| | | 31.07.2007 14:01:54 | THELMA, LOUISE AND DOLLY VISIT SHARBOT LAKE ALGONQUIN TERRITORY
MNN. July 30, 2007. On Saturday morning, July 28th, three Mohawk “Women Title Holders” code named “ Thelma”, “Louise” and “Dolly” decided to go to the protest of the Ardoch and Shabot Algonquin First Nations. It was at an information toll on Highway 7 in Perth Ontario. They and their settler supporters want to stop uranium exploration and mining in North Frontenac County north of Kingston Ontario.
“We are all concerned about the contamination of our water”, said the Women Title Holders. “Thelma” is from Kahnwake, “Louise” is from Kanehsatake and “Dolly” is from Akwesasne.
The drive through the cottage country lakes region, pristine forests and wilderness area was awesome. They arrived at 3:00 pm. According to a sign that is over 20 years old the population of Perth is 6,000. It hasn’t taken account of all the development that’s been going on. Maybe their true population is a military secret, eh!
Perth has a long history of military involvement. It was established by four military officers after the War of 1812. Britain was copying the Romans, you see. They sent in the army for “protection”. Then when the soldiers retired, their emperor granted them somebody else’s land so they can become farmers and set up a colony. What a “racket”!!
The settlers of the Perth area are all worried now because they’ve been sold a bill of goods. They’re living on unsurrendered Algonquin land. Not only that, there’s the threat of deadly radioactive nuclear pollution hanging over them! Frontenac Ventures mining company is moving in on false assumptions, just like the British did in 1812. Except Frontenac isn’t staying. They plan to turn this place into a toxic wasteland and then leave. The people living in this beautiful countryside didn’t bargain for this.
Nearby Kingston is and always has been a military town. The “ Royal Military College ” is still recruiting naïve youth and filling their heads with extravagant nineteenth century dreams of the glory of being part of an elite military force. These guys haven’t read their Canadian Constitution yet that says everyone is equal.
Queens University gets the most funding from the government to do military research. It's from Department of National Defence DND it’s called “SBF” funds, which stands for the “Sucks & Bastards Fund”. The army that went to attack Louis Riel and the Indigenous nations on the Prairies, left on trains from Kingston in 1880. They went to put down the so-called “Metis, who were attempting to defend their homesteads”. Ontario was colonizing the West at the expense of Indigenous sovereignty. The whole deal was strictly illegal even by 19th century standards. Most residents of Sharbot Lake work in Ottawa, the headquarters of “Canada Incorporated.”
Around 200 Native and non-natives were waving warrior flags and signs and chanting slogans that screamed at Frontenac Ventures to stop. Both exploration and mining releases toxic radiation onto the land and into the waters.
The Salmon River in Kingston flows into the Bay of Quinte in Tyendinaga. It connects with the Rideau Lakes and Bob’s Lake Tourist Playground, north of Kingston. This empties right into the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence Rivers. This will pollute the rivers that flow right past Parliament Hill and further on to Kanehsatake and Kahnawake. The people who are really running Canada direct it from afar. They don’t care about poisoning the environment. Ottawa is becoming a toxic tourist trap, which is all it’s good for.
The Women Title Holders were alarmed at how rooted into the protest the OPP were. They noticed the many uniformed and plain clothed OPP that were standing with the protesters and handing out flyers! These women can spot a cop a mile away, even in the dark.
The women met the old chief, Harold Perry, from Ardoch Lake who was sitting quietly on a lawn chair watching the proceedings. He greeted them and invited them to “feast” at the encampment later on. It was 25 kilometers out of town on a side road in front of the old Robertsville Mine Site, where “tremolite” and other materials have been processed over the past 20 years. Although empty, the buildings are maintained. For uranium mining, new facilities would have to be built.
The three left the protest early so they could visit their friend, Madge, in the Indigenous community. They got lost, couldn’t find her and proceeded to the mine site.
They found a gate manned by a group seated on lawn chairs. Inside the gate was a big trailer set up as a kitchen, with generators putt putting behind, running stoves and fridges. There were some very clean port-a-toilets nearby, the cleanest they’d ever seen. When they're dirty they’re almost as unbearable as Ottawa. Tents were set up all the way to the back of the site. Someone had put a warrior flag at the top of the highest point of the mine processing tower. This pleased the women.
