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Posted by Tyson Yunkaporta Sep 11, 2006 |
At the end of August 2001, my brother, Taiotekane, called me and told me of a strange dream he had the night before. An old Indigenous man came to him and took him up to the top of one of the highest buildings in New York City. They stood together and looked down at Manhattan Island. They could see all the buildings that had been constructed with the help of Iroquois/Mohawk ironworkers. The old man turned to Taiotekane and proclaimed, "Something big is coming!" ...
Taiotekane thought the old man was referring to our constitution, Kaianereh'ko:wa/Great Law of Peace. When a disaster is coming, we have a duty to go to the top of the Tree of Peace. Like an eagle, we are to look afar. If we see something that may endanger our people, we have a duty to warn them of an impending disaster. The Mohawks, as guardians of the "Eastern Door" of Turtle Island (America), have always watched the door that has stood for freedom for many people from all over the world.
Two weeks later the Twin Towers, also called the "World Trade Center", in New York City were taken down! Who rushed there to help? The Iroquois/Mohawk ironworkers! They had helped build it and knew how to take apart the rubble that was left after the disaster now known as "9-11".