Six Nations has history of RCMP spying

If Six Nations has any kind of relationship with the RCMP its one of historic spying. From the early 1920’s, with the ousting of the Six Nations Confederacy government, the RCMP have been spying on Six Nations. The relationship has historically been one of RCMP surveillance and intervention. Declassified files show the RCMP monitored and targeted Six Nations and other Indigenous political organizations from the 1960s to 1980s, attempting to disrupt their sovereignty, alongside recent monitoring of activism linked to land disputes. Timeline of RCMP Historic al Six Nations Interference In the 1920s: The RCMP actively undermined the Six Nations Confederacy Council. The RCMP launched raids of Chiefs and Confederacy followers homes and seized wampum belts to force a transition to an Indian Act band council. Surveillance and Monitoring: Records…

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