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

[Jessica Foran]

i won't be able to go, but i'm fine with using carshare for this.

j.


On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 9:02 PM, David Prychitka <dprychitka at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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