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CHRISTIAN ISLAND ON - Sunday June 15, 2025 - Beausoleil First Nation member Johnny Hawke was released from custody from Southern Georgian Bay OPP Detachment after being charged with Causing a Disturbance CC 175 (1) (a) of the criminal code. Hawke was arrested at the Town of Midland ’s Buttertart Festival and detained for two hours yesterday and released with a promise to appear in Court.
Hawke set up a teaching space with Wampum Belts on site and posted a banner in opposition to Simcoe North’s MPP Jill Dunlop who voted in favour to pass Bill 5 into law on June 5 at the Ontario Legislature. Hawke peacefully engaged event goers during Midlands famous annual Butter Tart Festival which see’s 40,000 people in attendance. Hawke shared information on how the Bill would impede onTreaty Rights, Civil liberties and Environmental Protections law.
Hawke was engaging attendees of the event at the 3.5 acre green space of Neezhoday Park located between St. Paul's United Church and the Midland Public Library. ‘Neezhoday’ which means “Two Hearts” in the Anishinabe language is named after and dedicated to Andrew Mixiimong, a Elder of Beausoleil First Nation who was murdered by two Midland men in 2012 outside a downtown Midland deli.
“I set up at this specific space strategically because our Peoples are being killed by this Settler Society right from its citizens, missing and murdered women crisis to the police and by Government Policies that permit Industry to come and contaminate our lands and leave us with with crumbs where we can’t even have clean water where our peoples suffer from mercury poisoning from these economic agreements.” Says Hawke
Hawke also mentions his disappointment of no Indigenous inclusion and representation at the Midland event.
“Simcoe County occupies Upper Canada Treaties 5, 16 and 18 between our Chippewa Tri Council and the Crown where there are outstanding issues where we have never been properly compensated. There is also nothing in this area visibly that celebrates our Anishinabe presence except for our on going genocide.” Claims Hawke.
Hawke claims he was expressing his right to freedom of speech in which the Mayor of Midland stopped in at his space to show support.
“Bill Gordon stopped by to say he didn’t have any problems with me and my banner and informed me he instructed event organizers and police to leave me be if there were any issues as the space is a Midland Park and that I was expressing my right to freedom of speech.” Says Hawke
Hawke states he set up at 12pm with no issue until 4pm where he claims Event Organizer Staff in orange tee’s came to tell him to remove his sign. Hawke refused and OPP arrived where Hawke refused to remove his banner from the Elder Miximong’s and Park plaque.
“I asked the eight officers who came in like a swat team, Who gave this direction to do this? They took my property and walked off where I followed them and asked for my banner back and called them out for violating my rights in which then I was arrested, for demanding they give my property back.” Says Hawke.
Hawke later shares that Bill Gordon the mayor was very apologetic.
“They Mayor messaged me on Facebook last night to apologize and to let me know the decision to take my banner did not come from him or his staff.” Says Hawke.
Hawke says he will be filing a Human Rights complaint on the Ontario Provincial Police where he currently has a complaint at final stages with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal that stems from an incident from last July, involving the same detachment.
“Last Summer I was threatened by a Tiny Township Councillor, Kelly Helowka accusing me of taking photos of him and informed me that he was a former RCMP and can make me disappear. There was video evidence and the OPP failed to investigate and take my complaint seriously.” Says Hawke.
An Ontario Human Rights Commission’s Report called Policy on eliminating racial profiling in law enforcement, in Section 2.2.1. Indigenous experiences of under-policing has stated: The Government of Ontario has implicitly acknowledged racial under-policing in this context, stating: “more could have been done to meet the needs of Indigenous communities.” A high-ranking OPP official recognized that inadequate law enforcement investigations can be influenced by anti-Indigenous racism.
Bill 5 presents a comprehensive set of changes to various aspects of Ontario law, with major implications for the province. The new law amends several key pieces of legislation with the goal of fast-tracking economic development, specifically mining in key regions of the province, like the Ring of Fire located roughly 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay.
It also introduces or changes legislation affecting local governance, labour laws, environmental protections and Internationally Protected Indigenous Rights.
