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Support the Six Nations Clan Mothers this Sunday

Support the Six Nations Clan Mothers

The Ogwehoweh (Six Nations) people are camped out at the Douglas Creek Estates (aka "Henco") construction site in order to halt construction until a land claim can be settled peacefully. They did ask for a written promise from the government that the construction would be halted until it was resolved but the promise (or anything else constructive) was not forthcoming.

Six Nations Native protestors have occupied a Caledonia (just west of Hamilton) subdivision building site. The site is on native land sold by the government. The developer who purchased the land, Henco, went to the Ontario courts to get an injunction to remove the protesters from the land. In response, Judge David Marshall decreed that the protesters would be arrested, taken away, finger printed and then released. If the offenders were to return, they would be put on probation for a year.

Six Nations members responded by pointing out that they were on native territory and therefore the police would be acting outside of their jurisdiction. At no time did Judge Marshall or any other official ask for any documentation from Henco or the Ontario Government to prove the land had been handed over to the company after the federal government's 1784 agreement with the Six Nations.

A Peace Rally will take place this Sunday April 9 in Caledonia. I hope you can come, bring friends and spread the word. If you would like to come for a pot luck dinner after rally, just bring a dish to the rally; a map with directions to the potluck will be available at the rally.

The Ogwehoweh (Six Nation) people at the Caledonia land protest have said that they would welcome our support. We will show our support with a Peace Rally, asking for the Government to hammer out an intelligent peaceful and just resolution to the land dispute with the Clan Mothers and not to resolve it through macho means of force and guns which will only serve to entrench bitterness and break many hearts. Your support is needed.

Where: Caledonia -- take highway six (straight up Upper James) to Caledonia; go straight through town over the bridge, just past the big Canadian Tire on your right you will see the protest flags.

When: 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning (this Sunday April 9)

Please bring good spirits, a canned food donation or a blanket that is no longer needed or firewood.

People standing up for their land have been camped out on the site. They are in need of anything associated with camping (tarps, blankets sleeping bags etc), food to feed the families that are camped there, and firewood to keep warm. Maintaining the protest for over a month has also meant financial hardship for many.

IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND BUT WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE I CAN TRANSPORT YOUR DONATION TO THE SITE. I MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LIFT FOR ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN MY CAR. PLEASE RESPOND asap BY RETURN EMAIL.

For more information see:

http://knews.knet.ca/

http://ocap.ca/1stnations/sixnations/courtorder

http://www.turtleisland.org/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=6794&sid=1210e0952312c7c3868d524c6a502eea

http://www.newsocialist.org/index.php?id=771

http://www.turtleisland.org/news/news-sixnations.htm
http://ocap.ca/firstnations/sixnations/deadline
http://friendsofgrassynarrows.com/item.php?527F
http://www.coloradoaim.org/blog/2006_03_01_coloradoaim_archive.html
http://www.hamiltonspectator.com

For Peace and Justice,

Brian

P.S. For directions, search "Caledonia" at www.mapquest.ca

posted by Annamarie at 3:31 PM