Is there enough to go around?

Okay, folks, face it. Ontario is falling to bits although it looks just fine if you're not looking very hard. But the cracks which are being wallpapered over are being to show STRESS.

How far can they stretch the "security forces" and maintain the budget? That would SEEM to be the question, when in fact the question really is: Why are the tac squads being raided in order to cover the state coming to the rescue of the plutocracy!

It was interesting to find this editorial outta Muskoka on a google alert about Caledonia. (Remember: although not charged, those white hooligans in Caledonia cause the trouble! )

Notice how the writer ( obviously a Conservative Party member ) doesn't mention it's the FEDERAL government's obligation to uphold treaty rights!

It's cheaper in the short and long to uphold human rights over policing to push people around for profit ..

May 07, 2008

A dispute that has disrupted life in a southern Ontario town for the past couple of years has raised the ire of District of Muskoka chair Gord Adams, especially once he heard that local police officers have been dispatched to deal with the conflict in Caledonia, as well as in Deseronto.

Bracebridge OPP Inspector Ed Medved reported to the district mayors last week that several local officers have been seconded to specialized police units across the province, including a police sergeant and two constables, to serve in the native disputes, as well as four of the detachment’s Emergency Response Team members, who are called away on an as-needed basis.

Although all of these officers are currently serving in our detachment area, it is of concern that local resources are being used to handle a dispute that has clearly gone on too long.

Adams is correct in saying the provincial government needs to step into the situation in Caledonia, which began in February 2006, and has cost taxpayers millions and millions of dollars. The OPP, or any other police force, should not be used as a long-standing peacekeeping resource. Responding to an emergency we understand, but a standoff turned into a stalemate is something else entirely.

The negotiations are not working, as the situation continues to flare up, and surely OPP resources could be better utilized in our district. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty should call up former Liberal premier David Peterson, who stepped into the breach two years ago to help solve the crisis, and demand some results.

While the officers seconded from Muskoka are being paid for by the province, as opposed to the District of Muskoka, there needs to be a more effective solution to negotiating situations like Caledonia, Deseronto and Ipperwash. The underlying issues at stake go far beyond provincial and certainly municipal jurisdictions. Having the OPP stand by to maintain civil order is a band-aid solution at best.

How much longer the McGuinty Liberals will let this pathetic stalemate continue before they develop constructive ways to remedy and prevent these disputes is unfortunately anyone’s guess.

KF

'Security certificates" bing used in Canadian indigenous cases

'security certificate' inadequate disclosure in indigenous cases too,

similar regs being used here as in with other SC detainees?

second last par.L

----- Original Message -----

From: Sarah Dover (by way of Dan Smoke )

Cc: jean.koning1@sympatico.ca ;

Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 2:48 PM

Subject: Six Nations Defendants in Solidarity

The OPP has withdrawn its offensive in Tyendinaga and the blockade of Highway 6 at Six Nations has been taken down and rail traffic is being allowed through. For your information, some people from Six Nations who are being charged with criminal offences as a result of land rights stands made the following stand yesterday in solidarity:

Six Nations Defendants in Solidarity
With Others Being Charged For Land Rights Stands

Statement by Skyler Williams
At The Cayuga Court House
Six Nations of Grand River Territory
April 28, 2008

My name is Skyler Williams. I am a Mohawk, Wolf, from Six Nations of The Grand River Territory. I am speaking on behalf of myself and several others that have been charged with criminal offences in connection with defending our land rights at Six Nations.

We have instructed our lawyer today not to proceed with our legal defence, so long as police have guns turned on our brothers and sisters in Tyendinaga.

Over the past months, Canada's efforts to criminalize those of us who are standing up for our land rights has reached epic proportions. The message is clear: participate in negotiations that go nowhere as our lands are developed and destroyed - or go to jail.

Today, Six Nations is standing in steadfast solidarity with those in Tyendinaga whose lives and freedoms are in jeopardy because they are standing up for their rights. We also stand with those in Akwesasne, Kanawake and all peoples who have joined in this stand.

Also, we stand with those leaders of Ardoch Algonquin and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug that are in jail because they refuse to betray their people and allow for mining exploration in their traditional territories.

Canada has had generation after generation to take seriously the issues that we are raising. They continue to violate the treaties, they continue to destroy traditional territory, they continue to criminalize our people. Today, our very survival is at stake, the future of our children is at stake.

Generation after generation, my people have continued to deal with Canada in the spirit of peace and friendship. However, Canada has done more than just thumb its nose at the treaties that were made in order to define our relationship and bind our nations. If Canada will not respect the treaties and will not negotiate solutions in good faith, then we will be forced to take a stand. Canada makes this stand necessary and then arrests us for making it.

It is our intention to highlight the connection between land rights struggles and criminal charges. The weight of criminal charges on native people is obvious when we are put in jail. But, it needs to be recognized that the process of defending ourselves also has a real and profound impact.

