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southern ontario | indigenous | feature Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:27 by anon

On May 26th Indigenous communities and supporters including environmental and social justice groups will gather at Queen's Park to uphold our duty to protect the land, forest, water, and air and to promote respect for our Indigenous rights to say no to economic exploitation and environmental destruction. It is time to end the jailing and harassment of our people for protecting mother earth and traditional ways. Please come to our large rally on May 26th at the legislature. We are also inviting supporters to join us in four days of ceremony, speakers, workshops, music, and a three night sovereignty sleep-over directly on the front lawn of the legislature.

Gathering of Mother Earth Protectors

Sleepover: Toronto, Queen's Park May 26th – May 29.

Rally: Queen's Park May 26th, 5 p.m. – dusk.

Respect the right of First Nations to say no to economic exploitation and environmental destruction.
No jail for saying no.
Free Bob Lovelace, and the KI Six. (and the Tyendinaga-2)

On May 26th Indigenous communities and supporters including environmental
and social justice groups will gather at Queen's Park to uphold our duty to
protect the land, forest, water, and air and to promote respect for our
Indigenous rights to say no to economic exploitation and environmental
destruction. It is time to end the jailing and harassment of our people for
protecting mother earth and traditional ways. Please come to our large
rally on May 26th at the legislature. We are also inviting supporters to
join us in four days of ceremony, speakers, workshops, music, and a three
night sovereignty sleep-over directly on the front lawn of the legislature.

Right now Indigenous communities across Ontario are taking a stand to assert
our right to protect our traditional territories and the future of our
peoples. Our communities are peacefully protesting destructive industrial
projects that the government is permitting on our traditional lands without
community consent.
Rather than respecting Treaties of co-existence and the UN recognized
Indigenous right to withhold consent over industrial projects on traditional
lands, the Ontario government is harassing Native people and jailing
community activists and leaders including Bob Lovelace, Donny Morris, Sam
McKay, Jack McKay, Cecilia Begg, Darryl Sainnawap, Bruce Sakakeep, and
others. This cannot stand! Please join us in supporting freedom for First
Nations and respect for the land.

NO CONSENT means STOP the DESTRUCTION to MOTHER EARTH!

We Need: volunteers, donations of money, food, tents, blankets, billeting,
endorsements, and publicity.
Please let us know if your group wants to organize an event during the
Gathering on May 27, or May 28.

To help out, or for information updates contact:
sovereigntysleepover@gmail.com

Supporters: come prepared to take care of your own needs and to take
direction from the communities.

This is an event of: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI), Ardoch Algonquin
First Nation, Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First
Nation) [others may join soon].
Supporters: Christian Peacemaker Teams, Rainforest Action Network, No One
is Illegal Toronto, Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Labour
Congress, CAW Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, Ryerson
University, Mining Watch, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, ForestEthics.