This is a follow-up on yesterday’s post, about a Mi’kmaq high school student who refused to stand for Canada’s national anthem and was subsequently kicked out of class, and later “roughed up” by other students. Yesterday i didn’t know the student in question was Mi’kmaq, because the media never mentioned …
The following form the Mohawk Warrior Society at Kahnawake in regards to the armed blockade on Highway 117: Mohawk Nation at KahnawakeMarch 11, 2006 It has come to the attention of the Mohawk Warrior Society at Kahnawake that a group of people have barricaded Highway 117, north of Ottawa. This …
Blockade on key highway is partly lifted CANADIAN PRESSADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KAZI STASTNA OF THE GAZETTE GRAND REMOUS – Part of a crucial Quebec highway was reopened last night following a day-long blockade by armed aboriginals protesting against forest management by the province.The Sûreté du Québec said the northbound lane …
Canadian Press Monday, March 12, 2007 [original article here] GRAND-REMOUS, Que. (CP) – An aboriginal group blocked off a Quebec highway on Monday to protest logging activity. Quebec provincial police said about 50 people set up the blockade around 5:30 a.m. on Highway 117, north of Ottawa. The protesters say …
The following communiqué has been issued by the Native Warrior Society: March 7th, 2007Coast Salish Territory [Vancouver, Canada] In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 6th, 2007, we removed the Olympic Flag from its flag-pole at Vancouver City Hall. We pried open the access panel on the pole with …
There is an excellent essay about Violence & Abuse Against Indigenous Women & Children up on the wii’nimkiikaa website. Really worth checking out…
“What we need is [an] Aboriginal Malcolm X to put some pride back into these lost souls.” – Elder Harriet Nahanee, 1995 This just is: Fellow Aboriginal activists and concerned non-indigenous citizens demand answers regarding the death of Harriet Nahanee as a direct result of her incarceration On February 24, …
There is a major historical examination of the Rotinonshón:ni, or Iroquois Confederacy, up on the NEFAC site. The essay tries to place discussion of the traditional way of life of the Iroquois within the framework of anarchist (and marxist) theory, while not shying away from criticisms of the latter. This …
Listen to an interview with Jeff Hawk, who faces charges relating to the Six Nations Land Reclamation adjacent to Caledonia, Ontario. Jeff “Hawk” has been charged with allegedly assaulting a police officer on April 20th, 2006, the day that the OPP and the RCMP came on mass to the Six …
The following is one of several documents from the February 2007 report The Criminalization of the Six Nations Land Reclamation. On January 3rd, Six Nations Police, in accordance with the demands of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), arrested and imprisoned Chris Hill, a 20 year old young Mohawk man of …