For example, there is no part of our lives that is not affected by the bail conditions that have been imposed upon us. The intent of these conditions is to demean us, force us to learn Canadian-style obedience or go back to jail. Like generations before me, I will not, I can not be forced to surrender my identity or abandon my responsibilities to my children, my clan or my nation. I have respected the conditions of my bail because my relationship to Canada is defined through treaty and I believe it would be a violation of these treaties and of the Great Law for me to betray my word – even to Canada.

We have been, to date, denied anything that resembles adequate disclosure in order to properly defend ourselves. The police and the Crown are trying to manipulate and control what makes it to court, determining for themselves the relevance of any and all evidence.

We, as Haudenosaunee people, will not be deterred. We will remain silent no more. We will continue to stand with our brothers and sisters from across Turtle Island. And finally, standing together, our voices will be heard.

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For more information:
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(519) 445-4349

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No One Is Illegal Radio: 2007 Archive

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In 2007, No One Is Illegal Radio heard from indigenous activists and organizers from the Mohawk communities of Akwesasne, Tyendinaga & Kahnawake, from the Grand River Territory of Six Nations, the Ardoch Algonquin nation, the Anishnabe Ojibway nation, the Ts'mkiyen nation, the Kwakwaka'wakw nation, the Tohono O'odham nation, as well as from Aotearoa. We spoke with activists in Oslo, Seoul and Whanganui, as well as from allies in Houston, San Diego, New Bedford, Jersey City, New York, Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa. We also covered local anti-border, migrant justice organizing in Montreal.

Topics covered on our 2007 shows include:
* the struggle at Six Nations * hunger strike at Guantanamo North * the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility * indigenous resistance at the US-Canadian border * migrant resistance to the "War on Terror" * the People's Commission into Immigration "Security" Measures * the land reclamation at the Culberston Tract * ICE raids of migrant workers in Massachusetts * Justice for Anas Bennis, killed by the Montreal police * Mayday immigrant justice protests in the USA * the San Franciso 8 * the Secret Trial Five * Canada's emerging Prison Industrial Complex * anti-colonial grassroots resistance to the Olympics in Vancouver/Whistler * anti-detention protests at the Houston Detention Center * June 29 Indigenous Day of Action * anti-Canada Day actions on July 1 * Afghan refugees refuse forcible removal from Norway * the Algonquins of Sharbot Lake resist uranium mining * Community Assembly against the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) * Benamar Benatta: Canada’s first 9/11 rendition to torture * Shawn Brant on the struggle at Tyendinaga * a tribute to Patricia Perez of the Migrant Workers Support Center * the legacy of Bhagat Singh * grandmother arrested by the CBSA for accompanying refugees * arrests and raids of indigenous Maori activists and allies in Aotearoa * the Gathering of the Indigenous People of the Americas in Vicam * the No Borders Camp at Calexico/Mexicali * indigenous resistance to the US-Mexico Border Wall * crackdown on migrant workers in South Korea * "Hurray for Herouxville!" *

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"WATCH THE COPS" - CANADIAN battle cry!! - MNN news

”WATCH THE COPS” DAY ON MAY 29 AND EVERY DAY MNN.

April 28, 2008. Canada and Phil Fontaine of the “Assembly of Colonial First Nations” would like to see us standing by the side of the road with our heads down, tears rolling down our cheeks and handing out pamphlets on their “Aboriginal Day of Action” on May 29th. [Beware! It’s an Indigenous “set up” day!] Many think this should be “watch the goons day”. We could walk, drive or bicycle through the roads, streets and highways of our communities and document police brutality and oppression. We’ll be needing a great big notebook for this.

Non-Indigenous communities have their problems with cops too. Maybe they’ll join us. Recently a young student was given a $628 ticket for “sitting on a wall in a park” and for snapping pictures of them on his cell phone. They were harassing homeless people.

We should be monitoring these colonial henchmen. It’s come to the point now where it’s not really safe to go out alone anymore. The abuse has got to stop. Take cameras, cell phones, become a witness and make good notes. We need names, badge numbers and photos of the abuse and the abusers. Then we should file complaints, take them to court and put pressure on politicians who cave into police pressure.

We need “know-your-rights” classes. “Watch the goons” should make periodical reports and publish them regularly on the internet. We want to reduce Police Violence Through Accountability; and to Empower and Unite our communities by looking out for each other. [From: berkeley-copwatch@lists.riseup.net]

In Montreal when the Montreal Canadians hockey team won their series against the Boston Bruins, there was a riot on St. Catherine Street. The media coverage showed cop cars being burnt and kids jumping up and down on top of the cars. Many young people were assaulted and arrested. The police confiscated mainstream media footage so no one could see that they had gotten out of their cars, went over to a crowd of young people and started smashing them for no reason at all. People with phone cameras put these images on the internet. It was an emotional response to abuse. The cops have become the worse abusers.