They sat down at the picnic table near the gate. They were joined by a young man who had been part of the group that had gone into the illegal Mining Resource Engineering Limited MREL weapons and bomb making site with the others on July 13th. He told the women of the many health problems in the area. He has one kidney and some babies are born with various birth defects. There are practically no old people because they have died off from cancer. The dirt road to that MREL site is to the right of the old mine building.
It came to their minds that recently Indian Affairs Minister, Jim “Jonestown” Prentice told an indigenous meeting in the east that the main reason why the indigenous people in Canada are being watched is because “they are a military concern”. As if we were the ones bearing arms. Actually, they can’t stand freedom of speech, freedom of information or our squawking about their destruction of the environment. In B.C. the U.S. Ambassador told an Indigenous meeting the same thing. From one end of the corporate corral to the other, the head honchos are singing the same tune, “We’re gonna get you if we can. Even if we have to lie, cheat and stomp on people to do it”.
This young Algonquin man said that over 90% of the people were against MREL continuing their bomb experiments, explosions and other tests of lethal weapons. Many realize it is likely to be used to create devices that will kill or maim defenseless people throughout the world.
It turns out the chief, Randy Coda, is an OPP officer. When asked why he signed “Memo of Understanding” with Bill Bauer of MREL to let them keep up their deadly work, he thought that MREL’s work is for “humanitarian purposes to save lives in Afghanistan ”! He was either misled or believed the “party line”. What was he smoking? This agreement has no legal validity.
According to the many websites about “the long war”, “war for empire”, “war is good” and “War will bring peace!” someone’s trying to pull the wool over our eyes to make a lot of money. Orwell in “1984” said, “peace is war and war is peace”. This “Newspeak” was started after World War II. Killing people on their own land when they have never attacked you is not a recipe for peace. These guys want to clean up on this military scam. They don’t care how many babies they blast to bits in the process.
Jeff Wight of MREL is busy pushing his criminal industry all over the world with demonstrations and testing. He has shows in California, Florida, Virginia and Europe. MREL boasts about its “export experience” with Algeria , Iran, Italy, Japan, US, UK and Washington DC [We know who they are]. Explosions attract "impotent" men like magnets. Why don’t they just take an extra dose of Viagra and leave us alone? The male quest for pseudo “super orgasms” knows no bounds. [We didn’t think such a young man as Randy Coda would have this problem!]
MREL is actively pursuing European countries like Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland. They are helping to arm the “pseudo leaders” of the old colonizing states that have no qualms about coercing the poor and underprivileged into military service. Anything to get your jollies!
Wight’s so busy the Women Title Holders never had a chance to go and clue him in on law and the facts of life. According to a resident there, “Many Algonquin and non-natives don’t know about world affairs or Canada ’s role in the militarization of the globe and their endless wars of genocide against Indigenous peoples”. This isn’t surprising. The Canadian school system dumbs people down to make them feel stupid and incompetent. They persuade them that it’s “all for the best in the best of all possible worlds”. “Do as you’re told and don’t think”, said the Wolf to little Red Riding hood.
Then Randy Coda made a sudden appearance at the table. He jumped onto the bench right next to Thelma. “Here I am, the man of moment”, he said. The youngish looking man was dressed in civilian clothes and wearing a brand new baseball hat with a warrior emblem on it, his latest disguise. Dolly scolded Randy for letting MREL make weapons on our land to kill people in other lands. Randy said, “It saves lives!” She said, “Yeah! You’re gonna blow people up to save lives!” Does Randy think Afghans aren’t people, like Canada said we weren’t “persons” in the old Indian Act? Randy said, “If anyone ever proves that MREL is harming people, I’ll pull that memo of understanding”. It turns out that Bill Bauer of MREL is friends with Randy’s father! He left quickly and joined the drumming behind the women.
