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

[Niki Thorne]

Also fine w using carshare for this xo
On 2013-06-30 10:21 PM, "Jessica Foran" <foran.jessica at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 3rdat 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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