Watch out for agent provocateurs. They arrive dressed like us, with back packs on their back full of rocks and other implements. They start throwing these at the police and then disappear into the crowd. We get the blame. Let’s face it, cops are attracted to violence. They can’t stand peaceful people. So they try to stir things up so they can use all the expensive toys they claim to need. One of their most despicable tactics is to target and attack young women. This provokes otherwise peaceful men to come to their defense who are then beaten and arrested. What a violent profession. We do not approve of the theory that peace can be gained by violent means.

The cops assume that those who protest their abuse must be under the spell of some kind of “leader”. They don’t want their misdeeds to be made public. There is nothing original about what the cops are doing. They phone the acquaintances of their target and try to get information or get them on side, even offer money and safety. Safety from what! Them? What’s the difference between police action and extortion? In other words, don’t have a leader for them to target!

The cops want more control in Southeastern Ontario because it’s getting harder to illegally siphon the resources of enlightened Indigenous people. The highly trained people like doctors, miners, scientists, politicians, military and corporation heads need relative order to go about their job of stealing our water and energy.

The factory jobs are now outsourced. This area is being built up for the elites. We Indigenous people are in their way. This puts us at risk. They still have depopulation plans for us in areas where they don’t want us. Haudenosaunee Territory includes prime land and a vast watershed.

For example, condos were going to be built on the beautiful Bay of Quinte until we stopped it. The elite always want to be on the water. We Mohawks spoil their view. These condos might have been for the workers at the new proposed U.S. Joint Task Force 2 Training Base that is being set up at Trenton Ontario, just a 20-minute drive from Tyendinaga.

Sharbot Lake-Robertsville Mine site is half way between Trenton and Petawawa Army Bases. Sharbot Lake is also half way between Port Hope and Chalk River, which have the most depleted uranium stored for use by the military to make bombs.

Trenton Army Base is right near Port Hope to guard that nuclear waste. Petawawa soldiers would be available to clean up nuclear messes at Chalk River, as happened in 1958 when one of the research reactors took a leak.

The colonists don’t want all-out warfare here. In guerrilla warfare our great strength is when we are on our home turf. We know it and we feel the power that comes from being truly Indigenous. This is not understood by the colonists. They come from fragmented and abused backgrounds. They don’t know what a real community is. In their ignorance they’ve fallen under the delusion that they have to use “low level” warfare by attacking, harassing, taking prisoners, breaking our arms, surrounding us from time to time and putting out bad stories about us to scare the public. The alternative, peaceful co-existence, is simply unthinkable to them.

Their psychological warfare strategies are meant to destroy all hope amongst our people and sow seeds of terror in our communities. They want to create fear and submission.

The cops wear armor and cover their faces with hideous visors and shave their heads like fascists. They are loaded with so much equipment they can hardly hear, see or move. These cops are scared and not sure why they’re in our communities pointing guns at unarmed people but they’re getting big pay. There are women and children on the roads too. The cops stand there shivering afraid of what will happen to them if they don’t follow the crazy orders they are being given.

The Mohawks took some of the stuffing out of the OPP cops who have been trying out some of their low level warfare tactics on us which aren’t working. If we have courage and know we are right in what we are doing, then we will stand up to them. This perplexes them. They thought it was going to be over a long time ago. Obviously they haven’t read their history. We’re still here after 400 years. And we ain’t going nowhere.

Our persistence and perseverance comes from our ancestors. We are so well rooted with nourishment from the land. A “transplant’s” root has to adjust for a long time to gain strength from the earth, but their roots really don’t take. Most of them tumble about like rolling stones, shifting with every twist and turn of the bankrupt and exploitive economy they brought here.

Such transplants need a lot of crutches – like guns, propaganda, barking vicious dogs, choppers, sirens, floodlights, loud noises, UAVs [unarmed aerial vehicles for “peeping tom” surveillance], victims to target and lots of larceny. Their next step is to throw us all into their colonial jails and courts. These transplants keep trying to replace the Ongwehonwe of Onowaregeh. It hasn’t happened and never will. We keep popping up. The natural world has decreed that we shall always be here doing our job, taking care of the land, plants, animals, water and air.

The non-natives who are organized against us are not political. Otherwise they would be on our side. They would realize their own oppression and abuse by the colonists. The police hire provocateurs to mobilize them. They help set up situations that make it look good for the cops to come in.

They made the recent riot at Six Nations look like the OPP were protecting the Indigenous people from the angry vigilantes from Caledonia. This makes the conservatives start okaying money for more policing and more force against us. For the cops this means job security and more opportunity to take out vengeance on us.

It’s part of some big plan of a few people. It’s called “mobilizing the masses” to “harmonize the peripheries with the center”. The peripheries are Mexico and Canada and the center is the U.S., of course. They rile up society so they will get a bigger budget, be in greater demand and get control over everybody.