Hawke feels his rights to freedom of speech were violated and shares
“If this can happen to me this can happen to anyone and I feel the OPP are being directed to silence opposition not from local municipal and town governments but by Ontario itself. Canadians are the new 'Indians', What is going on is a major violation of everybody’s rights. This is not just an Indigenous issue, It is about Fundamental Rights and Freedoms and the Rule of Law which are the Treaties.” Says Hawke
Hawke says when he get his disclosure in court he will share who gave direction to the Police. The 2007 Ipperwash inquiry shared Ontario over stepped its laws to direct OPP to remove with legal force involving Anishinabe Land Defenders in 1995 which led to the killing of unarmed Dudley George protecting burial grounds. Hawke suspects Ontario's, a member of government collusion with the Provincial Polices was a factor to silence him.
Below Midland Mayors Facebook Messages to Hawke
Tuesday June 10, 2025
Waynaboozho/Greetings,
My name is Kaikaikons and am Atik Clan from the community of Gchimnissing in the Chippewa Tri Council Territory that is part of the Ojibway Nation; a People and land mass that makes up our Great Anishinabek Confederacy. I am also known as John Courtney of the Hawk Family. Our former treaty partner Great Britain referred to our Tri Council as the Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe in the Upper Canada Treaties. The Corporation you represent now reduces us as “Indians” where you may know my community as Indian Reserve 30-A, the Beausoleil Band located on so called Christian Island, ON.
I am writing you today regarding Ontario’s Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, and the proposed Federal Bill C-5; An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. With it being National Indigenous History Month, I’d like to first share with you a brief reminder of your corporations history within our Territories as it pertains to the applicability of said laws that will affect our fundamental rights and freedoms where you have made yourself liable by speaking on behalf of our Territory. The foundation of your legal history is as follows;
1764 Niagara Covenant Treaty offered by Britain to 24 Indigenous Nations to ratify the 1763 Royal Proclamation. In return our Nations accepted by offering the Two Row Wampum and 24 Nations Presents Belt. This established a Nation to Nation Relationship based on Peace, Co-existence and Non-Interference and established the process of how agreements were to be made in relations to our lands.
The Indian Land Management Fund (Indian Trust Fund) established in 1858 is an account to hold all moneys collected, received, or held by the Crown for the “use and benefit” of the Indigenous Nations . These monies come from the lease of lands and from royalties and revenues from natural resources. This Trust was eventually stolen by “Canada” where it exists today as the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada.
The 1867 British North America Act was not a constitution but only a UK Statute to consolidate its four colonies (provinces) as one colony called the “dominion.” This enactment did not confederate any such colonies to become free and independent but was created as one colony and kept as a UK possession in order to pay debts owed to the United States as agreed in the 1871 Treaty of Washington.
The 1893 Statute Revision Act removed Section 2 of the BNA Act which was the enacting clause that pertained to future heirs and successors of the monarchy. This meant when Queen Victoria died so did the BNA Act as well as the Indian Act. The Queen in Section 2 (a) being referred to in the Indian Act is Queen Victoria. These acts after 1901 became void, repealed and could no longer be amended or reenacted by any future heirs and successors of the monarchy.
1931 UK Statute of Westminster extinguished the UK’s jurisdiction over its Dominions where the Crown in Chancery gave up its possession over all Crown lands to allow its Dominions to become free independent states. Politicians needed to make a legitimate Constitution at this time but did not.
1931 Statute of Westminster also means that all crown lands obtained by treaties with Indigenous Nations reverted back to the underlying allodial title of the original title holders, the Indigenous Nations. The Treaties with the Crown were extinguished. The Indigenous Nations never consented to have such corporation and its officers replace the Crown as treaty partners nor made treaties with the so called Provinces. All monies, the land mass referred to as Canada and the resources are that of Indigenous Nations. All laws and agreements passed since 1931 are also unlawful and illegal.
