[IPSM] (vancouver) Urgent Help-NYM Warrior Held Captive

[Nora Butler Burke]

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* pls forward *

Kiko's bail hearing will likely be within 48 hours so urgent donations are
needed. Pls support financially.

****URGENT HELP NEEDED NYM WARRIOR HELD CAPTIVE IN VANCOUVER CITY
CELLS**** ***HELP FREE KIKO, NYM WARRIOR---CONTRIBUTE TO WARRIORS RANSOM
BAIL****

We are in urgent need of your support.  Kiko, Native Youth Movement
Warrior,  was arrested by the Vancouver Police yesterday, Tuesday, October
13th, 2006,  in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is being held captive for
ransom.  The vehicle  that his family was driving in was targeted and
followed by the Vancouver  Police and when his family stopped at a gas
station, the police blocked  access and began to harass the family.  The
police told Kiko’s wife,  Kanahus, that the reason for being harassed was
that the license plate  didn’t match up on the vehicle, but even after
this was clarified and all  paper work was produced, they demanded to know
the identity of the  passengers, the police only concern was to make an
arrest.  Kanahus was  threatened by the police that she will be arrested
for “obstruction of a  police officer” if she didn’t let them interrogate
her passengers.   This  family has been targeted by the police on many
occasions for the work that  they do with Native Youth Movement and the
fight for the Indigenous land  struggle.  Kiko is now being held captive
with no criminal charges laid, but  on an immigration issue, which is
unknown until later on today.

Kiko, is an indigenous Taino Warrior with the Native Youth Movement, he
was  adopted by a Lil’wat family in Mount Currie through the indigenous
ways and  is married through Indigenous Laws and customs to a Secwepemc
indigenous  woman from here in BC and they have two children together.  On
paper, his  citizenship is in the US.

How can Indigenous People be told by the invaders / colonizers that we are
 “illegal aliens”, we were here far before the borders.  Our Laws and
customs  must be honored and respected; we have rights from our Creator to
continue  to practice our Ways of Life, to conduct our marriage and
adoption  ceremonies in our Indigenous way.  Kiko has every right to be in
our  country, in our Territory, he is married into the Secwepemc Nation
and has  rights to be here with his family.

The lawyer has asked us to raise $1000 CAD for his ransom (bail).  We have
 received $250 so far, we are now seeking $750.  Any help you can give is
gratefully appreciated.  You can donate several ways.

If you are in Vancouver and would like to drop off a cash donation you can
 do that to Harjap at
12 E. Hastings St.
Harjap’s contact info is (778) 552-2099 or email: harjap at resist.ca

Or deposit into Scotiabank Institution #002, Transit #10140, Account #
0105082,
Routing # 026002532

Any donations from the US can be donated to the above account through wire
 transfer all the information needed is there.  If you would like to send
via  Western Union you may to Amanda Soper, in Vancouver, BC, the info we
would  need on this end is the name of the sender and the place sent from
in order  for us to pick up.

Let us know of your donations by calling (604) 682- 3269 ext. 7845 or
emailing us at nymcommunications at hotmail.com


KUKSTSEMC, BO-MATUM, THANK YOU
For all the help and contributions.


NYM Communications
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