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Aug 18, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
MEDIA RELEASE: Ontario Provincial Police Threaten Peaceful Haudenosaunee Land Defenders of 1492 Land Back Lane
The Ontario Provincial Police have told peaceful Haudenosaunee Land Defenders that they will be enforcing the injunction put in place by developers and Haldimand County. Land Defenders expect violent enforcement to occur within the next few days.
Land Defenders have been negotiating in good faith with police, removing construction equipment as requested, maintained access through the blockades for emergency vehicles, and kept open lines of communication.
The Land Defenders at #1492LandBackLane are engaged in a traditional decision making process. These matters are very complex politically, historically, and socially. It takes time for true democracy in these contexts.
We are working hard to de-escalate the situation and to find a peaceful resolution. The safety of our elders, women, Two-Spirit people, and children who are living within their traditional territory must be maintained.
Our community of Land Defenders and Allies will continue to protect our people from being forcibly removed from our territory, which is an act of genocide.
We urge the OPP and settler politicians to recognize collective Indigenous rights, inherent dignity of Haudenosaunee people and our basic human rights.
Continuing to criminalize us as Indigenous Peoples who are exercising our inherent right to live within our laws and customs cannot continue to be the legacy of the OPP and the Province. 

"We have a sacred responsibility to the land and our future generations.
Peace and unity amongst our people are at the forefront of our minds. We will not allow the aggressive tactics of the OPP to divide our community.
We are strong and we will continue to work towards a peaceful resolution that respects the decisions made by our community." -Skyler Williams, spokesperson

We call on our allies to continue to amplify our demand for peace and safety.
DM for media inquiries or contact landback6nations@gmail.com

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Jan 7, 2021
Two days ago, police executed a warrant against one of our non-native allies. With riot shields and guns drawn, eight officers arrested this ally on our territory for mischief and disobeying a court order.
Every person arrested in relation to #1492LandBackLane face these two nuisance charges, however, this level of force during an arrest is a severe escalation. These tactics are meant to intimidate our allies who stand alongside us as we resist the unwanted development of our lands
Canada is a colonial state that is choosing to use police violence and a prejudicial system of laws to legitimize the theft of lands from our future generations of Haudenosaunee children.
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Nov 16, 2020
Day 121 #1492LandBackLane Update from Skyler Williams

We know these threats of more police violence is all we can expect from the OPP. They don’t have any other means of dealing with onkwehonwe people.
We will continue our peaceful occupation of our lands despite their threats and their attempts to intimidate us. This is Haudenosaunee Territory!!!
We are working hard today to restore our camp after that crazy wind storm last night. Several of our tents got destroyed. Others blew down. So now that the wind calmed down a bit, we can get this work.
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Oct 27, 2020
Day 100 Update from Skyler Williams

100 days at #1492LandBackLane!!!
100 days in the desert. A desert created by this developer. Every blade of grass, every shrub and tree all stripped from the lands. Cover everything in concrete and asphalt in the name of progress. This is destruction. Far more then any barricade could ever do.
If you were waiting for the callout this is it.

If you have the capacity to come. Come. Whatever amount of time. Whatever your capacity. Pitch a tent. Stay the night. The weekend. The week or the month.
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Oct 26, 2020
Day 99 Land Back Update

A few days of barricades up. Massive OPP presence. They are starting to push again to open things up. Our people continue to stand strong. Still making time to eat, laugh and share stories.
After a desperate attempt to shift the blame to our side after shooting rubber bullets into a group of innocent bystanders. The police put out an out of context video. Forgetting to mention the goading of our people.
Not saying they threatened our women. It must be hard to be in the wrong all the time when dealing with native people across country. So let’s find a 1 minute clip that shows us once in 100 days defending ourselves.
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Oct 25, 2020
Day 98 #1492LandBackLane Update

The OPP have significantly raised their numbers. Cops have made contact to ask for concessions. To open roads. To undo all the things that they’ve caused. Stop shooting at our people.
As of today all the roads remain closed. Rails are closed. We’ve said no to development. We’ve said violent OPP tactics will not be tolerated. So now here we are. Again.
Unity is the topic of discussion today. 100 years of government meddling to undo. This is true of most of our communities. What we need so dearly across all turtle island is to come together. You tactics to divide our communities will no longer work. We are in this together.
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Sep 24, 2020
Statement Regarding the Haldimand Police Services Board

Last night we were made aware of a recent meeting conducted by the Haldimand Police Services Board, pressuring the OPP to increase their violent enforcement of an interim injunction placed on 1492 Land Back Lane.
Discussions from this meeting of the Haldimand Police Services Board are deeply troubling and alarming.

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The Board must be accountable for their words and actions which direct violence towards Skyler Williams, our camp, and entire community. Their statement is an attempt to direct police to take the most extreme enforcement tactics against our community.
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