The center wants “death squad” type policing like in Chicago, New York, Toronto and Los Angeles, where they hit the people, do open racial profiling and are extremely corrupt internally. Is this happening in all Indigenous communities right now worldwide?

On May 29th Canada with their chief provocateur, Phil Fontaine, who wants to cash in on the re-enactment of the “Sand Creek Massacre”, are coming in with a plan to push the “final solution”. Watch out. Be ready!


Kahentinetha Horn - MNN Mohawk Nation News

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Posted 4/28/08 8:30pm EDT.

Michael Bryant, MY MP, you represent PEOPLE not corporations!!

There is nothing lawless about these demonstrations.

Ontario is involved in CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

and creating political prisoners.

Compelling reasons to keep negotiating

Posted 3 hours ago

Six Nations people have been negotiating with the federal and provincial governments for two years over a land claim at Caledonia.

Tyendinaga Mohawks have occupied a quarry at Deseronto for more than a year as part of another land claim.

And last year, people of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation took over land near Sharbot Lake, protesting a proposed uranium mining operation. That protest resulted in the jailing of Bob Lovelace.

There are common themes running through all three situations:

they are contentious developments that are opposed by the local natives, and sometimes their non-native supporters;

natives accusing the provincial government of not negotiating with them in a timely manner;

protests spilling over onto public roads;

arrests by OPP officers often involving violent clashes;

Ontario Provincial Police telling the public they will deal only with the public disturbances, not the land-claim issue;

the provincial government saying it will deal only with the land claims, not the disturbances.

The manner in which the province and the provincial police have been dealing with these situations is guided by one crucial lesson: the fatal shooting of native protester Dudley George in 1995 by an OPP officer during the Ipperwash standoff.

This is a good thing. We don't want any more deaths or bloody confrontations. But this also places a greater onus on native groups to be responsible.

Last week, Tyendinaga Mohawks erected a blockade on a busy highway. Police moved in and took it down peacefully.

On Friday afternoon, protest leader Shawn Brant was arrested and charged with various crimes not related to the blockade. A group of his supporters moved in, smashing a police cruiser's window and injuring two officers.

By Friday night, Six Nations Mohawks had thrown up a blockade at a highway interchange near Caledonia in support of Shawn Brant.

Brant and the Tyendinaga protesters, meantime, were essentially disowned by the band council. "There must be an end to road blockades, violence, and any conduct that has the potential to further inflame the situation," said Chief Donald Maracle.

Confused? Many Ontarians are frustrated with these eruptions of lawlessness, but also with the lack of progress in land claims talks.

The opposition Conservatives this week pressed Michael Bryant, the province's aboriginal affairs minister, to cut off all talks until the barriers in Caledonia were removed. Bryant replied: "

If there is not negotiation taking place and the parties aren't talking, then how on Earth would progress be made?"

Recently, Bryant said negotiations were on again.

It is precisely Bryant's job to keep all sides at the table. The reasons for urgent action are compelling: heightening native and non-native tensions; violent clashes between police and natives; radical native groups hijacking the agenda from legitimate representatives; and good people like Bob Lovelace being detained for peacefully standing his ground.

Article ID# 1006938

- The Activism at Six Nations today - neocolonialist version

Protesters refuse to clear Hwy 6

Ted Brellisford, The Hamilton Spectator.

Natives gather below Highway 6 bypass at 6th Line Saturday evening as they watch OPP vehicles parked down the road. The police cruisers turned-around and left to cheers from the gathered crowd on the bridge and the roadway.

Ted Brellisford, the Hamilton Spectator

Caledonia, April 26, 2008--Natives and townspeople wave flags as they face-off at Argyle Street entrance to former Douglas Creek Estates subdivision Saturday evening. PHOTO BY: Ted Brellisford, The Hamilton Spectator.

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Ted Brellisford, The Hamilton Spectator.Natives gather below Highway 6 bypass at 6th Line Saturday evening as they watch OPP vehicles parked down the road. The police cruisers turned-around and left to cheers from the gathered crowd on the bridge and the roadway.

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Ted Brellisford, the Hamilton SpectatorCaledonia, April 26, 2008--Natives and townspeople wave flags as they face-off at Argyle Street entrance to former Douglas Creek Estates subdivision Saturday evening. PHOTO BY: Ted Brellisford, The Hamilton Spectator.

Ted Brellisford, The Hamilton Spectator.

Natives gather below Highway 6 bypass at 6th Line Saturday ...

Ted Brellisford, The Hamilton Spectator.Natives gather below Highway 6 bypass at 6th Line Saturday evening as they watch OPP vehicles parked down the road. The police cruisers turned-around and left to cheers from the gathered crowd on the bridge and the roadway.

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April 28, 2008

The Hamilton Spectator

CALEDONIA - Native protesters blocking the Highway 6 bypass in Caledonia are refusing to clear the road.

