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The pirates have come to Akwesasne.

Most nights, they lie in wait off the rocky shores of Cornwall Island in the St. Lawrence River, hoping the cigarette smugglers making their runs from the United States on the south shore won't be heavily armed.

Some of them are from Vietnamese gangs in Montreal, some are Hell's Angels. Some are from Cornwall, an industrial town slowly sinking under the pressure of the recession.

Local RCMP and the town's mayor refer to them collectively as organized crime Some are Natives from Akwesasne.

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Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.

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Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.

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Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.

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Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.

Page 14

Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.

Page 14

Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.

Page 14

Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.

Page 14

Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.

Page 14

Have you ever seen healthy, smiling faces of Native couples in love, Native couples so completely immersed in each other's love? Have you ever seen brown skin loving brown skin, Native lips kissing other Native lips in television, film, video, or the many different forms of print?

It's pretty safe to say that most people have not. I know I have never seen

images of myself - as a Native woman - represented in any medium as a happy, healthy, sensual/sexual being capable to love and being loved by a man from my own culture.