Lady Freedom watches o'er the country from atop the Capitol Building in Washington. She heralds in Constitution Week: September 17-23, 2023! What's quite amazing is that this week, dedicated to the signing of the Constitution for the United States, also includes International Day of Peace on the 21st, Native American Day on the 22nd and the Autumn Equinox on the 23rd! International Day of Peace was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981 and is observed throughout the world. The intention has always been to support non-violence and to build a culture around peace. Native American Day is celebrated by several states in September while others recognize the First Nation People on other days throughout the year. To honor Indigenous People of the North American Continent during Constitution Week seems right and good. Their history is important to America's history. The Iroquois/Haudenosaunee Confederacy in particular were instrumental in inspiring the Founding Fathers in the creation of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. The last day, Autumn Equinox is a powerful time when the solar light and darkness is in balance. The time has been noted and celebrated by many people and the ancient ones around the world for millennia. There are no coincidences. It is a good week to celebrate what some have called the greatest human document ever written: The United States Constitution. Author Kris Farquhar Lady Freedom Council Photograph Public Domain Creative Graphics Lady Freedom website: www.katyamiller.com
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I find the title unsettling, let alone the subject especially after reading the opening paragraph on the United Nation’s website: Enforced disappearances has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the society. It's as if the words alone, "Enforced disappearances" were used to create even more terror. International Day for the Victims of Non-Consensual Disappearances might be a better name for the day and it honors them with our attention. We need no more terror within our societies and our words are important. What we want and need are solutions. Who are the victims? The people who have been taken, abducted “without their consent” and this includes the high numbers of those trafficked for non-consensual sex and labor. Victims are also the families and friends of the person who has disappeared. Entire communities can be affected from the loss of loved ones. Eagle eyes are needed in every community. We do well to be awake and aware of how profuse this problem is, and we need to be able to act quickly. Know who in your neighborhood you can trust. Be vigilant. This crime against humanity is insidious how it hides in plain sight. Our Sheriffs have taken oaths to serve the people as Peace Officers. Click that hyperlink and know who they are, and when a person is found, let us envision a series of wellness steps in place for the individual and their family’s support, recovery and bright health. In 2021, the United States was recorded to have the largest number of missing persons in the world according to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). In 2022, they published a list that shows the 10 states with the highest number of missing persons.
May a new awareness of this day arise and ultimately assist to eradicate the problem and put solutions into the hands of the people. Things must and will change. World population: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/missing-persons-statistics-by-country The List: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/missing-persons-by-state Author: Kris Farquhar Lady Freedom Council Photographer: rawpixel Partner Website: Lady Freedom: www.katyamiller.com July 30-World Day Against Trafficking In Persons
The fact that child trafficking and slavery exists today at such a prolific rate in our communities, country and our world is a difficult and uncomfortable truth to accept. But we must see it for what it is, or it will continue to devour us and all of humanity. Human trafficking, or what is also called, trafficking in persons, is the fastest growing and most prolific business in the world. There are three different kinds of trafficking according to Tim Ballard, former CIA member and undercover operator for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): 1) slave labor 2) organ harvesting 3) sex trafficking. The statistics are staggering at 30 million world-wide with men, women and children being used against their will under horrific and inhuman conditions. Women are number one at being trafficked, and children closely follow. Ballard also states that it’s even worse when one considers the number of children outside the commercial sex trade which involves abuse. Two million children were reported to be in the commercial sex trade by the state department in 2008. The numbers are thought to be much worse now due to the present state of the border between the United States and Mexico. The Washington Examiner reported in March of 2021 that traffickers at the border make up to 14 million dollars a day moving adults and children. Ballard tells us there are 85,000 unaccompanied minors coming across the border and thousands of them are “5 years old and younger.” It must stop. Studies show the United States to be the number one consumer of child exploitation and we are consistently in the top three for destination countries for human trafficking. An ugly and incomprehensible truth that can never be hidden again. In the past three years, leaders of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Six Nations, faced Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada, their Parliament, and the Pope demanding accountability and restitution regarding the horrific mass graves of their children and babies found at Canada’s Residential Schools. We must