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Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall (January 15, 1918 – December 9, 1993) was an Indigenous American artist, writer and activist of the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. He is most widely known for his design of the "Mohawk Warrior Flag", also known as the "Unity Flag", that was used as a symbol of resistance by the Rotisken’rakéhte, or Mohawk Warrior Society, in the 1990 Oka Crisis.
The Mohawk Warrior Flag was designed by Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall in 1974. Hall was an artist, writer, and activist from Kahnawake. [5] It was initially called the "unity flag" or "Indian flag", depicting an Indigenous man with long hair over top a yellow sunburst and red banner.
This file is in the public domain because "Flag's designer (Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall) considered copyright to be inappropriate for the flag. According to Kahente Horn-Miller from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake: "This image may officially belong to the Men’s Society of Kahnawá:ke but it is meant for everyone to use.
In 1971, the Mohawk Warrior Society, also Rotisken’rakéhte in the Mohawk language, was founded in Kahnawake. The duties of the Warrior Society are to use roadblocks, evictions, and occupations to gain rights for their people, and these tactics are also used among the warriors to protect the environment from pollution.
In 2007, two vessels operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society flew the Kahnawake Mohawk flag. [36] The Kahnawake Mohawk nation is the only indigenous American sovereign nation to have deep-sea foreign-going vessels flying its flag. Since December 2007, the Sea Shepherd vessels have been registered in the Netherlands. [37]
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The Mohawk Nation is not, and has not been in negotiations for a Casino in Sullivan County as mentioned. The Mohawk Nation is not party to the gaming compact between New York State and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.53.21.62 21:42, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
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