EyeBrock EyeBrock:
Edmund Burke put it well:
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
Well if you look at if from the Mohawk side I'd say they are following your proverb to a tee.
They (and "we") are not subservient to your laws on our own land. And if we choose to follow your laws then it is because we chose to do so and not because you forced us to.
If your view of Native people is that our own laws and traditions and rights cease to exist because of your laws and views then you are wrong.
If arming boarder guards that are stationed on Mohawk land is something the Mohawks do not want than I would say you have no choice but to listen and compromise. Because if they let you impose your will on them and do nothing, then evil has indeed triumphed.