[Indigsol] Fwd: Action News: Secwepemc Blockade Hwy#1 in KKKanada

[mattm-b at resist.ca]

NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT

INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT

APRIL 1ST,
2009

Unceded Secwepemc Territory, between Kamloops and Chase, bc, kkkanada

KKKANADA--STOP THE NEW WESTWARD EXPANSION

THE GENOCIDE CONTINUES WITH THE DESECRATION OF OUR ANCIENT SECWEPEMC
BURIAL AND VILLAGE SITES FOR HIGHWAY & RAILWAY EXPANSION

The Secwepemc
Peoples and their allies will be conducting a roadblock today to demand the
halt of the Trans Canada Highway and Canadian Pacific Railway expansion
through the highway corridor along the South Thompson River and Shuswap
Lakes.  The expansion of these two major federal and
provincial transportation systems has been involved in the desecration of
our
ancestral burial and village sites, as well as, the continued genocide of
our
Peoples.

We, as
Indigenous Peoples, have the right to have the spirits of our ancestors rest
in
peace in their original resting place.
We will not give up our principles and values for the benefits of a highway
or railway.  The desecration to our graves and burial sites is considered
a hate crime against humanity and a violation of our Indigenous and human
rights.


The picture goes much deeper than this however, since kkkanada and the
province of british Columbia have no legal authority to be making
decisions about our Secwepemc Territory and giving permission to the CP
Railway and Trans Canada Hwy to expand onto unceded Secwepemc lands.  The
Secwepemc
Peoples still remain a distinct Nation and hold there ground to defend their
rights and title to these lands.

The new westward expansion of highways, railways, pipelines and fibre
optic lines all go through Indian Territories and Reserves, these
infrastructures are all used for the benefit of the continued invasion and
theft of our last remaining lands, water and “resources.”  The
transportation system in the past was used to colonize the west and now
our lands have become the new frontier for the new age of development: 
mining, tourism, logging, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the Tar Sands,
these are all the elite that will benefit from the transportation route
expansion, while the Indigenous Peoples are being threatened once again.

The Canadian Pacific Railway, known as CP Rail, is mainly a freight
railway now, was instrumental in the settlement and development of Western
Canada. The CP company became one of the largest and most powerful in
Canada, a position it held as late as 1975.  CP Rails network stretches
from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United
States such as Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York City.

The Trans Canada Highway system was approved by the Trans-Canada Highway
Act of 1948, construction commenced in 1950, officially opened in 1962,
and was completed in 1971. This federal-provincial highway system joins
all ten provinces of Canada.

WE have never given permission to Canada, nor BC to build this highway or
railway through our lands, it has actually cut our access to our sacred
water and forcibly removed out Peoples from our traditional village sites
and kekuli’s (underground homes), which are forms of Genocide.

The ancestors remains found by a team of archaeologists at the site have
been dated back 7,500 years and the Secwepemc woman was found holding a
traditional root digging stick, surrounded by Secwepemc artifacts and
ceremonial items. Since contact there has been into the tens of thousands
of artifacts and remains found and now are in the hands of museums all
over the world.

The Secwepemc have conducted ceremonies at the site and the Sacred fire
has been lit and the protection of the site is under vigilance.


STOP THE DESTRUCTION AND THEFTT OF OUR LANDS AND SACRED BURIAL SITES.
OUR SECWEPEMC ANCESTORS ARE WORTH FIGHTING FOR.  WE WOULD NEVER DIG UP
SOMEONE ELSES GRAVE OR CEMETARY AND IT WOULD NEVER BE TOLERATED, WELL WHY
SHOULD WE BE THE ONES TO ALWAYS BOW DOWN AND PUSH OUR PRINCIPLES ASIDE FOR
THE BENEFITS OF OTHERS, WHEN THIS IS OUR HOMELAND.



CANADA WILL NOT GET OUR PERMISSION TO DESTROY OUR SACRED SITES FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE ELITE GREEDY FOR MONEY.



Contact on site:  Miranda
      (250) 256-1548

                                           (250) 679-7663



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