Spokesman Bryan Skye said Ontario Provincial Police asked this morning that barriers blocking each end of the bypass be dismantled. Protesters refused and say they’ll keep the road closed until police stand down from a confrontation in eastern Ontario.

Haldimand County Mayor Marie Trainer says some residents have already talked about taking the law into their own hands to end the Six Nations highway blockade.

Trainer says the renewed blockade is forcing motorists to go through Caledonia, straining a heritage bridge which is up for repairs in a few weeks.

She says it's putting even more strain on residents, some of whom have gathered near the occupation site to discuss taking action on their own.

The OPP and Mohawks have been staring each other down in Deseronto since Friday, when a native leader was arrested for breaching a court order.

Police removed a barrier blocking a road there at about 8.30 a.m. Natives at the Caledonia blockade said it was unmanned and that there was no violence. But a spokesman said the local blockade will continue until the standoff over an occupied quarry in Deseronto is resolved.

Skye said the Hwy 6 blockade is not connected to land claims issues in Caledonia

Instead, he said it is a show of support for Mohawks in eastern Ontario. Skye said is now part of a wider strategy among members of the Six Nations confederacy.

With files from The Canadian Press

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Native Barricade in Caledonia

ACTVISM SUPER ALERT: Help out the Lake Ardoch protestors TODAY

Please circulate this WIDELY
Ladybroadoak.blogspot.com

to find out what is needed, press on the links below!!!

This is merely some media and government link information.

Much is needed to help out today!

First off - if anyone wants to come up, my apartment is available!! I will even drag my poor aching body around to clean it up. Creator will give me the strength, I am sure. You can leave a comment on the comments section if you see this.

Read on to see what is need urgently NOW.

This is definitely serious!! Anyone, anyone who will help out is welcome to accept what is extremely humble hospitality.

Once before when RAN had a LIVE demo at Queen's Park, he took the Premier's website down and the telephone lines were TURNED OFF, just last fall. Dalton McGuinty's cousin, FRANK, is one of the primary benefactors of the du and edumping monies!!

I did some checking with Lauren Moret this weekend to figure out the power that be's plans for Canada and particularly Ontario. What she told me only confirms what I already KNOW. There is HUGE MONEY RIDING on shutting DOWN THESE PROTESTS; they sure need EVERYONE'S help and they need it today. She is on here way to a speaking tour in Canada right now. Lauren Moret had me do my lowlevel radiation blog.

Canada is the ruling class' river of nuclear destruction; CN RAIL is one of the 30 corporations set up to run North America. Their head, Hunter Harrison, changed CN rail to hauling all sorts of Nuclear Waste - This is why CN rail went after Shawn Brant. And now they REALLY have him. He goes to court this morning and that is why the ptb are trying to split up OUR forces today. The press firmly sealed its lips about all this abuse over the weekend including the CBC, which we bloody pay for. OUTRAGEOUS. Comeco has done some heavy lobbying and the influence peddling must be INTENSE. Frontenac Ventures is a FRONT.

Additionally, I have a lot of information about earthquakes coming in Abbotsford, BC shortly. There will be traditional lands affected by those two. Martial law may be declared in my opinion; it's all a big fat SETUP. This neocon government will stop at nothing to put all activists behind bars and SHUT UP.

Please send SMOKE to everyone on traditional lands (and in our dingy government apartments, too) here in Canada.

The head of the OPP here in Ontario, Julian Fantino, is slated to be the new head of the RCMP when the Vancouver Olympics are held. This is his "testing ground" I assure you all. He regularly surveils my blog(s) from a location in Barrie. So ... please, get on with the support before he takes me DOWN. So, far he hasn't managed it due to the fact Google uses me as an intelligence source, seriously!! But they never ever index my Ardoch Lake OR Caledonia articles that I see.

I am SO busy, I don't even have time to write proper articles on this, so bear with me. I have gone all out to get GLOBAL ATTENTION FOCUSSED on what is happening here. If there is someone shot today this will be just like OKA very shortly.

Here is a link to ALL government MPs in Canada
http://www.yayacanada.com/MPs.html

Here is a link to ALL MPPs in Ontario
http://canadaonline.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=canadaonline&cdn=newsissues&tm=8&f=10&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//192.75.172.22/web/members/members_current.do%3Flocale%3Den

Time is of the essence, friends. Just FLOOD ONTARIO and Canadian government officials. I'll be back when that Abbotsford thang starts happening and repost these links

Here is the email address to get updates.
davidrmaracle@...

We had a transit strike here in Toronto. I made MANY MANY calls to get good information - this is the one that RESPONDED. (hint, hint)

Hers is one other place to direct calls: DEMAND THAT THE REAL NEWS here in Toronto gets a camera crew to Ardoch Lake NOW. Put this out over the drum circle as fast as you can!

The Real News, (416) 916 5202.

As I said, expect McGuinty to go OFF LINE and to stop taking phone calls today!!

