Protesters fly the Iriquois Confederation flag at the border crossing into Cornwall, Ont., 19 April, 2001. A caravan of cars and other protesters waits for custom inspection on the Seaway International Bridge (background), after crossing from the Akwasasne Mohawk reservation, part of the Iriquios Confederation.Photograph by: Stan Honda, Agence France-PresseFrom The Montreal Gazette:
Aboriginals protest against plan to arm border guards at Cornwall crossing.
Travellers may be in for a summer of discontent as a federal plan to arm border guards is igniting anger throughout Mohawk communities and has already led to protests this month that temporarily closed the cross-border bridge at Cornwall, Ont.
More is to come, the Mohawks promise.
They argue that Ottawa’s plan to arm border guards working at a customs checkpoint in the Akwesasne reserve is a violation of their sovereign territory and will endanger the lives of aboriginals who regularly cross that border.
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