Alfred Taiaiake (Mohawk)

August 6, 2025, 10:28 AM

(endnote #6, page 352: Taiaiake, Alfred. Peace, Power, Righteousness. An Indigenous Manifesto (Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 1999, page 86.)

Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) scholar Taiaiake Alfred brings wisdom and clarity to the issue:

Respecting the right of (indigenous) communities to determine membership

for themselves would promote reconstruction of indigenous nations as groups

of related people, descended from historic tribal communities, who meet

commonly defined cultural racial characteristics for inclusion. (endnote #6)