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A Brief Analysis of the State of New York’s Obligations

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Dr. Robert Venables In my opinion as a historian, New York State, as a subordinate government to the federal government of the United States, has three basic obligations under United States law: to implement the intent of federal United States treaties with the Haudenosaunee to implement the intent of two federal United States treaties with Great Britain which … [Read more...] about A Brief Analysis of the State of New York’s Obligations

An Analysis Of The 1613 Tawagonshi Treaty

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HISTORY OF RELATIONS WITH OUR BROTHERS Dr. Robert Venables Chief Irving Powless Jr and Dr. Robert Venables (retired professor of Native American Studies at Cornell) have formed a relationship over the past 30+ years. Here are some of the issues that they discuss. Read more of Chief Powless Jr & Dr. Venables’ essays. AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1613 TAWAGONSHI TREATY By … [Read more...] about An Analysis Of The 1613 Tawagonshi Treaty

Water is Life

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OnondagaNation.org Join the Onondaga Nation and the Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation for a Music festival to support the fight against Fracking. The Water is Life fesitval wil be on Saturday, September 15th at the Onondaga Nation ballfield, located on Rt 11A. FREE ADMISSION - Good Food - Native Arts & Crafts - Drug & Alcohol Free - Bring your own lawn chairs. LIVE … [Read more...] about Water is Life

Timothy Pickering to George Washington, March 21, 1792

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Dr. Robert Venables The negotiator Timothy Pickering of the Canandaigua Treaty wrote a letter to President Washington regarding an upcoming meeting that Pickering and Washington were to hold in Philadelphia with Haudenosaunee diplomats. Pickering wrote bluntly that: “Indians have been so often deceived by White people, that White Man is, among many of them, but … [Read more...] about Timothy Pickering to George Washington, March 21, 1792