[news] Free NYM Warriors, Kanahus Pellkey & Aluusta

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Native Youth Movement Mother and Warrior, Kanahus Pelkey (slave name: Amanda Soper Manuel) was captured on February 22nd 2003, in Ulkatcho Territory, "Aniham Lake, BC". Police were called in from several RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) divisions to hunt Kanahus, her baby, husband and 16 year-old sister down. They were heavily sought after leaving a Bella Coola hospital with her sisters 7 week-old baby who had passed over to the spirit world on the morning of the 22nd. As true Indians, they refused foreign doctors to take their baby, which the hospital tried to take ownership of, and wrapped the young Warrior up in his cradleboard and took him to a Sacred place in the mountains for his ceremonial burial. Her trial begins September 2 in Port Coquitlam.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/8/26/10131/5239