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During an urgent meeting held this last Tuesday in Kahnawa:ke, the members of the KTA which regroups more than 95 manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of the tobacco industry gave clear mandate to the board of directors to take action in order to counteract the allegations that tarnish the image and reputation of the Native population of Kahnawake; written in The Gazette (Montreal) in the last few days. Furthermore, the board of directors was asked to retain the services of a Law Firm that will determine if or not there is matter for legal suit and the case being to start the necessary procedures against: reporter William Marsden and The Gazette of Montreal.

"It is a fact" said Chairman of the Board, Mr. Peter Thomas, "that there is tobacco trading on our territory but first and foremost, we need to establish that tobacco commerce and organized crime are two different spheres, whereas the people responsible for organized crime are neither Mohawks nor Natives. "However" said the Chairman, "if there is cigarette contraband in our community, the blame should fall on the bad faith and incompetence of certain civil servants of the Quebec Ministry of Revenue".

Sitting in the debates as well, the KTA spokesperson also member of the Board of Administrators, Mr. Louis Stacey, denounced the lack of collaboration and the incompetence of the Quebec Revenue Ministry in treating the manufacturing license applications submitted by those legitimate federally licensed tobacco manufacturers of Kahnawa:ke. "It makes no doubt in our minds that the Quebec Government favours Major tobacco Manufacturers to the detriment of small legitimate entrepreneurs whether they be Natives or non-Natives. Unfortunately, our Mohawk Nation which prides itself in auto-government, which prides itself in the aspiration of auto-sufficiency by creating local employment, sponsoring elders and children as is well demonstrated by the recent KTA actions, is suffering Indian Bashing again and is being bullied by some reporters in search of sensationalism at the risk of igniting a powder keg that is already overheated". The real crisis, we are living it very strongly within, why should outside newspapers risk the peace and lives of our children that attend schools off reserve; as it has been the case lately"?

"To conclude" said spokesman Stacey, "it is the right and duty of the Mohawk tobacco manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers to defend their industry and rights. And to this effect, we, the Board of Directors of the Kahnawa:ke Tobacco Association await the setting up of a joint conference of the Mohawk Government, the Federal Government as well as the Quebec Government and all other concerned parties, to settle once and for all the tobacco trade in Kahnawa:ke; with all due respect of our ancestral rights. For this, we will give mandate to our lawyers to communicate with all concerned so that this Parley sees day in the shortest of delays.