[Iswg3906.organizers] Fwd: Pack the courts! Stand with Toad, Six Nations Land Defender! #IdleNoMore #SovSummer

[A.R.J. Gracey]

Hi folks:

Also, this is happening Wednesday morning. If anyone wants to get up and go
I would like to as well.

Tony

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From: Two Row Society <tworowsociety at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:52 PM
Subject: Pack the courts! Stand with Toad, Six Nations Land Defender!
#IdleNoMore #SovSummer
To:


*Pack the courts! Stand with Toad, Six Nations Land Defender!*

*#IdleNoMore #SovSummer*


*Wednesday July 3rd 10am*
*Cayuga Courthouse, 55 Munsee St. N., Cayuga*

*Rides leave from Keele Subway, Toronto at 8 am*

*See below for info for other cities.*

Six Nations land defender Theresa “Toad” Jamieson and the Two Row Society
join Idle No More Sovereignty Summer’s calls for action with a rally and
court support at the Cayuga courthouse on Wednesday JULY 3rd at 10am.**

Toad has been defending Indigenous land rights and Kanonhstaton, the Six
Nations Reclamation site, ever since the land near Caledonia, ON was
reclaimed by Six Nations in February 2006. At the height of this winter’s
Idle No More movement, the rounddance during her court date sent a strong
message that the fight for the land requires lasting support of Indigenous
women land defenders.

Toad is being dragged through the courts because of charges stemming from
anti-Native rights activist Gary McHale’s provocations. (See below for more
info).  Toad is defending herself in court, asserting that the Canadian
justice system violates both the Two Row Wampum treaty and the rightful law
- the Great Law of Peace - of the stolen land on which the courthouse
stands.

Already the actions of Sovereignty Summer have seen the criminalization of
rising numbers of Indigenous peoples taking a stand. Since 2006, hundreds
of thousands of dollars have gone towards policing and court costs for
McHale’s actions which result in criminalizing Indigenous women, such as
Toad, for defending the land and responding to direct racism. The Two Row
Society wants to call attention to the discrepancy between this approach
and the complete lack of government resources dedicated to a national
public inquiry into the hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

*As Toad fights for the land, she fights for all of us*. Packing the court
with supporters, sends a powerful message. We will not let the Canadian
government violate the treaties any longer! We will not let the Canadian
government ignore violence against Indigenous women while dragging land
defenders through the courts and protecting the prejudice of anti-Native
rights activists! Join us!

-The Two Row Society #IdleNoMore #Sovsummer

www.tworowsociety.com

tworowsociety at gmail.com


*If you can drive or need a ride from any of these cities, please contact:*

*Toronto*
*Laura ** **lauralepper at gmail.com*

*Niagara*
*Dylan ** **dylanjamespowell at gmail.com*

*Kitchener-Waterloo*
*Kalin ** **krstacey at gmail.com*

*Hamilton*
*Laura ** lauralepper at gmail.com***

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*Additional info:***

·         In reaction to the Six Nations reclamation of 2006, Gary McHale
and his followers, under the name of Canadian Advocates for Charter
Equality, set about a campaign against what they call “native lawlessness,”
“land claim terrorism,” and “race-based policing”.

·         Beginning in October 2006, McHale has been trying to force his
way onto Kanonhstaton. On February 18, 2012, McHale succeeded in entering
Kanonhstaton, with a small escort of OPP. Toad and several other
Haudenosaunee land defenders were charged as a result of their anger at his
racism and his trespassing on Kanonhstaton.

·         In 2009, leaders of CANACE played leading roles in trying to
establish a “Caledonia Militia” to stop land defenders.

·         In 2012, several Six Nations land defenders have faced charges as
a result of the actions of McHale and the Ontario Provincial Police.



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