The Native ( Mohawk ) Warrior Society.

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Here's the flag of " The Mohawk Warriors Society ":
www.AllStates-Flag.COM/fotw/images/c/ca_mo-ws.gif
www.AllStates-Flag.COM/fotw/flags/ca_mohak.html

Quoting Suzanne Fournier ( sfournier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx )
in " The Vancouver Province ", March 9, 2007, Vancouver B.C.:
www.Canada.COM/theprovince/news/story.html?id=a6c83a52-952b-4231-a6cc-4ae24328ac3e&k=43544

'' The Native Warrior Society took credit yesterday for
cutting down the Olympic flag at Vancouver City Hall
" in honour " of elder Harriet Nahanee.

Three figures wearing black balaclavas [ a.k.a. " hoodies " ]
are shown in front of what appears to be
the flag that hung at city hall, in a photo and statement
e-mailed from " hunter killer " and signed by the society.

They are holding a red Mohawk flag and a photo of Nahanee,
who they describe in their statement as
" our elder-warrior who was given a death sentence by the B.C. courts
for her courageous stand in defence of Mother Earth. "

Nahanee, 71, died at St. Paul's Hospital on Feb. 24,
a month after she was sentenced to 14 days in jail
for protesting against the destruction of
the Eagleridge Bluffs for an Olympics-related project,
the expansion of the Sea-to-Sky Highway.

Friends of Nahanee warned B.C. Supreme Court Justice Brenda Brown
when Nahanee was sentenced on Jan. 24 that
she was ill with flu and had severe asthma.

Nahanee, who said in court that she considered the bluffs to be
unceded native land, served nine days at the Surrey Pre-Trial Centre,
where lawyer Lyn Crompton says she suffered
" racist " and rough treatment.

Nahanee's death provoked widespread outrage,
from West Vancouver matrons who protested with her
to young native activists, some of whom wore
combat boots and camouflage gear while fighting tears at her funeral.

The Native Warrior Society statement says that early on Tuesday
" we pried open the access panel on the pole with a crowbar and,
using a bolt-cutter, cut the metal cable/halyard inside,
causing the flag to fall to the ground. "

" We stand in solidarity with all those fighting
the destruction caused by the 2010 Olympic Games, "

says the statement, concluding with the slogan
" No Olympics on Stolen Native Land. "

Const. Tim Fanning said " the photo and the statement will be
part of the ongoing investigation. "

Members of the society were seen with black face paint
and a similar Mohawk flag at a recent melee with Vancouver police,
leading to several arrests,
when the Olympic countdown clock was unveiled downtown.

In August 2005, two Native Warrior Society leaders were
arrested in Vancouver in connection with a gun seizure.

No charges were laid
and the guns were found to have been legally obtained.

Tewanee Joseph, executive-director and CEO of
the Four Host First Nations Secretariat, said
his group respects the individual's right to protest
" but to do it peacefully and respectfully is very important as well. "

International Olympic Committee official Rene Fasel,
in Vancouver for meetings with Olympic organizers,
said he was disappointed by the theft of the flag.

" It's totally illegal, " he said.

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