Your friend and SISTER,
Virginia
Many Rivers


I just called directly to the front lines and YES! they are all staring at SWAT and OPP cars sitting just on the edge of the Culbertson land claim area. They are wanting to REMOVE the road bloc protestors and perhaps the quarry protestors too. PRAY PEOPLE and forward this out EVERYWHERE
Bluejay
>
> **URGENT** Tyendinaga 9:30 am Monday morning, April 28th
>
> We have just been informed by the Tyendinaga Mohawk community
> spokespeople that SWAT teams are amassing right now on the Deseronto
> and Slash Roads, bordering the Tyendinaga quarry reclamation site.
> Community spokesperson Jason Maracle has just been told by the OPP to
> pull people out of the quarry because they are going in.
>
>
> please cal the premier's office immediately and urge them to:
>
> -Honour Mohawk land, call off the OPP: Do not risk people's lives
> for a gravel pit the government has already acknowledged is on Mohawk
> land!
>
> -Release all First Nations political prisoners! If they don't well will be seeing plenty more in the next few weeks here in Canada!!
>
> Premier Dalton McGuinty: 416-325-1941 (phone) 416-325-3745
> daltonmcguinty@....ca


I just called directly to the front lines and YES! they are all staring at SWAT and OPP cars sitting just on the edge of the Culbertson land claim area. They are wanting to REMOVE the road bloc protestors and perhaps the quarry protestors too. PRAY PEOPLE and forward this out EVERY!WHERE
Bluejay
>
> **URGENT** Tyendinaga 9:30 am Monday morning, April 28th
>
> We have just been informed by the Tyendinaga Mohawk community
> spokespeople that SWAT teams are amassing right now on the Deseronto
> and Slash Roads, bordering the Tyendinaga quarry reclamation site.
> Community spokesperson Jason Maracle has just been told by the OPP to
> pull people out of the quarry because they are going in.
>
>
> please call the premier's office immediately and urge them to:
>

> -Honour Mohawk land, call off the OPP: Do not risk people's lives
> for a gravel pit the government has already acknowledged is on Mohawk
land!

>
> -Release all First Nations political prisoners!
>
> Premier Dalton McGuinty: 416-325-1941 (phone) 416-325-3745
> daltonmcguinty@....ca

What happened - How you can help -Tyendinaga

Update: Sunday, April 27, 2008 – Needs of

Mohawks - Contacts of cops and politicians

MNN. Apr. 27, 2008. An email came from the real estate

agents, Emile and Theodore Nibourg,

enibourg@sutton.com.

These are the guys who wanted

to build condos on Mohawk land, or at least they wanted

to make it look like they were building condos. They

knew the Mohawks would object. They even told some

of us they were hoping to get a pay out guaranteeing

their profits from Canadian taxpayers when the deal fell

through. What a scam! The "OPP" [who help the thieves

of "Other Peoples Property"] fell for it hook, line and

sinker. These are Nibourg's puppets. You can

practically see the strings. In a press statement Nibourg

said, "We sent out a media release last week stating we

are refraining from continuing our plans to develop the

land to allow for a peaceful resolution and negotiations

with the government".

We want peace too. There is nothing to resolve. If

someone was trespassing on your land, what would

you expect the police to do? Kick them off or kick you

off? Why are the police on Mohawk land? They were

not invited, Nibourg's gone, the cops are trespassing!

They are also violating international law by unlawfully

confining our people.

Throughout the Rotiskenekete have not blocked any

roads. Commissioner of the OPP, Julian Fantino, said,

"There are no blockages except for the ones we put up.

It's all peaceful now." Even though the Globe and Mail

has published photos of the cops pointing guns at us

and beating up our people, Fantino tried to deny this

happened in a Canadian Press release, of April 26^th.

He said, "There are claims on blogs that police officers

pointed their guns at unarmed women and children,

broke people's arms and beat prisoners". Fantino went

on to say, "I think it's inflaming what is already a very

tenuous, very difficult situation".

Fantino didn't denying any of this. There's obviously

a double standards in Canadian society. A photo of

an ordinary person resisting violence results in

immediate charges and an arraignment in court. A

photo of a cop doing the same things results in

excuses, foot shuffling and obfuscation. It looks like

becoming a cop makes them immune from prosecution.

It's becoming a magnet for thugs. Fantino doesn't like

it when the brutality and law breaking of his henchmen

gets publicized. [MNN has photos of cops standing

behind their patrol cars, pointing their weapons at us.

Also, in the Globe and Mail is a photo of the cops

beating one of our men in the ditch and breaking his

arms.]

Fantino told the Globe Mail, "The hard work and

dedication of our officers in protecting the citizens of

this community cannot go unnoticed". No kidding!

We have you on video beating up our people.

"Those

responsible for criminal activities will be held

accountable". If this is true, we expect to see some

cops wearing handcuffs in court prisoner's dock.

