Our government is violating treaties.
Halftown is violating human rights.
We're telling our government: Halftown Must Go.
Our government is violating treaties.
Halftown is violating human rights.
We're telling our government: Halftown Must Go.
The Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ (Cayuga Nation) are dealing with what the Nation's citizens have called a dictatorship—one enabled by the U.S. federal government. The Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Council of Chiefs, the governing body of the Nation, has called for settlers to hold our own government accountable for its violations of Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ sovereignty and self-determination.
We (HMG) are settlers responding to that call. We honor the Two Row Wampum, a treaty of non-interference between the Haudenosaunee nations ("the canoe") and settlers ("the ship") while we travel as neighbors down the same metaphorical river.
We welcome all settlers committed to Indigenous sovereignty to join us.
Q&A Sessions
September, 2026
Traditional Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ and HMG members have been hosting community Question & Answer and "Question & Action" sessions around Cayuga Lake to keep the community informed about the ongoing struggles the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ community faces.
Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ mother and six children violently evicted
February 25, 2026
Halftown's Cayuga Nation Police (CNP) violently evicted a mother and six children from their home on February 25. CNP used chemical spray and tasers against community members who showed up to support the family, while NYS and Seneca Falls police stood by.
Renewed call for settler solidarity
January 2026
As Halftown escalated a years-long pattern of using evictions and demolitions to intimidate and displace those who oppose him, Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ families made a renewed call for settlers to hold our government accountable for its role in empowering Halftown and its complicity in his violence.
Follow the traditional Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ through Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Village on Facebook to keep up with the community and opportunities to stand in solidarity with them.
In the early 2000s, a Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ citizen named Clint Halftown held a temporary representative position within Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ governance. In 2005, he was removed from that position by his Clan Mother, in accordance with the Nation's governing processes and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy's Great Law of Peace. (The Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ are a member nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.) For more than twenty years, Halftown has refused to step down.
In 2018, Halftown hired a non-Indigenous police force to intimidate, harass, and retaliate against Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ citizens who speak out against him. In February, 2020, these "Cayuga Nation Police" enacted the first of several rounds of violent evictions, demolitions, assaults, and kidnappings. Halftown has repeatedly destroyed spaces that Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ citizens used to hold ceremonies and to teach language and culture, as well as family homes.
The U.S. Federal Government has bolstered Halftown, directing federal funds into his hands, legitimizing him as "Federal Representative" of the Cayuga Nation, and proclaiming the "Council" Halftown created to be the government of the Nation. These actions of the U.S. government flagrantly disregard the ancient governance authority held by Clan Mothers and Sachems, as per the Great Law of Peace.
In 2021, the Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ Council of Chiefs released a letter asking settlers to hold our government accountable for its role in supporting Halftown.
For a more thorough overview, we recommend this article published Sept. 29, 2022.
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