[IPSM] Ottawa RBC bank burning: Two Indigenous views ...

[Jaggi Singh]

FYI: Two Indigenous statements on the recent RBC bank burning in Ottawa. The
first (below) is by two executive members of the Indigenous Environmental
Network (IEN). The second -- linked here: 
http://www.warriorpublications.com/?q=node%2F112 -- is by the main
contributor to Warrior Publications. The Warrior Publications release is
supportive of the RBC action, and highly critical of the IEN reply below. --
J.

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Date: Wed, May 19, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Subject: (Ottawa) Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) Statement on the
Royal Bank of Canada Firebombing

For Immediate Release

Wednesday May 19, 2010

Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) Statement on the Royal Bank of Canada
Firebombing

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Ottawa, ON, in response to the recent firebombing of the Royal Bank of
Canada (RBC) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Tar Sands Campaigner of IEN,
Clayton Thomas-Muller released the following statement:

“The Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) is an Indigenous led
environmental and economic justice organization that supports community led
strategies that enable Indigenous Peoples to continue to maintain the sacred
fires of our traditions and to protect our lands and cultures from corporate
exploitation and toxic contamination.

First Nations in Canada’s tar sands have been waging an effective,
transparent non-violent campaign against RBC and their dirty investments.
  The Indigenous Environmental Networks supports strategic non-violent direct
action that is lead by impacted communities.

We call on all people who recognize the need to stop RBC’s dirty investments
to honor the leadership of frontline Indigenous communities.

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Tom Goldtooth Executive Director, IEN Office: 218 751 4967

Clayton Thomas-Muller Tar Sands Campaigner cell: 218 760 6632