The women turned around and watched. They were shocked to see that between 4 to 5 of the drummers were OPP officers of Indigenous descent. These women had never seen this before in their lives. Louise said, and she really did say it, “This has a twilight zone aura about it!” It raised questions about the police getting elected onto band councils. Can they arrest someone for disagreeing with them at a band meeting? James Gabriel certainly tried at Kanehsatake. Indian Affairs was behind it 100%. But he got voted out by the electorate. It’s like Russia under Stalin. Dictators decked themselves out in military finery with medals stuck all over the place to impress people with their totalitarian authority. Who else would wear such gaudy garb as the OPP uniforms?
The food was on a long buffet table set along the back wall in the trailer. It was ready to be feasted on. The women who had come such a long way asked the Chief of Ardoch if they could get a bite to eat before they left. She said, “Of course” because she knew that breaking bread between nations is a way of cementing the relationship.
She thanked the women for coming to support them. She was then instructed to tell the women that the food would not be served for another two hours because they had to do some “singing” and “other rituals”. Does this mean the police officer chiefs lose the traditions of hospitality that is natural between indigenous people? The women hadn’t been aware of such an Algonquin ceremony. They were so looking forward to eating with the people.
They left around 8:00 pm and drove to Perth. They stopped at the Wendy’s Restaurant for a small snack. As they got out of their car, an OPP cruiser drove in and parked behind Wendy’s facing them, with the headlights on. Whatever they ordered Wendy’s was out of it. All they could get was fries and small chilis. Our three intrepid ladies got back into their car, white baseball caps and all. Instead of heading home, they turned back towards the mine site at Sharbot Lake. When they decided that they had lost the OPP tail, they headed back to Perth. They turned the peaks of their hats to the right, which are highly significant reasons which are plain to all.
In Perth another OPP cruiser started to follow them, but more obvious and closer. They drove around blocks, going left and then right to try to shake him off, but to no avail. Finally they came to a small traffic circle and took a sharp right and turned into a parking area. The OPP also turned and followed them but was not fast enough. He turned in at the next lane. The three quickly turned around, went toward the super highway and disappeared into the night. Watch out for the ladies. These “title holders” can be slippery when they have to be. There was no reason to stalk them unless the OPP had something to hide.
Thelma, Louise and Dolly discussed the incident all the way home. Questions came up. Was the OPP now the body guards for hire by multinationals on Indigenous lands?” Are these OPP cops at the mine site paid to be there? They didn’t look like they were off duty. When they go to a band meeting, are they still on salary with the OPP or are they councilors? Are Indigenous people being deceptively taken over by the police? It seems they are afraid of being exposed. They must be doing something wrong and they must know it. This is shocking. These guys are willing to hurt their fellow human being, their relatives and their unborn children.
If the Canadian public ever caught on, let’s hope they will put them out of commission? There are concerns about the massive proliferation of deadly missiles carrying nuclear warheads winding up in the hands of psychotics who have no qualms about using it on their fellow human beings. It’s a repeat of Hitler’s Nazi regime. A militaristic hierarchy appears to have taken over the levers of power in the U.S., Canada and Europe to conquer and take over the world.
Is it now a strategy to recruit police officers and work them into the political systems that are running the Indigenous communities? They are becoming part of the military chain of command. Who are their bosses, the police commissioner or the Indigenous people? They seem to be spying on their own relatives and defending the multinationals.
The non-natives in the area have probably realized by now that their provincial deeds to their lands and farms are fraudulent. The Indigenous people did not surrender the land or jurisdiction. The province can’t sell what is not theirs. If the land becomes contaminated their property values will go down to nothing.
Other questions came up. Did the Frontenac and MREL projects go through the review processes required by the Environmental legislation in Canada and Ontario ? If they did, was it an edible report as the Indigenous land owners can’t seem to find it. They say they can’t tell us anything because it’s a "military secret". MREL has never consulted the Indigenous people. A settler found stakes on his land for exploration and contacted Chief Harold Perry about it. It is a “must” that projects undergo consultation with the owners to do anything on unsurrendered Indigenous land. If the people don’t want it, then there's no project? That’s the law.
Thelma, Louise and Dolly got out of this unscathed. What they found makes it clear that we have our work cut out for us if we are to uphold the trust and protect the land for the generations to come. The Indigenous OPP are serving two masters, one they hate and the other they bow down to. As the saying goes, "A double minded man is an unstable man".
Kahentinetha Horn
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