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.
Thank you to everyone that continues to donate to the legal gofundme campaign as well as the camp/build fund at the landback6nations@gmail.com we would not be here without all of you.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The police continue to harass and intimidate our community and our allies and the list of people
charged is growing long. We are in touch with all of those people and making sure they are getting the
legal support they need.
It is important for people to understand that there are two separate legal issues that 1492 Land Back
Lane is currently dealing with.
First is the mounting charges against our Land Defenders and supporters.
The second is the civil case and fighting the injunction. Our fundraising efforts have been ongoing as we expect our legal costs to be able to fight both situations
to be significant.
On October 9 we are calling our allies and supporters to action – we need your support as we face unjust legal processes in defense of our lands and waters.
Indigenous Peoples and Land Defenders across Turtle Island will stand together and amplify our collective resistance to colonial oppression.
This day of action is about land back everywhere, continuing a tradition of national days of action in support of Indigenous sovereignty. We are calling for a diversity of tactics coming from the diverse communities from which our support comes.
Haudenosaunee Land Defenders Call for an End to the Criminalization of Land Defenders
In the past week, ten people have been arrested in connection to 1492 Land Back Lane.
These include Allies who are non-Indigenous and people from other Haudenosaunee communities, as well as Mohawk researcher Courtney Skye and Oneida journalist Karl Dockstader.
Arresting our kin and allies is an escalation of violence on behalf of the OPP. Canada is choosing how to address our concerns and issues, and they have chosen to use police violence and criminalization instead of engaging with our community.