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

[David Prychitka]

What do we think about using ISWG car share to go out to Cayuga that
morning?
I know me and one other person who want go.
-d

On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 8:08 PM, A.R.J. Gracey <graceyar at mcmaster.ca> wrote:

> Hi folks:
>
> Also, this is happening Wednesday morning. If anyone wants to get up and
> go I would like to as well.
>
> Tony
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 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***
>
> * *
>
> *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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