October 1, 1947, William Lyon Mckenzie King created The Letters Patent Constituting the Office of the Governor General. This can only be done by the Crown in Chancery of Great Britain. A Governor General was no longer required as Canada was an independent state. Every MP, MPP, Lieutenant Governor, Premier, Prime Minister and Governor General since has been committing fraud and violating international laws.
In 1982, the UK a foreign government and monarch had no longer a legal and lawful right over so called Canada and to amend and reenact the BNA Act through the Canada Act to create the 1867 Constitution Act and 1982 Constitution Act. Steps to ratify and enact the UK Canada Act required all Provinces to sign Schedule B of the Act where a total of 3 Proclamations were needed to pass the Act. None of this Happened.
So called Canada has only been a Shipping and Trading Company operating under Law Merchant since it was the Hudson Bay Company in the 1670’s.
All historic injustices, settlement agreements and funding of our communities have been with our own monies made from our own resources. CANADA hasn’t paid us anything as a result no settlements have ever been lawfully and legally made.
Remedy Sought
When your corporation’s board of directors returns after summer break introduce a new bill to rescind the Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, and the proposed Federal Bill C-5; An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.
Stop all development on our lands. Create a Constitutional Convention to create constitutions for your so called Provinces to legitimately Federate then we can talk about sharing our resources.
Give us our Monies to fund a National Program for Indigenous Nations to reemerge as our inherent forms of Governance the rightful Title-Holders outside of the legal fiction birth certificate registry.
Negotiate and establish new Treaties under the process intended under the 1764 Niagara Covenant Chain Belt, Two Row Wampum and 24 Nations Belt that was based on Peace, Co-existence and Non-Interference.
Reinstate a central Bank of the People and remove the Indigenous Nations and “Canadian Citizen” from the fraud and fictitious debt incurred by the Bank of International Settlements and other International Banks that print our money and loan your fraudulent governments money based on outrageous compound interest that is theft of the so called taxpayer and theft of Indigenous Resources.
Continuing to engage in these international crimes and acts of treason and fraud is holding the Indigenous Nations and the so called “Canadian Citizen” in servitude to a foreign monarch in which such laws, enactments, and statutes are made under which violate Indigenous Peoples and the “Canadian Citizens” fundamental rights and freedoms protected by the UN’s Declaration of Human Rights Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.
Today I write to you standing as a rightful Title Holder and Representative of the Caribou Clan of the Chippewa Tri Council signatory to the Penetanguishene Purchase Treaty# 5; Lake Simcoe Purchase Treaty No. 16 and Lake Simcoe- Nottawasaga Treaty No. 18 that make up a total of 250,000 acres in which we have not been properly compensated including annuities. I also speak on behalf of our 13 Million Acres of our Territories that were subject to the 1923 Williams Treaties which failed to implement annuities and 2018 Williams Treaties Settlement Agreement that also failed to include annuities where such agreements were unlawful and illegally made between Canada and its subordinate; the Officers of a Federal Board, the Indian Act Councils.
I also write you as Regional Coordinator of ACTION- Anishinaabek Clans to Invoke our Nation and as Chairperson of INAC -Indigenous Nationals Against Colonialism a registered Non-Profit in which we are a collective of Indigenous Nationals organizing as the rightful Title Holders unto our Territories and reemerging our inherent forms of Governance to Represent ourselves accordingly to our law and constitution, the Clan System.
In Conclusion failure to heed to such International Law and failure to implement the said remedies we will have to approach the UN Security Council for intervention, apply to the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to hold all such individuals accountable. We will also notify our International allies and other Nation States to employ economic blockades until these international crimes are remedied. To ensure these remedies begin to be implemented we will begin with filing a Constitutional Challenge and Class Action Suit against your corporation CANADA INC and ONTARIO for the Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, and the proposed Federal Bill C-5; An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.
As it stands Bill 5 being enacted has breached the Robinson Huron Treaty annuities Settlement and the Williams Treaties Settlement Agreement which are now null and void by enacting this Bill which violates such agreements.
In the Spirit of Truth and Reconciliation,
Kaikaikons, Atik Clan, John Courtney of the Hawk Family
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