A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
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1. Tsiahià:ksera tsi náhe, wakenonhwaktaníhahkwe Last week, I was sick 2. Onkenonhwákten I did become sick 3. Wá:kiehr waki'tonhkwáhrhos I woke up with a fever 4. Onkwa'tarihenserá:nohste I had chills 5. Onkia'tíshon I was shivering 6. Wa'tewakenawiro'ókhon My teeth were chattering 7. Wakhskien'tanón:wakskwe I had aching joints 8. Wakeronhkwe'nanón:wakskwe My back hurt 9. Onkia'tanonhwákhon My body hurt all over 10. Onkwahontanón:wake I had an earache 11. Wa'tekahonhtá:kahre I had ringing in my...
Continued from last issue Policies of Oppression in the Name of “Democracy” Economic History of the Haudenosaunee The Haudenosaunee, People of the Longhouse, who are known to many Europeans as the Six Nations, have inhabited their territories since time immemorial. During the time prior to the coming of the Europeans, it is said that ours were a happy and prosperous people. Our lands provided abundantly for our needs. Our people lived long, healthy, and productive lives. Before the Europeans came, we were an affluent people, rich in the gif...
Continued from last issue. Policies of Oppression In the Name of “Democracy” Economic History of the Haudenosaunee The Haudenosaunee People of the Longhouse, who are known to many Europeans as the Six Nations Iroquois, have inhabited their territories since time immemorial. During the time prior to the coming of the Europeans, it is said that ours were a happy and prosperous people. Our lands provided abundantly for our needs. Our people lived long, healthy, and productive lives. Before the Europeans came, we were an affluent people, rich in th...
1. Kí:ken enkiahia'kseró:kten This coming weekend 2. Rotinontsistowá:nens tenhonhkwatá:se tsi kanenhstá:ton The bigheads will go around the reserve 3. Enionkhihretsiá:ron They will encourage us 4. Aetewahá:wihte ne ionkwaio'tenhsera We all ought to push our work aside 5. Enionkhihró:ri They will tell us 6. Entewatáhsawen sha'tekohshéhne Midwinter ceremonies will start 7. Kanonhséshne At the longhouse 8. Tenhatinonhsakháhsi They will split the house 9. Rotiskaré:wake, rotineniothr...
Continued from last issue. Legal History of the Haudenosaunee Also in 1924, Canada military invaded our territories on the Grand River and forcibly installed a colonial government there. The episode was repeated by Canada in 1934 on our territories at the Thames River community of Oneida. In 1948 and 1950, Congress passed laws giving civil and criminal jurisdiction to New York State, although Congress was never given such jurisdiction by the Haudenosaunee. In 1958, Congress passed Public Law 88-533, the Kinzua Dam Act, which resulted in the...
1. Sawentanawénhne It was mild again 2. Tonsakaniéhtahkwe The snow melted again 3. Tonsakawí:sahkwe The ice melted again 4. Tonsakáwerahkwe The wind picked up 5. Tsioniehtanawenhákie The snow was melting along again 6. Iowistanawenhákie It is melting along 7. Tsík nón:we kahnekónnion There is water all over 8. Iohonwa'takè:ron There are puddles 9. Í:iah kanéka tetsioteniehtáhere There is no snow anywhere 10. Ohontóhskon kí:ken átste Everything is green outside 11. Iokennorénhne It rained 12. S...
Legal History of the Haudenosaunee Continued from last week. The United States entered into solemn treaties with the Haudenosaunee, and each time has ignored virtually each and every provision of the treaties which guarantee our rights as a separate nation. Only the sections of the treaties which refer to land cessions, sections which were fraudulently obtained, have validity in the eye of the United States courts or governments. The mechanism for the colonization of the Haudenosaunee territory is found, in legal fiction, the United States...
1. Kí:ken iohia'kseratákie tonkié:renhte ón:keren'ne This week we had our first snowfall 2. Tonkié:renhte wa'okén:rore First it rained 3. Sók wa'onen'ón:ti Then it did sleet 4. Tsi niwahshòn:tes ón:keren'ne Overnight it did snow 5. Ostón:ha wa'onkwaniehtaién:ta'ne We received a little snow on the ground 6. Ioniehtaná:nawen The snow is wet 7. Ioniehtákste The snow is heavy 8. Kaniehtí:io The snow is nice 9. Wahtkahthohtsherí:io It is a nice view 10. Akwé:kon ioteniehtáhere Everything is cov...
