[IPSM] OJIBWAY NATION OF SAUGEEN & MISHKEEGOGAMANG FIRST NATION UPDATE

[Devin Butler Burke]

ONE MOTHER, FOUR DIRECTIONS, SEVEN FIRES
OUR TIME IS NOW, IN UNITY FOR MOTHER EARTH

MANY INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE WORLD ARE EXPERIENCING AN INNER SPIRITUAL
AWAKENINGS WITH UNDERSTANDING OF NEW CONCEPTS OF REALITY. OUR HISTORY IN
RESPECT TO OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ARE RARELY DISCUSSED IN TODAY'S
MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

IN SPIRIT OF OUR ANCESTORS WHO HAVE SACRIFICED EVERYTHING TO PRESERVE WHAT
WE NOW HAVE TODAY; WE ARE CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF OUR PEOPLE AS
CARETAKERS OF MOTHER EARTH. WE WILL ENSURE THE EXISTENCE OF FUTURE
GENERATIONS STANDING STRONG, PROUD AND FREE WITHOUT BORDERS.

"COME STAND WITH THE GRANDMOTHERS, MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS FROM OJIBWAY NATION
OF SAUGEEN & MISHKEEGOGAMANG FIRST NATION".

FOR PEOPLE UNABLE TO ATTEND OUR LANDS, WATERWAYS, ANIMALS, WINGED ONES,
MINERALS, TREES, ANCESTRAL BURIAL SITES BUT FEEL THE NEED TO PARTICIPATE;
HERE IS A SUM FOR OUR PEOPLE FROM OUR PEOPLE

IN ALL the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen and Mishkeegogamang First Nation are
calling on supporters to stand shoulder to shoulder with them against the
genocidal policies of the Ontario/Canadian Governments, Bowater Inc,
Buchanan and various corporations. Inspired by the grassroots efforts of
the Anishnabek of Asubpeechoseewagong (Grassy Narrows), this resistance is
one of many across Turtle Island, to the theft, sale, and subsequent
destruction of lands belonging to First Peoples. Guaranteed in Treaty 9 &
Treaty 3 are the rights of the Anishnabek of both Mishkeegogamang First
Nation and and the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen, to continue to live as their
ancestors have lived without obstruction. A lengthy process of attempting
to reason with power brokers of the Canadian and American state over the
violation of this Nation to Nation agreement has yielded nothing. The
elected Band Council leadership system, a product of the restructuring of
traditional governance, through the imposition of the Indian Act, is
powerless, having only the said jurisdiction to administer funding and
programs as dictated by the occupying government, within said reserve
limits.

The movement towards reclaiming the capacity to once again be, free,
self-determining peoples without reservation, is being spearheaded by the
Grandmothers, Mothers and Daughters of these communities who, in the face
of poverty and despair, are committed to creating a strong foundation on
which to simultaneously heal wounds inflicted by the process of
colonization and defend themselves from the immanent threat of this newly
legislated land grab called the St. Raphael Signature Site, Mineral
Extraction, Clearcutting, Aerial Spraying of "Vision".

WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT US: Come to the gathering place LET US KNOW WE ARE
NOT ALONE! If you can't come out, organize a FUNDRAISER in your community
for media / communications gear, camp supplies, generators, canvass,
etc... Provide communications gear (satellite phone, 2 way radios, digital
camera, strong powered walkie talkies, batteries, etc..) Donate a laptop
to enable daily contact/updates. Donate materials (tarps, tents, building
supplies, kitchen accessories, canned food, ropes, large cookwear, first
aid kits, buckets /barrels for water, dishes, shovels, gardening items,
environmental friendly items, etc...) Network with groups/organizations
who have access to funding to provide the above so we can purchase items
ourselves.
Directions: from Highway 17 (IGNACE) North on 599 come to junction of 599
and 516 There will be Tipis and a Fire.

Email: legendary_whispers at hotmail.com or legendary_whispers at yahoo.ca

Mail to: c/o Allan Best, General Delivery, Savant Lake, Ontario P0V 2S0
ALL ARE WELCOME, BRING YOUR SUPPLIES AND FOOD AND LET'S STAND TOGETHER
Chi Meegwetch from our hearts to yours for Mother Earth
In Unity
Peace n Love to ALL