when Mother Nature is fighting extinction. Human beings are spiritually and physically sick, and many people are seeking new ways of living in balance,” says Kanerahtiio. “As the oldest living democracy in the world, our traditional methods of living in right relationship will help us all heal together. It is time to make the old ways new again. It is time to restore balance and return to the original message of the Great Law of Peace ."

Kanerahtiio Roger Jock is Bear Clan from Akwesasne. He has taught cultural awareness all over the U.S. for over 40 years as part of the White Roots of Peace Movement. He worked as an ironworker and foreman for several decades and is a leader in land and sovereign rights in the Akwesasne region. Kanerahtiio is dedicated to doing everything possible to stop the destruction of Mother Earth and re-activate the original instructions of Peace, Power, and Righteousness. He is the Elder Advisor of the Waterfall Unity Alliance, an organization whose mission is to protect the Schoharie Valley and all Earth, build alliances across movements and cultures, and work collaboratively to create solutions to the existential challenges of our time.

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