The following regarding repression at Grassy Narrows from Peace, Earth and Justice News: Ontario Police Raid Earth Justice Gathering and Grassy Narrows Blockade:Â Â 17 arrests reported Zoe BluntRainforest Action Network July 16, 2006 Â Â The latest reports say more than fifty police officers have blocked the roads leading to and from the …
Last Thursday, July 13th, people from Grassy Narrows First Nation were joined by members of a number of environmental groups in escalating their blockade – targeting the Trans-Canada Highway for one day. (For more information of the Grassy Narrows blockade see my post earlier today.) They were able to keep …
The ongoing Reclamation at Caledonia has given us settlers another of those periodic reminders that this land is not our land, and that this whole colonial enterprise called Canada is not a done deal yet. Far from it.But of course this is not a matter of just one community encroaching …
The following from the excellent Friends of Grassy Narrows website: “All Sell-Outs Get the Hell Out!”: Natives Protest Assembly of First Nationsposted by IROC on Friday, July 14th at 7:53 PM Report on July 11, 2006, Anti-AFN Rally/16th Anniversary of Oka Crisis On Tuesday July 11, 2006, the Indigenous Resistance …
It may be that i am a space cadet, or it may be that so little outreach has been done locally, but i just noticed that there is an “International LGBT Human Rights” conference planned as part of the Outgames happening in Montreal this summer… i only clued into this …
Sago from Grand River! Sorry to have taken so long to touch base, it has been a quiet couple of weeks since I last updated and things remain very calm and peaceful at the reclamation site. We worked throughout the weekend cleaning up the front gate, removing the steel structure …
While i was away i received a ton of email, which i’m just sorting through now. One of the notices in my Inbox was for this online documentary which may be of interest to many of you: Our Sacred History and white man lies is an online documentary about the …
Five things of note, in no particular order, from our recent foray down south: If visiting a strange city you should bring your ID with you when you go drinking – after being at the table all weekend, i was really looking forward to relaxing, listening to music, and having …
OK… we’re back! After a wonderfully pleasant ten day trip into the evil empire, we are back. Which means Sketchy Thoughts getting back to its usual more-than-once-a-week frequency, i promise! I’m not going to do a travelogue of where we went and what we did, but think it would be …
I am afraid that i have been very remiss in blogging recently – i have been out of town for over a week – so this update from Hazel Hill is a week ld, from last Saturday July 1st: Today is planned to be alot of activity at the reclamation …