Word: mohawks
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Every night up to 3,000 angry residents of Chateauguay, Quebec, gathered outside the barricade that Mohawk Indians raised across the approach to the Mercier Bridge, a major artery into Montreal. Rowdies grappled with police and burned effigies of Mohawks hanging from a lamppost. Since a policeman was killed two weeks ago during an assault on another Mohawk blockage at Oka, 19 miles to the west, that town and Chateauguay have become scenes of an edgy standoff over the volatile issue of Indian land rights. The Indians have been protesting plans to expand a golf course into a forest that...
When a gun battle broke out three weeks ago over casino gambling on the vast Mohawk Indian reservation on the New York-Quebec border, journalist Doug George, 35, became part of his own story. He picked up an AR-15 assault-style rifle and took part in an all-night shoot-out against pro-gambling forces. George, editor of two newspapers, the Akwesasne Notes and Indian Times, later wrote a gripping story about the battle, warning, "Unless we have permanent peace here, we're going to resort to terrorist methods...
Although the crackdown has drawn applause from antigambling Mohawk factions, it has provoked a militant response from Mohawks who regard the raids as violations of the tribe's sovereign rights. "We need to exercise our right to self-determination," argues Francis Boots, spokesman for the Mohawk Warriors Society, a militant and well-armed vigilante group that favors the casinos. "Gambling is just a small part of that...
...trying to monopolize the profits from casinos, critics claim, the Warriors are seeking to protect cross-border trading operations worth $100 million annually. U.S. and Canadian officials are searching for a formula that would restore peace to the reservation. But so far they have been oddly reluctant to involve Mohawks directly in their talks. Last week 30 provincial, state and federal officials gathered in Montreal to discuss the future of the tribe. Not a single Mohawk leader was present. Not one had been invited...
...years, the alliance has been a bulwark against the Soviets. Now Washington wants it to ensure a U.S. presence in Europe. -- Gambling starts a Mohawk tribal...