95.) The bottom line to previous article 93.) is that some indigenous land claims are so complicated, so buried in murky and secret history, that indigenous nations should never sign away any and all of their land ownership, land rights/land claims and future land claims. It is simply an act of "self-extermination". (12 min. read )
Onondaga Chief Vincent Johnson called me right after he read article 93. He traveled to Vermont with a Onondaga delegation in the 1970s, to investigate the 2 million acres that the Mohawk's own. (this type of interaction and communication is an example of why these articles are written.)
At that time, the information that he gathered, Vermont showed a willingness to give back the land to the Mohawks. With one stipulation, Vermont would give back the land, only if the Mohawks were to all come together and ask for the land back with one voice.
The Ononadaga delegation tried, but at that time, this was unable to occur.
Some of the history of lands belonging to each indigenous nations is shrouded in murky history, secrecy and division, to say the least. Let us remember that the state of Vermont didn't come into existence until 1791. Before that, New York basically butted up against Massachusetts in a haze. And both were at war with each other during the Revolutionary War. They called it the "war within a war".
An Indigenous nation should never extinguish any land claims with New York State, as it needs to be understood who had possession of that land when treaties were signed. And who signed those treaties. Did this happen before, during or after the Revolutionary War. And what happened to those treaties once Vermont came into existence. Are those treaties with New York or Vermont? Was Massachusetts also involved. As New York and Massachusetts each owned parcels of land in each other's claimed territory. Do you see how complicated this gets.
So signing away any and all future land claims with New York State could also void the land ownership in Vermont, and who knows where else. The U.S. government and New York State know "where else".
You see how complicated these scenarios are. Too complicated to simply sign away land ownership and rights with extinguishment clauses.
And the indigenous nations may never have access to all the information that the U.S. government and New York State have, and have always had access too. They hold information for these treaties and land ownership and know what needs to happen, for them to finally be rid of all indigenous land ownership and land rights/land claims, within in New York State and perhaps in other states.
The plan is simple. Get the indigenous nations to extinguish all rights to any and all land ownership, land rights, land claims and all future land claims. For the U.S. government and New York State, they believe it's the best way out for them, of their perceived "indian problem",
During the testimony of that 1929 U.S. Congressional Hearing, the New York State Assistant Attorney General said there are over a million acres in question in New York State that belong to the "Six Nations".
There is actually much more than that.
Indigenous nations need to keep in mind at all times, their oral history.
At times, there seems to be moments of disconnect among some of the indigenous leaders with their oral history, for various reasons. The U.S. government and New York State are counting on this. That is why they and their lawyers are now pushing for the "extinguishment clauses" of all future land claims.
And who are the ones always in the middle of this destruction of the indigenous people: manipulating, secretly orchestrating, always pushing and facilitating these clauses to extinguish any and all future land rights- the U.S. and Canadian lawyers. Always remember this.
The indigenous people need to stop listening to the lawyers, start having meetings without lawyers and start talking to each other, now.
It is far too complicated an issue to simply extinguish all future land claims for any amount of money. And any Indigenous nation doing this, is simply giving away their land in New York State, and who knows where else. The same land that belongs to "the ones with their faces still under the ground".
Indigenous Nations signing extinguishment clauses to end all future land claims and treaties, are signing for their own "self-extermination".
I have taken the phrase "self-extermination" from the "Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China" website (fmprc.gov.cn). A 6 page article titled: "The American Genocide of the Indians - Historical Facts and Real Evidence", 2022-03-02 10:59. An interesting read. Passage from page 4, that it was taken is from, is as follows:
"On the surface, Indians are no longer the subject of 'extermination', but just 'forgotten', 'invisible" and 'discriminated against', yet in reality they are simply left there for 'self-extermination'."
Did you ever wonder why the U.S. government allowed the indigenous nations to be "possessed of inherent self-governing power"? Because it is simply a form of fascism. It is not sovereignty or a "self governing power", but a "self governing power to self-exterminate".
In these articles, when I am writing about what being done to the indigenous people by the U.S./New York State/Canadian governments and lawyers, I am not talking about the American or Canadian people doing these things, to the indigenous people. It is their governments that are doing these things to the indigenous people.
Here are some "mechanisms to self- exterminate" to consider. Keep in mind the U.S. Court decisions that decided that indigenous nations have "inherent self-governing power". Which actually means the "absolute power to self- exterminate" :
*The BIA tribal leaders "have the right to bind the tribe to agreements" with the U.S. and state governments, without the indigenous people of that nation knowing about it, until it is too late. If a tribal leader and/or their lawyers are doing something they do not want the people to find out about, then it must be something bad for the people, the children and the future generations.
*All the U.S. government's legislation that forces all indigenous people to abide by the BIA Tribal Nation laws and bylaws, or be threatened with permanent banishment, as only one example of numerous methods to intimidate. Designed to have the indigenous people live their entire lives in fear.
*The Tribal Courts System that has complete control over all aspects of the lives of the indigenous people of that nation.
*The land claim settlements with extinguishment clauses, always being pushed by U.S. lawyers.
*A lawyer gets a monetary land settlement with extinguishment clause for a treaty signed by "indians" from centuries ago, that no historian has ever been successful in determining who those "indians" were. Or even if those indians were authorized to sign a treaty centuries ago. If it's undetermined who those Indians were centuries ago, how can any lawyer in 2024, sign a monetary land claim settlement with extinguishment clauses, now? This would set a terrible precedent, whereby any Indian(s) can represent any treaty and sign for monetary land settlements with extinguishment clauses. BUT WAIT, this is exactly what the U.S./NYS governments did centuries ago. These governments would just find any Indian(s) who would agree to sign fraudulent treaties and have them sign away the land in question, in exchange for money or whiskey. Could centuries old history be repeating itself in 2024? As I have said before, "if you want to hide something from the people, put it right in front of them, they will never see it".
*The BIA doesn't have to follow Freedom of Information Laws (FOIL) because they only deal with indians. So no one can ever find out what's really going on.
These and other subjects, are what has been written about in this blog. It is to describe the "mechanisms self- extermination" and how they work.
The power for the indigenous nations to "self exterminate" was designed by the U.S. and Canadian governments. This power masquerades as "self- governing power". It was designed to isolate and to make it illegal for the indigenous people to stop or interfere with "BIA tribal nation leaders" in the process of this "self-extermination" of the indigenous nation, the people, the children and all future generations. All done through the "mechanisms of self extermination". No one is allowed to interfere with the BIA tribal leaders who "are simply left there for self-extermination". The U.S. government made it so with their centuries and decades of U.S. legislation, acts, court decisions and lawyers.
As always, these articles are provided as a starting point for conversation as it did with Ononadaga Chief Vincent Johnson. Let's all stay together and keep compiling as much information as we can, together. We must come together, with face-to-face conversations.
And not another indigenous nation should sign another monetary land settlement with extinguishment clauses. Never again. Never trade land for money.
Of course, all of this applies to the Canadian government as well. Canada and the United States are always lock-step when it comes to exterminating the indigenous people.