28 March, 2011

About Urban Raven

About Urban Raven

Urban Raven is now this blog. In 2007 it was a forum owned by Simon [*] at worldcrossing.com for the discussion of current events having to do with the Kanonhstaton land reclamation at Six Nations of the Grand River, reclamation of languages and culture by Indigenous peoples, and discussion and comments on news articles having to do with those topics.

It was probably the second forum with such topical discussions, I can't recall off-hand what was the name of the first one, but we did come up with the name Urban Raven; first because our perspective at that time was an urban one, second because of the screenname Simon was using there at the time, which was Simon~Raven.

While it had started off as a public forum, it was closed (made private) and many forum members moved elsewhere to venues more conducive to civil, public discussions, and less likely to give free reign to trolls and internet abusers. To explain that last statement, worldcrossing.com (which has been announced as due to close 15 Apr 2011) has an ignore and 'no access' feature accessible by forum owners; however, those features worked only by user's screenname, a user could not be banned by IP. Nor was there a 'log out' feature; in fact a user could use pretty much unlimited alternate screennames and easily switch from one to the other.

Written by former Moderator of Urban Raven forum
(28 Mar 2011)

* Update: 6 Dec 2012 Simon of kisikew.org [EricLnu twitter] announced publicly that he no longer wishes to be known by that name, but by the "whiteman name" Eric Côté (121206)

27 March, 2011

Caledonia Wake Up Call site used to "attack" Indigenous

On 11 June 2007, someone using the screenname simonshit, email snortingannie AT deadmeat DOT com, joined Urban Raven, one of Simon's Indigenous news discussion forums at worldcrossing.com, to post the following :

> simonshit - Jun 11, 2007 2:38 pm (#4)

> here A... ..take a look at this..hhahah

> A... nuts

> -caledoniawakeupcall DOT ca-

> go get a lawyer..cause when you sue..

> I got enough on you to get thousands....hhahahah

Link

The caledoniawakeupcall site's homepage had been devoted to an "attack" on Simon and his partner, and / or persons apparently thought or believed to be them.

Response to the caledoniawakeupcall "attack" website / smear campaign against Simon and his partner, supporters of the Kanonhstaton land reclamation at Six Nations during 2007, published to the Urban Raven forum 12 June, 2007; new [numbered] notes added 26 March, 2011 by A...

>> IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS ABOUT A... & SIMONRAVEN

>> This site has over 10,000 unique IP hits a week.

A: I doubt the site this comes from does, but watch the stats on this forum climb! hehehe

>> There are two people who post around the internet

>> who are half-breed Mohawks

A: There is no such thing as "half-breed Mohawks" [1]

>> ... hurting and going undercover

A: just like "hiding" where everyone in the whole world can find us on google, one does not go "undercover" with one's family

The bit about "hurting" is a malicious lie however.

>> ...making the First Nation reclamination issue [2] look bad.

A: an opinion. Yawn.

>> They are professional troublermakers.

A: No such thing as professional troublermakers.

>> They are paid to do First Nations people Harm,

A: Another malicious lie. On several levels.

>> ...going undercover posing as First Nations sympathizers.

A: No such thing as "First Nations sympathizers".

>> Their forum & internet names are "A..." and SIMONRAVEN.

A: One name is Simon~Raven [3] Once again, also legal names. Not "fake" or "pseudonyms".

>> These people are in fact not mohawks, ...

A: Wow! Three days of trying on our part(s) and the idiot who apparently wrote this finally got that bit correct.

>> ...but half-breeds ...

A: The above is totally wrong. [4] Did I mention it is completely wrong? still is the statement of a racist and a bigot, since it has nothing to do with anything.

>> ...troublemakers.
A: An opinion? No I want to see the proof of this. I am definitely not "B...". **

>> If you google ... Simonraven, you come up with these sites.

A: Nice to know we're in the limelight. Any publicity is good publicity, and I plan to use the hell out of this "free ride", so keep it coming -caledoniawakeupcall DOT ca-

>> ...make your own decision about them..

A: Wow! what a concept! Thinking for oneself!

>> SimonRaven claim to be a native drummer,

A: No Simon~Raven [screenname at worldcrossing dot com] is a member of a drum-group. Simon~Raven is also a Pow-wow drummer.

>> why is he a native drummer if he not indian. LOL.

