Haudenosaunee Confederacy News

•• Haudenosaunee I.D. cards and Passport Update:

The Haudenosaunee Documentation Committee presented a country code (HAU) for the Grand Council to approve at the November 14, 2009 meeting. The Grand Council agreed with the “HAU” country code and recommended the H.D.C. to use “HAU” on all documents. The ID cards are in a status-quo position awaiting the M.O.A. approval by Homeland Security.

•• The Haudenosaunee will be participating in the Organization of American States (OAS) meeting scheduled for November 27 to December 2, 2009 in Washington, D.C. The initial three (3) days will be meetings with the Indigenous caucus. The OAS meeting(s) will start on Monday. The number one (1) priority is Human Rights of Indigenous People. The Indigenous Caucus delegates will be presenting and discussing the OAS adopting the Human Rights Declaration on Indigenous Human rights. Haudenosaunee representatives to the OAS meeting are Darwin Hill (Seneca), Carl Hill (Cayuga), Howard Thompson, (Mohawk) and Stuart Jamison (Seneca).

•• The Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs held a meeting on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at the Nation Longhouse. Reports were presented by Howard Thompson and Dave Arquette. A community member expressed his three (3) concerns about the CBSA, the Akwesasne Freedom School and the Tri-Council involvement. Also a community member came forward to give the history behind the land estate they will be filing with the Mohawk nation. The final item on the agenda was the issuing of a residency permit to Alec Elijah.

•• Interested in learning more about your rights at the border then attend the meetings on Monday and Wednesday evenings at the Mohawk nation cookhouse at 6 p.m. The meetings will be moving to other areas of the community. Listen to the radio for time and place.