OTHER WARRIOR SOCIETIES

The Oneida Warrior Society was formed to dethrone elected President Jacob Thompson and provide protection of 32 acres from local police intrusions. For awhile police respected their presence and would ask the warriors to turn over any offenders. But armed confrontations between the warriors and the supporters of the elective system forced the firemen from feeling safe from entering Oneida Territory. As a result two Oneidas perished in their trailer as the outside fire company refused to respond to the alarm. David Honyoust took over as the representative of the Nation after Thompson was forced from office. He stated that the warriors would close down all federally funded programs in the territory and re-establish the traditional form of government. After the traditionalists took over, the warriors emerged to try to take over the bingo operation. At a meeting of the warrior society at Oneida, the told the press that the chiefs and any other Indians who oppose them will be "wiped out."

A Toronto Star investigation showed that of 260 warriors that they researched, about 50 had serious criminal records in Canada or the United States. Another 30 had been indicted in U.S. Courts for charges of arson, rioting, theft, obstructing justice, perjury, carrying firearms, resisting arrest and assault. Some of these charges stemmed from events where the older leaders were fighting for legitimate rights, but the majority are for crimes committed in support of the warrior smuggling, gambling and racketeering agenda.

In 1991 the Mohawk Warrior Society were among 21 Indian groups to share in a $250,000 Moammar Gadhafi Human Rights Award given by the Libyan government, which is known to support international terrorism. Three representatives of the Mohawk Nation Office went to Tripoli to accept the award from Col. Gadhafi. In their own press release the Warrior Society said: "The Ganienkehake are cited for their unyielding century-old fight for sovereignty that is increasing in intensity, despite heavily armed force of Canada, the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and in the United States, particularly in upper New York State." (Globe and Mail, 6/15/91)