A: He is an "Indian" because he was born that way. LOL! He rarely uses the term "Indian", if someone asks "what are you" he answers either "Native" or "Mi'kmaq" (I just asked him myself what terms he prefers).

WTF is a "native drummer"? A person who is born drumming or something?

I do not believe all drum groups restrict drumming to Native-by-Blood people, so that is simply foolish. If you can sing and drum, and are accepted by the drum-carrier, you can be a drummer at a Pow-wow. There are many types of those events, ceremonial, competition, traditional, etc. Something for everyone.

I am a little tired of questions like this, so suggest the writer go read here, there is plenty to read on the subject

www.powwows.com

>> This summer the owners of this site will be looking for SimonRaven

>> at various native pow-wows he claims to attend.
A: Hmm I bet the owners of the site got a clew they ain't getting into the grounds with a bat. LOL! But they may not get in with a camera, either. Some Pow-Wows don't allow them.

>> Pictures will be provided.
A: Hoping, really hoping the site owners can observe etiquette when it comes to photo-taking, for their own sake. Don't expect to just walk in and start shooting pictures. Check the Pow-Wows site for rules about etiquette, and you will go far.

>> ...keep tune.
Have fun, play nice, and don't cause trouble. But first, have fun figuring out which one(s) of thousands of events this summer (probably) in North America Simon~Raven will be at, considering he doesn't advertise where he goes.

Hint, he is a traditional Pow-Wow drummer, and often arrangements are made on short notice. We don't publish announcements about where the drum-group will be because this is not a "performance" thing at all.

This rest is free publicity, for why? I'm using it for my own devious agenda though. Okay, just for educational purposes. Thanks for the free hits!

>> They post in the following forums and have may have connections

>> with the following sites when you google them.
A: Can't this person get over the malicious lie stuff? Is there a point to it?

>> Beware of these two people.
A: No one has any reason to do the above.

>> SIMONRAVEN HIDING SPOT ON THE NET

>> A... hiding spot on the net

>> Another A... hiding spot on the net
A: Again, one doesn't hide by having things spidered daily and listed in google.

>> A truly nutcase a... bashing forum in webcrossing


>> another of more than 20 forums A... created to bash people, she pyscho!

A: Above is dreck ***.

>> Six Nations Reclamation Information

>> Simon Raven profile

>> SimonRaven TWIKI
A: The following are probably the same false links pointed out yesterday.

>> TWiki site

>> c ... Blog

A: I hope this Eric Cote person (links below) [5] sues your effing arse off for slandering and defaming him. I mean this in the most kindest fashion of all, because I believe getting sued is the only thing that will stop you / make you happy / educate you, Losee.

>> Eric Cote AKA SIMONRAVEN RESUME

>> Picture of Simon Raven Aka Eric cote on convention in Montreal

>> another convention picture of Eric Cote in Montreal

>> More Eric cote aka simon raven pictures

>> Simon Raven / Eric cote contact number
A: The following are probably Simon's, I am too bored to go check.
>> a old website of simonraven

>> SimonRaven nest

>> THIS IS A GOOD ONE-NEW INFORMATION ON SIMONRAVEN

>> A... also goes by the forum name A... Nighthawk
A: above is false, I do not and never have used that name. Never used that combination at all!

>> and A.Nighthawk,

A: yep, that one's me [6], and so is a-nighthawk [7] in some places.

>> Ms Raven etc...

A: I am definitely not Ms Raven. * Below is just boring, mildly amusing yesterday, today it's just boring. This from a person who's scared half to death of the "IP google dog" thing, LOL! N00B!

>> Just incase you wondering this is A... IP and email information,

>> the orginal IP proves they are associated with the KIWI and kisikew.org.

A: Okay we both laughed [8] so hard at the above yesterday, we nearly p!ssed ourselves. Today, not so much.

>> Received: from smtp.kisikew.org ([72.0.198.177]) **** a.nighthawk AT ...

>> Received: from day.kisikew.org ([192.168.1.100]:51523)

>> by smtp.kisikew.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) msgID 1HIzaI-0004gk-Bu

>> From: "A. Nighthawk"

>> X-Sender: a.nighthawk AT pop.mail....

Footnotes

* edited 26 Mar 2011

** B... = screenname of a poster at worldcrossing.com forums who has the email addie troublemaker AT ....

*** dreck = ota

**** IP address more than likely taken from the headers of the reply to an email sent by a.nighthawk AT .... via kisikew.org to a person who was claiming to be Robert Losee aka joeeblight on the ReclamationInfo dot com site, owner of caledoniawakeupcall DOT ca at the time (Sep 2006)

Notes (26 Mar 2011 by A...)

