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John Fadden Kahionhes was a legend in the most profound sense of the word.
No Native entity knows the answers and to truly heal we need our children returned to our homes.
One of the intents of the Canadian and U.S. governments in creating the boarding-residential schools was to alienate indigenous people from their ancestral lands.
Doug George-Kanentiio: Indigenous peoples continue to endure (June 16, 2022)
We can see that the Americans are engaged in vicious cycles of self destruction. 
Tens of thousands of Native children suffered abuse at residential schools run by the Catholic Church, all with the compliance of the Canadian government.
Doug George-Kanentiio: How the Mohawks gave maple syrup to the world (March 17, 2022)
The Maple Tree (Wahta in Mohawk) is recognized by the Iroquois people as the representative of all trees. 
Joanne Shenandoah-Tekaliwakwa, 1957-2021 (December 6, 2021)
She had a bright voice like liquid gold, a luminous heart and a magnetic smile. Joanne Shenandoah-Tekaliwakwa was a multi-talented musician, humanitarian and matriarch. 
Doug George-Kanentiio: On my journey with Joanne Shenandoah (December 6, 2021)
As soon as Jo entered the room, I knew with certainty we would marry, but she did not. 
True peace will come about when Native residential school children, now buried, arise and are returned to the embrace of their ancestors in their home territories.
People ask why the residential-boarding school survivors, their respective families and supporters wear orange.
Almost 2,000 Native children have been found on the grounds of former residential schools and thousands more have yet to be located.
The Akwesasne community demonstrated in the most powerful way its desire to address the terrible effects residential schools have had on the people.
Give us back our lands so that we might be restored to the embrace of the earth.
Palestinian people are native and have a right to live freely upon their ancestral lands.
Doug George-Kanentiio: Our people continue to be killed by police (April 28, 2021)
Killing another human is what police officers can do with an almost complete immunity from prosecution. 
Given Deb Haaland’s ethics, her passion and her record of advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples a great new era in our history is about to begin.
Doug George-Kanentiio: Native people invisible on inauguration day (February 1, 2021)
The Joe Biden presidential inauguration was a glaring reminder for indigenous people that we remain mostly obscure. 
Doug George-Kanentiio: The origins of the Iroquois people (January 11, 2021)
Watch the stars and your direction home will be revealed. 
Doug George-Kanentiio: Why the Mohawk people never had ‘chiefs’ (January 4, 2021)
We must have the women take charge in Mohawk society. 
Doug George-Kanentiio: Mohawk numbers and creation story (November 6, 2020)
Creation myths form the core of a national identity. 
Doug George-Kanentiio: The tragic legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (October 7, 2020)
The Haudenosaunee find it impossible to join in the national celebration of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s career.
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