Legal History of the Haudenosaunee Continued from last week. Their reasoning is patently medieval and racist: “Civilization is that quality possessed by people with civil governments, civil government is Europe’s kind of government; Indians did not have Europe’s kind of government, therefore Indians were not civilized. Uncivilized people live in wild anarchy; therefore, Indians did not have government at all. And therefore, Europeans could not have been doing anything wrong – were in fact performing a noble mission – by bringing governmen...
1. Wa'tehsatenonhwará:ton kénh tsi niieienthókwa'as? Did you celebrate harvest (Thanksgiving) day? 2. Hén, wa'kekhwa :ren Yes, I put up the feast 3. Í:iah tekekhwà:ren No, I did not have a feast. 4. Í:se kénh akwé:kon wahsekhón:ni? Did you do all the cooking? 5. Hén, í:'i akwé:kon wa'kekhón:ni Yes, I did all the cooking 6. Í:iah, í:iah akwé:kon tewakekhón:ni. Riièn:'a wahakhón:ni. No, I did not cook everything. My son cooked. 7. Óh nahò:ten wà:serihte? What did you cook? 8. Wa'tekhnennà:ta...
Legal history of the Haudenosaunee Continued from last week. “It is the market, in one form or another, that pulls out from the compact social relations of self-contained primitive communities some parts of men’s doings and puts people into fields of economic activity that are increasingly independent of the rest of what goes on in local life. The local traditional and moral world and the wider and more impersonal world of the market are in principle destinct, and opposed to each other…” The European “discovery” of North America led to the...
1. Okaristiiáhne Kentenhkó:wa tewáhsen áhsen enhská:ra'ne Thursday November 23rd will be the date 2. Ratinatónhkhwa teiontenonhwaratónhkhwa awenhnísera They call it thanksgiving day 3. Ón:wa iahia'kserá:te This week 4. Enkekhwá:ren I will have a feast 5. Enkatenna'tsherahninòn:ra I will go grocery shopping 6. Enkatenna'tarontónnion I will make a lot of pies 7. Enkenennio'kwananá:wenhte ne skawiró:wane o'wà:ron I will thaw out the turkey meat 8. Skawiró:wane enkena'taráta'a I will stuff the tu...
Legal History of the Haudenosaunee, continued from last week. Feudal society in Europe appears to have arisen as the result of a number of conditions which existed following the dissolution of the Roman Empire. It was based in a system by which rulers of warrior castes became strong enough to demand and extract fealty from warriors. There arose, generally, an administrative center, usually a castle, and around these were agricultural people who were usually protected from outside aggression by their “lord”, the sovereign of the manor. It app...
1. Kató:rats I am hunting 2. Ne ska'niónhsa rá:tsin A male moose 3. Ne oskennón:ton rá:tsin A male deer 4. Tehonà:karonte He has horns attached 5. Wakatoráthe I went hunting 6. Ne sónhatsi Wild ducks 7. Ne káhonk Wild geese 8. Ohrhon'kéhstsi Early morning 9. Shontakarahkwineken'ne Sunrise 10. Ohská:wakon In the woods 11. Okwirákta Near the tree 12. Kanawákta Near the swamp 13. Okwirákta í:kete I am standing near the tree 14. Kheianíhsaks I am looking for their tracks 15. Kheia'tì:saks I am looki...
Continued from last week. The Obvious Fact of Our Continuing Existence Legal History of the Haudenosaunee Since the beginning of human time, the Haudenosaunee have occupied the distinct territories that we call our homelands. That occupation has been both organized and continuous. We have long defined the borders of our country, have long maintained the exclusive use-right of the areas within those borders, and have used those territories as the economic and cultural definitions of our nation. The Haudenosaunee are a distinct people, with our...
1. Skennen'kó:wa kenh? Are you at peace? 2. Henh, skennen'kó:wa Yes, I am at peace 3. Í:iah, í:iah skénnen té:ken No, I do not have peace 4. Sata'karí:te kenh? Are you healthy? 5. Hen, wakata'karí:te Yes, I am healthy 6. Í:iah, í:iah tewakata'karí:te No, I am not in good health 7. Wakenonwáktani I am sick 8. Wa'kerihwà:ronke tsi sanonwáktani I heard you were sick 9. Hén, tsiahià:ksera tsi náhe ken shikì:teron tsi iakenheion'taientáhkhwa Yes, I was in the hospital last week 10. N è:'ek ne teiotst...
Continued from last week. It is necessary, at this time, that we begin in a process of critical analysis of the West’s historical processes, to seek out the actual nature of the roots of the exploitative and oppressive conditions which are forced upon humanity. At the same time, as we gain understanding of those processes, we must reinterpret that history to the people of the world. It is the people of the West, ultimately, who are most oppressed and exploited. They are burdened by the weight of centuries of racism, sexism, and ignorance w...
