They change the law of our nation without any consideration for our traditional Government as a distinct and sovereign nation as recognized by the Murray Treaty. The following is an ongoing discussion between the traditional leaders of the Wendat Longhouse in Wendake, Quebec and a member of the Wendat nation who represents an opposing viewpoint, and others. You are invited to join this discussion. People think that the band council has the right to do what they want and often use their power to strangle their own people. We have our own laws according the longhouse council of the Wendat confederacy.
Municipal law is a copy of the white system.
Again, this is an outside view, and not directed toward the Huron or any other band in particular. Having an amorphous mind, one thing my poor research has found over and over, the indiginous bands were governed by different systems prior to conquest, but there were several things in general that thread through all the traditional systems, and lacking in the Power Elite installed pupet regimes. This was very frustrating to early Colonists, and can be read in many of their documents where dealing with NA people, it often took days of council and debate to do anything. The words of major Chiefs over and over was they were the leaders, but not the rulers of their people, and could not sign any paper that proclaimed that they would or could control all the people in their tribe or band. Arbitrary wishes to force all to conform to the wish or will of one person or one group was rejected.