The standoff at the quarry continues. OPP are still

holding their positions, though their numbers have

decreased. Talks are ongoing between Tyendinaga

Mohawks and the OPP.

Today the OPP sent a message to the Rotiskenekete

at the quarry on Mohawk land. "Let's agree to walk

away from this and go our separate ways and then

nothing will happen"!!! Remember what happened the

other day when the OPP were arresting Shawn Brant

for a fake charge? They said the same thing. When

our five men got into their cars, ten OPP goons jumped

them, threw them in the ditch and beat them up. They

broke both arms of one native man and one arm of

another. Then the OPP put out a lie that one of our men

had a gun.

The Rotiskenekete listened and told the officer, "Put

out a statement that our men did not have guns and

that you lied, and then maybe we'll talk to you".

The community is still holding strong both inside the

quarry and outside on nearby Slash Road. There are

a significant number of supporters. People from other

Indigenous communities arrived last night and today.

Visits from allies are welcome. Come during daylight

hours. The situation is less tense at this moment, but

dynamics can shift suddenly.

Urgently Needed are – first aid - water - money -

non-perishable foods – meat – fish - camping

equipment – communications equipment – fuel – gas –

propane – mobile phones – phone cards – rain coats –

towels – soap – wet wipes – tooth brushes – tooth

paste – gloves – work shoes – boots – runners –

socks – mosquito repellant – sun block – radios –

two-way radios – hand held radios/scanners – cooking

utensils – plates – silverware – buckets – pails –

blankets and sleeping bags - and anything else you

can think of. Once again, the police have turned what

should have been a non-event into a summer project.

Directions to the site: take TransCanada Highway 401

to the "Marysville/Deseronto" exit (east of Belleville).

This is the exit to Highway 49. Go south [right] on

highway 49 for about 10-15 minutes. You'll pass a stop

sign "Tyendinaga". Once you hit the Slash Road, turn

left. Drive until you see the people and a big bonfire.

Tyendinaga_support@masses.tao.ca.

The five arrested on false charges of assaulting OPP

on Deseronto Road, are Matthew James KUNKEL, 21,

Clint BRANT, 29, Daniel John DORENE, 34, and Steve

CHARTRAND, 32. All four men are from the

Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. They are scheduled to

appear on Monday, April 28, 2008 in Napanee court.

The names, ages and places of residence of the ten

trespassing police officers who committed the assault

on our men are unknown. Shawn BRANT, 44 years,

was remanded into custody and is also scheduled to

appear in Napanee court on Monday, April 28, 2008.

[Contact: Sgt. Kristine Rae, (613) 285-5479cell,

1-800-279-8660 pager].

Some have been released but we don't know their

conditions.

We demand our native men be released from the

colonial jails immediately. Here are some of the

colonial culprits.

Julian Fantino, is the Commission of the Ontario

Provincial Police, julian.fantino@jus.gov.on.ca,

julian.fantino@ontario.ca;

Governor General Michaelle Jean info@gg.ca;

Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

harper.s@parl.gc.ca;

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty

dalton.mcguinty@premier.gov.on.ca;

Paul Leblanc of Indian Affairs,

leblanc.p@ainc-inac.gc.ca;

Yvan Dery, Privy Council Office,

ydery@pco-bcp.gc.ca;

Sylvia McKenzie, Justice Canada,

sylvia.mackenzie@sppcc-psepc.gc.ca;

Gilles Rochon, Aboriginal Policing,

gilles.rochon@psepc.gc.ca 613-990-2666;

Emanuel Chabot, Public Affairs 7 Emergency

Preparedness

emmanuel.chabot@psepc-sppcc.gc.ca

613-990-4353;

Louis-Alexandre Guay, the inaptly named

"Justice Canada" lguay@justice.gc.ca;

Phil Fontaine, Assembly of [Colonized] First

Nations, reception@afn.ca;

Jim Potts, advisor to the inept Ontario

Provincial Police on Indigenous policing

who claims to be Indigenous 613-795-3907;

RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police,

London Ontario Detachment 519-640-7267;

Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs,

819-997-0002, 819-953-1160, 613-992-2940

Fax 613-944-9376 strahc@parl.gc.ca;

Walter Walling, who organizes police

attacks against Mohawks such as the Jan.

12, 2004 debacle at Kanehsatake,

wallingw@ainc-inac.gc.ca;

Leona Dombrowsky, Member of Ontario

Legislature, 613-962-1144, 1-877-536-6248

Fax 613-969-6381

ldombrowsky.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org;

Michael Bryant, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs,

Ontario, 416-314-8693, Fax 416-314-2701,

mbryant.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org,

416-656-0943, 416-325-7754, Fax

416-325-7755;

L.G. Beechey Chief Supt. Commander

Eastern Region OPP, 613-284-4500

TO VERIFY AND FOR INFORMATION CALL:

Akwesasne Rotiskenekete 518-358-3660

Tyendinaga Aserakowa [Warchief]:

613-243-4993

Jan Hill [Longhouse] 613-961-8515

613-827-1547

Dan 613-919-1354

Rotiskenekete 613-849-1314 613-827-4991

613-577-1355

More update on the Tyendinaga activity, Mohawks

The fellow who answered said the stand-off was still the same at this moment.

