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Montreal Solidarity Demonstration
6pm at Berri Square
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Montreal Solidarity Demonstration : THURSDAY, June 29
Support the resistance at Six Nations

--- Rail and road blockades, and solidarity demos, across Canada

--- Support the resistance at Six Nations

Support the resistance at Six Nations. Bring noisemakers.

The communities comprising the Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations
(Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora nations) have
been fighting for access to their land against the encroachment of the
Canadian government for more than 200 years. On February 28, 2006, the
people of the Six Nations territory, near Caledonia, Ontario, set up
camp in order to reclaim land on which Henco Industries, an American
company, had begun development of upscale housing (the "Douglas Creek
Estates"). RCMP and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) presence and
surveillance has been consistently increasing at the reclamation site
ever since. Tensions reached a breaking point nearly two months after
the beginning of the reclamation, on April 20, when the OPP violently
invaded the site, using tear gas and taser guns in an attempt to
remove the protesters. In total, 16 people were brutally arrested by
the police. Immediately following the invasion, members of the
community retook possession of the site, and many members of the
Confederacy from different regions of Canada and the United States
came to the site to support the ongoing reclamation.

On Friday, June 9th, once more, the government used provocateur
tactics to legitimize the demonization of the people of Six Nations as
"violent" (though the people at the site continue to state that they
remain unarmed, in the face of an overwhelming police presence).
During a routine check, members of the reclamation's security
intercepted a US Border Patrol vehicle on the site, with 2 American
ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) agents and an OPP officer inside.
A confrontation erupted between police agents and natives. Following
the two incidents on the morning of June 9th, seven arrest warrants
were issued for members of the community at the land reclamation site
at Six Nations; one warrant is for the "attempted murder" of one
American agent, an accusation that is completely disproportionate to
the actual incident. The people of Six Nations refuse to recognize the
jurisdiction of Canadian law on their territory and against their
people, as they are a sovereign nation which has its own laws and its
own constitution : the Great Law of Peace.

Six Nations doesn't want money in exchange for their land, because
their land is not for sale. The people of Six Nations want recognition
and respect for their land and the treaties that their ancestors
signed with the British Crown. The Confederacy has never reliquished
its sovereignty as First Nations, has never signed any accord or
treaty recognizing the jurisdiction of the Canadian State within their
constituent nations, and has never voluntarily ceded Turtle Island
(Canada) to British colonizers or the Canadian state.

Indigenous communities across the country have clearly stated their
support for the Six Nations Confederacy, and have sent their own
ultimatums to the Canadian government. In Manitoba, the Assembly of
Manitoba Chiefs, representing 64 First Nations, voted for a resolution
calling for blockades of train routes for 24 hours on June 29th, 2006
"to force the Canadian government to establish a reasonable time-frame
for settlement of land claims."

Chief Terrance Nelson of the Anishnabe First Nation of Roseau River,
Manitoba, who is also a representative of the Okijida Warrior Society
and the American Indian Movement representative to Canada, has
proposed this resolution in order to "send a message, that resource
wealth of our lands are what supports every Canadian." The community
of Roseau River has annouced that on June 29 they will block two
railway lines which run towards the United States. At least 6 other
First Nations in Manitoba intend to block rail lines at the same time.
The financial cost of the train blockades will be in the millions of
dollars, but the real impact will be the tarnishing of Canada's
international image.

The Montreal demonstration's main objective is to mass-distribute
information flyers to the downtown population on the facts of the Six
Nations conflict, in order to counter the misinformation about the
situation presented to the public by corporate media. Moreover, we
publicly demand the following:

1- That the federal government take all necessary measures to ensure a political resolution to the conflict, based on nation-to-nation negotiations and not by police or military repression.

4- A public explanation from the federal government as to why US Border Patrol and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents were active outside of their national jurisdiction and invaded the Six Nations site, in collaboration with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

For indigenous sovereignty, self-determination and the defense of native land!