Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council still alive despite Canada’s attempt to oust the oldest democracy By Lynda Powless Editor It was a coup d’état that failed. For 100 years Canada has attempted to oust the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) and for 100 years Six Nation Grand River supporters have fought back keeping it alive. From a violent attempted overthrow of the traditional Haudenosaunee national council in 1924, to the RCMP’s second removal of HCCC supporters in 1959 from the same building to the imposition of an elected band council. Now in 2024 the HCCC has recovered its council building a symbol in the heart of the community that they are still here, a century old Indigenous government still actively operating. This week marks both the anniversary of Canada’s attempted coup d’état and…
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