Just so people know, "the band" and the Confederacy (some one was refering to The Great Law) are not the same thing. Just siding with the band council's decision is as colonial and medling as "fighting for the individual rights" of people from Kahnawake. I would encourage people to review the Two Row Wampum, which outlines the relationship that the Haudenasaunee and settlers have. I would also remind people that history has shown that the people of Kahnawake and other Haudensaunee communities have done a much better job of holding their colonial band council governments accountable for decisions than, say, Canadians do with our colonial governement. As much as it goes against so many people's progressive white liberal tendancies, the natives do not neeed our help!
Just to be more clear I wasn't saying they were the same and brought it up in contention with betrayal comment and the judgement that was passed. However in terms of sides or outsiders taking sides with band Council vs Confederacy on this specific issue it's not as simplistic as saying one or the other. On the ground there's no absolute Confederacy traditionalist this side and all others colonial band council side. It's not easy to peg into some sort of binary category. It's just not the case with the real people involved and their viewpoints on this specific issue.
Beyond that comment I completely agree about the history of accountability and not needing outside help. This law has been around for close to thirty years and is not something that has just been created out of the blue. My biggest issue are judgements being made about outright 'racism' being a major motivation. It's crap on a whole number of levels.