I asked if he could tell the OPP not to instigate, that we heard the police were armed, with dogs.

He said they had dogs because there was a situation last night where some of their officers were injured.

I asked why the OPP were there, when it was Mohawk land, that the issues were for the courts to decide, not armed police instigating conflict.

He said, 'thank you ma'am, we're very busy here', and hung up.

L

Urgent action: please call OPP re: Tyendinaga

hi, info is at:

http://ottawa.indymedia.ca/en/2008/04/7456.shtml

please call

OPP Easter Headquarters 613-284-4500 L.G. Beechey Chief Supt. Commander Eastern Region

We've found in the past, regarding treatment of an aboriginal woman by Eastern headquarters, that calling the regional OPP directly, politely, and repeatedly, is efficacious.

other options as well at ottawa indymedia site update.

L

i just called OPP re: Tyendinaga

OPP Easter Headquarters 613-284-4500 L.G. Beechey Chief Supt. Commander Eastern Region

The fellow who answered said the stand-off was still the same at this moment.

I asked if he could tell the OPP not to instigate, that we heard the police were armed, with dogs.

He said they had dogs because there was a situation last night where some of their officers were injured.

I asked why the OPP were there, when it was Mohawk land, that the issues were for the courts to decide, not armed police instigating conflict.

He said, 'thank you ma'am, we're very busy here', and hung up.

L

CTV on Tyendinaga

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080426/native_protesters_080426/20080426?hub=Canada

Aboriginal People's Television Network news on Tyendinaga and Shawn Brant

http://www.aptn.ca/streaming/index.php?wmv=friday/six




MAY 8: Protest McGuinty - Aboriginal Solidarity Rally



SUPPORT ABORIGINAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Protest Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty

12pm. Thursday, May 8, 2008
Westin Ottawa Hotel (11 Colonel By, Just South of Rideau St)

No New Ipperwash

Join ACT for the Earth for a rally in solidarity with Robert Lovelace, the
KI-6, and the Tyendinaga of the Bay of Quinte, during Premier McGuinty's
speech to the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce. Join us in calling on the Premier
to put a stop to the persecution of Indigenous peoples for the sake of
corporate greed!

www.ACTfortheEarth.org

Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:40:26 -0400
Subject: [Stop-spp-action] report from Mohawk barricades

Hello,

The fires are burning hot, the wind whipping up, with good laughs and people circulating between barricades and the gravel pit near Deseronto.

Women of the community, men, young people, with friends from Ottawa and Toronto, had stayed up all night, some headed out, more came in for the coming night.

News arrived by cell phone and car, the Six Nations in distant solidarity were given a half-hour 'ultimatum' to leave by police, they responded with 600 more joining their stand. Others held the Mercier bridge. Here, the calm message was that everyone was in 'for the long haul', and another night surrounding the OPP, who were attempting to block access to the gravel pit where a number of Mohawks were staying. The OPP were unsuccessful in this endeavour, and members of the community moved back and forth to talk, eat, and grab a nap.

Earlier in the evening I had talked with some of the police, 'Why are you here?"

Their response: "There are fires on public roads."

"But your guns and your presence are the problem. You are not helping the situation, you're making it worse."

"We're under orders."

Driving into town, one passes lawn signs, "Mohawk Land: OPP Not Welcome Here".

At one of the bonfires, a woman described how last night police had pointed guns at the heads of some of the young people. Another took me to see the land of the tract which ought to have been returned to the band, but was sold instead. "We're tired of being 'soft' and believing the promises of government. We have to take a stand" The gravel pit developer also wants to build a condomium complex on the lake, and apparently had earlier phoned around the community, telling of his plans, to instigate a conflict. The OPP are part of this picture. According to some band members, the developer's goal is to use the situation to extract money from the government in compensation.

The land itself is beautiful, with a creek flowing through. Frogs sang, wood cocks danced into the sky as the sun set, a rabbit disappeared along the bank. In the distance we could see the fire of the Mohawks on the high ground of the tract. And other bonfires to the west. Somewhere in the middle were a few police cruisers, and behind the movie theatre lots of unmarked vans, with others waiting on backroads.

Family members from the community passed back and forth, bringing coffee, I learned that Tyendinaga means 'two sticks joined together', representing two nations, who were joined by other First Nations in confederacy, and now again in solidarity.

Although sad that a community needs to go to these lengths to protect its own land, I am glad to have met wonderful people, and hope that the police, like occupiers in more distant lands, leave the streets quietly, and quickly.

Leigh Thomson

Cramahe Township,Ont.