bring the light of truth into this dark subject and be silent no more. Let us rally as one humanity. There is hope and great strength in the union of our good hearts and minds. The Lady of Freedom atop the Capitol dome in Washington is a Heart Center for World Peace, Freedom and Mother Law, which is Universal Law. If you suspect someone in danger, or you, yourself needs help, there is a toll free number to call. Also check your own states’ status in regards to a Human Trafficking Task Force. Begin there. The suffering must end, especially with the children. National Human Trafficking Hotline 1-888-373-7888. Call from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year. Author: Kris Farquhar Lady Freedom Circle Photographer: Unknown Partner Website: Lady Freedom: www.katyamiller.com July 28, 2022 - Quebec, Canada As Onkwehoweh, we continue to suffer historic injustices that will no longer be tolerated. The Papal State visit a week ago with Rarihwawakon (Pope), the Governor General and Prime Minister of Canada were superimposed upon by the Vatican Agenda that was set to silence us. As a small delegation of Haudenosaunee who were invited to speak at three events to Rarihwawakon (the pope), we were denied our right to speak in the final minutes of the first event. However, in a dinner with the Bishops of Canada, we created a stir, and in the survivor’s session on the last day of his Pilgrimage of Penance, a young Wolf Clan Mohawk Mother, Kaianahawis, broke through the colonial papal wall and took the necessary time to express our deep grievances with the so-called apology and the complete lack of respect and action. Our mission is political as our focus is to revoke the Doctrine of Discovery. The fact remains that this law, imported by settlers of the old world, was forced upon Indigenous peoples and is still firmly entrenched in our reality past and present. We deny its restrictions and inhumanity. The Doctrine of Discovery is the law that dispossesses our lands through mere discovery and false conquest. It continues to prevent our rightful and human existence. The Doctrine is the basis for in- coming wealth acquired by the countries that straddle our territories and is also the decree that ordered our genocide through Government legislated policy. The police and the church were paid to carry out the executions of our children. The cradle boards that represented our Cradle Board Mandate brought before Canada’s Parliament in July of 2021, accompanied us. They were NOT gifts to be presented to the pope during the Vatican visit back in March nor were they gifts this time in Quebec City. The cradleboards kept our focus and they came home with us, the mothers. They are a symbol of the babies taken and who are still not home. Personally, I never wanted to meet Rarihwawakon. As Iakoiane (clanmother), I needed to go on behalf of our precious babies that never had a chance to be loved. We want the seventh generation to know that despite the military might of the colonial papal-powers and their harsh, dark criticisms — we had to show up. To the seventh generation, you must know, we love you enough to rattle these historical moments the same way our ancestors did for us seven generations ago. We were not silent and fought like hell to make your unborn voices heard. RESCIND THE DOCTRINE! Author: Wakerakats:te, Iakoiane of Roiane Tehanakari:ne Bear Clan Mother of the Mohawk Nation Council Louise Bear Herne Photograph: Katsitsionni Fox Haudenosaunee Bear Clan Artist & Filmmaker The Mothers of Nation’s Gathering that took place in early May this year was a powerful time of growth and introspection for all who were present. We gathered on Akwesasne Mohawk Territory in upper-state New York. Thank you to all who made our journey possible. It was an honor and a privilege to be on that land - land where the Great Law of Peace was first spoken — and to be under the “wings” of the Mohawk Bear Clan Mother. So many have strayed from our natural earth roots and cycles. However, mature women are reminded every month as their bodies respond to the call to carry life, or not. The gathering reminded me of what it means to be a mother of not only one child, but of a community, and the responsibility that comes along with that role, especially in these times of great change. Lady Freedom Council is very grateful to have been invited. Many others across the Americas and the Old World were also invited, for each carries a nation, (a community) unto themselves. But we all gathered as one heart in one purpose for the one Earth to convene and commemorate Mother Law and what that means to bring back into our nation and our world. Louise Bear Herne, Bear Clan Mother of the Mohawk Nation Council says it best in the words that follow…. MOTHERS OF NATIONS in Unity ushers in Mother Law and upholds an Ancestral Agreement that many people in the World have forgotten. We are each Mothers of a Nation. We come from an intricate woven Web of Women's Wisdom. We are the matriline of every life-giving ancestor and a descendant of Mothers. We hold the great wisdom of the cosmos and carry the seeds of creation within us. We are our Mother, the Earth, and she is us. We are Creation, we are Life. Restore the Heart of the Mother. When you live in a feminine world, there is LOVE, there is EQUALITY, there is BALANCE... NO MAN GOES HUNGRY. Protect her and she will provide. Author: Wakerakats:te, Iakoiane of Roiane Tehanakari:ne Bear Clan Mother of the Mohawk Nation Council Louise Bear Herne Author: Kris Farquhar Lady Freedom Council Photograph: Katsitsionni Fox Haudenosaunee Bear Clan Artist & Filmmaker Partner Website: www.katyamiller.com Haudenosaunee: People of the Long House Revisit Independence Hall May 12, 2022 |
Author: Kristen Farquhar is a Holistic Health & Arts Practitioner, book illustrator and
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