[1] "half-breed" is how anglophones translated the word Métis (may'-tee), the word for "mixed race" people descendants of marriages between Indigenous women (Saulteaux, Cree, Oji-Cree, Assiniboine, Ojibwe / Chippewa) and European men; "Mohawk" Kanien'keha:ka are entirely different people than the Métis people, and are found in a completely different region.

[2] not "First Nation reclamination (sic)", it was Six Nations land reclamation.

[3] Simon~Raven was Simon's screenname at the time at worldcrossing.com where this response was first posted; SimonRaven was Simon's screenname at the reclamationinfo dot com message board.

[4] Neither Simon nor his partner self-identify as Métis, métis, or "half-breed" (19th century english translation of the word Métis, "half-breed" is now considered offensive by many and is inaccurate when used to describe the Métis people). Simon did self-identify as Métis when he lived in the historic Métis homeland, because of his descendancy from a Ouellette (it's his maternal patronym) and the fact he was born in the historic Cold Lake Métis Settlement district. Not all Ouellettes in the historic homeland self-identify as Métis or métis by the way, but many do. As for "Mohawk", Simon and his partner live on historic, traditional, Kanien'keha:ka land (Mohawk Territory); living on or visiting the territory doesn't make one a Mohawk, however.

[5] The links, photos, websites, etc., were of an Eric Côté who was definitely not Simon~Raven, plus he (Simon) doesn't use the name, for an explanation read here About Simon [*].

[6] A.Nighthawk / a.nighthawk at worldcrossing.com at one time, an old geocities site (now defunct) and an old email addie was that of his partner, and a profile and space (now defunct) at neighbors.webcrossing.com

[7] a-nighthawk on the (now defunct) reclamationinfo dot com message board was that of A...

[8] "laughed..." there's no association between kisikew.org and a certain flightless bird, or the fruit, both known as KIWI.

tags: 2006, 2007, 6Ns, aboriginal, a.nighthawk, attack, bpr, canada, cote, cyberstalking, eric, eric cote, eric lnu, first nations, indian, indigenous, kanonhstaton, land, land claim, métis, mchale, mohawk, nighthawk, raven, reclamationinfo, rights, robert losee, pow-wow, racism, simon, simon~raven, simonraven, six nations, slapp, supporters, threat, troll, urban raven, worldcrossing

* Update: 6 Dec 2012 Simon of kisikew.org [EricLnu twitter] announced publicly that he no longer wishes to be known by that name, but by the "whiteman name" Eric Côté. (121206)

17 March, 2011

Return of Urban Raven

Kwe

Most of what's being posted in here has always been on the web, but in private archives.

But after at least three years of harrassment by Canadian racists and black p.r. directed towards Simon [*] and I, I really am fed up with it, so some of it is being returned to public view.

Also this is my policy in re my own writings, especially the CC licensed ones, which are my opinion which I have every right to express as I wish. If someone lies about something I've written and has it deleted, or uses that as an intimidation tactic to try to suppress my inherent rights of expression, it will be returned it to the web three times at least, in three new places, my writings will propagate and multiply themselves.

The original might be there only once, and if it's left alone and I don't remove it myself, fine. If it's removed and especially with a false, lying, slanderous complaint to some domain owner by someone else, when I return it to the web it will be returned in at least three, and possibly more, places, and probably along with the story about what kind of intimidation was used and has been used for years now to try to silence me.

Anyone who tries to censor what I have every right to say, and express as an opinion, has only shown to me how important my opinion might be. If it wasn't important at all, it would probably be ignored. So if it's so important as an opinion someone is willing to lie to have it removed, it indicates to me as a writer that I definitely want a larger reading audience to see it. ;)

A. Nighthawk

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

tags: anti-native, anti-racist, bpr, canada, censorship, harrassment, intimidation, race, racism, racist, silence, threats, white, white supremacist, white supremacy

Original material licensed by and attributed to A. Nighthawk

CC Licensed post.

* Update: 6 Dec 2012 Simon of kisikew.org [EricLnu twitter] announced publicly that he no longer wishes to be known by that name, but by the "whiteman name" Eric Côté (121206)