1. Óh nahsewákiere kí:ken onkiahia'kserò:kten? What did you all this weekend? 2. Wenhniseriióhne Entákta só:k onon'onsera'kó:wa tsi tkaiénhthon ia'akwakwátho It was nice Saturday so we stopped at the pumpkin patch 3. Wa'akwanon'onserá:ko We harvested pumpkins 4. Akwé:kon sewaienthókwas kenh ne sewahéhtakon? Did you all get all your crops harvested in your garden? 5. Hen. Akwé:kon wa'akwaienthó:ko ne onkwahéhtakon Yes, we got all our crops out of our garden 6. Í:iah, í:iah á:rok. Shé:kon entá:on'...
Continued from last week. The Indo-Europeans attacked every aspect of North America with unparalleled zeal. The Native people were ruthlessly destroyed because they were an unassimilable element to the civilizations of the West. The forests provided materials for larger ships, the land was fresh and fertile for agriculture surpluses, and some areas provided sources of slave labor for the conquering invaders. By the time of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-nineteenth century, North America was already a leader in the area of the development...
1. Oh nisakierá:ne ne tsi niiontkonwaró:roks nikahá:wi? What are you doing for Halloween? 2. Wa'katenonhsahserón:ni tsi niiontkonwarò:roks nikahá:wi I decorated my house for Halloween 3. Kanenna'kè:ne nikahá:wi wa'katenonhsahserón:ni I put fall decorations up 4. Hén, átste wa'khahseraniiontónnion kanonhsaktónkie I put up lights around my house 5. Takwáhson teiota'á:raton kanonhsà:ke kénh wahsera'nén:takte? Did you put spider webs up outside your house? 6. Hén, kowá:nen takwa'áhson wa'kera'nén:ta...
Continued from last issue The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was the homeland, in ancient times, of various peoples, many of whom spoke Semitic languages. The Semitic peoples, were among the first in the world to develop irrigation technology. This development led to the early development of towns, and eventually cities. The manipulation of the waters, another form of spirit life, represented another way in which humans developed a technology which reproduced a function of Nature. Within these cultures, stratified hierarchical...
1. Kanonhsà:ke kahonro'tatákie tekohtáhrhos I clean my gutters 2. Akerístatsi ó:iente watónthos tekohtáhrhos I clean my woodstove 3. Tekién:kiaks tánon I chop wood 4. Katsienhón:nis I make a fire 5. Wa'katenonhsataríha'te I turn up the heat 6. Kena'tarón:nis ne tewá:ia tánon kanà:taron I bake pies and bread 7. Kenontarón:nis I make soup 8. Sewahió:wane ohiákeri khnekíhrha I drink cider 9. Teiotsikhè:tare í:keks I eat donuts 10. Katen'enhrahserón:nis I decorate my porch 11. Onekerà:ke enwakhonwi...
Continued from last issue Spiritualism The Highest Form of Political Consciousness Haudenosaunee Message to the Western World The Haudenosaunee, or the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, has existed on this land since the beginning of human memory. Our culture is among the most ancient continuously existing cultures in the world. We still remember the original instructions of the Creators of Life on this place we call Etenoha – Mother Earth. We are the spiritual guardians of this place. We are Ongwhehonwe – the Real People. In the beginning we...
Continued from last issue The Haudenosaunee raised their children from the cradleboard to be participants in the culture. The ways of the People of the Longhouse have always been powerfully spiritual in nature, and it is true that the government, the economy, everything that is Haudenosaunee has deep spiritual roots. The papers which follow are the position papers which were presented by the Haudenosaunee to the Non-governmental Organizations of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in September 1977. The Non-governmental Organizations had...
1. Kanenna'kè:ne nikahà:wi wakio'tenhserá:ien In the fall time, I have work 2. Kateweien'tónnions kakhwa'shòn:'a I put away the food 3. Kahianiiontákwas ne sewahió:wane I pick apples 4. Kenenhstákwas I harvest corn 5. Khsahe'tákwas I harvest dry beans 6. Kenon'onserákwas I harvest pumpkins 7. Oron'ónhta kienthókwas I harvest sunflower seeds 8. Khnenna'tó'kwats I dig potatoes 9. Khnenna'tarò:roks I gather potatoes 10. Ke'nionkserákwas I harvest onions 11. Khsokwarò:roks I gather nuts 12. Kanenn...
