A Statement From Milton Born With A Tooth
Regarding Current Allegations of Militant Uprisings
In 1990 as leader of the Lonefighter Society I was at the forefront
of being accused of militancy, lawlessness and being disrespectful
of so called Canada. On September the 9th of 1994, I was sentenced
to 16 months after a long five years of being persecuted,
ridiculed, stereotyped and made a scapegoat for this government's
hidden agenda in what was supposed to be a safe place for truth and
justice -- the court room. When Justice Willis O'Leary was making
his closing remarks on my sentence, he referred to me as an
environmental activist. He also noted and understood that I could
never be remorseful for defending my connection and love for this
land.
The same hidden agenda of 1990 that created the Oka crisis, the
Oldman River Dam issue and the Mount Currie issue is now unfolding
with the possibility of putting us in another five years of
unnecessary turmoil. The Canadian government should expose its
hidden agenda on self-government. It is an agenda that is counter-
productive for establishing once and for all what the people of
this country need to know about the role native people play.
Self-government is pushing First Nations peoples into the main-
stream of Canadian society, when our people are prevented from
using our cultural weapons. These include jurisdiction, intact
environments, traditional due process, and most of all, the need to
be an equal, but separate entity.
What the Ontario government has done is with the consent of the
federal government and the consent of Ovide Mercredi, Grand Chief
of the Assembly of First Nations. They have made their positions
very clear that they will deliberately provoke confrontation and
then commit acts of Nazi style butchering while the Canadian public
applauds the butchering of First Nations people.
I ask that all warrior minded people condemn this act of butchery
and demand that the federal government sober up and realize that
the provinces are too drunk to drive self-government.
I ask all First Nations people to immediately cease negotiations,
in whatever form, on self-government, and ask the question are we
First Nations people or are we going to be the last nation of
people to be free. The Canadian public and their racist upbringing
have got to quit standing by and applauding the continued genocidal
acts committed on First Nations people. The Canadian public has
got to realize that we are not criminals; that we are an awesome
race of people who love this earth and who will die with this
belief in our hearts.
As leader of the Lonefighter Society, my heart and my sadness go to
the casualties of this unjust war. I ask the people of Stoney
Point that they take this act of aggression as fuel to motivate
their determination and continuing battle to preserve a future that
has real freedom which is not bought and paid for.
As leader of the Lonefighter Society, I don't ask that we become
like the enemy who will butcher for self-interests, but I do ask
that we stand up and become the true protectors that we have always
been. Being true protectors means that when our loved ones are in
danger, we will do whatever it takes as protectors not as
criminals, by whatever means possible, to confront the enemy.
In conclusion, Gustafsen Lake and Ipperwash issues are being used
as pawns by the governments to create legal genocide. Apartheid
died in South Africa, but everyone has to remember that it was born
in Canada.
In God's name you came,
in the Great Spirit's name we stay.
Milton Born With A Tooth
Blackfoot Confederacy
Treaty Number 795.