Six Nations Repel Attempted Eviction by Canadian Government

April 28, TORONTO: Six Nations Solidarity Rally, Protest Indian Affairs Minister, 6:30 at Kings College Circle, north of college (in the field), west of university ave.

April 26: Mayor Marie Trainer was dumped as the spokeswoman for her municipality on the Six Nations issue by the Haldimand County Council.

April 25: MNN on the Canadian Caledonia mob

April 23: Six Nations Update: How to Survive a Siege (Mohawk Nation News)

APRIL 21: UPDATE from Solidarity action by Tyendinaga Mohawks!!

Since February 28th, dozens of Six Nations protesters had occupied the Douglas Creek Estates housing project southwest of Hamilton, which they say sits on native land.

In an attempt to break the now 52 day occupation, on April 20th the Ontario Provincal Police arrested 16 protesters in a pre-dawn raid. Then, more than 200 members of the nearby Six Nations reserve mobilized to defend the 40-hectare parcel of land slated for a new 250-home development.

By the evening of April 20th, a busload of supporters from other Ontario reserves arrived on the scene, and more were expected through the night at a tent city dotted with Mohawk flags.

As of the morning April 21st, some 400 people (most of whom are native, but with lots of non-native support including members of the Ontario Coaltion Against Poverty, and Canadian Anti-Racist Action chapters) have occupied the land, and offramps from the major highway 6S around the area of Caledonia are shut down now. Police are lining the highway, and Argyle Street is cut off due to a road block.

In Montreal, traffic on the Mercier Bridge was snarled briefly on April 20th when the Kahnawake Mohawk Peacekeepers raised a banner and flags in a show of solidarity.

The Caledonia blockade spurred a sympathy protest near Marysville, Ontario, where Mohawk demonstrators blocked CN Rail's main line between Toronto and Montreal, disrupting freight and passenger service. It is not known when the blockage will be cleared and Via Rail said it had suspended further passenger bookings to Ottawa and Montreal on Friday and through the weekend.

All schools in Caledonia are closed and bus transportation cancelled today as public and Catholic education officials assess the situation in the town.

Read more for information on solidarity protests, buses from Toronto and directions to the blockade.

Audio Interview with Hazel Hill from Hamilton Indymedia

Audio Interview of Leroy Hill from CKRZ

Videos from Autonomy & Solidarity:

Interview with Elder Jaqueline House
Interview with Mohawk Warrior
Interview with Mike D. on Police Attack
Interview with Robin Williams on need for Solidarity
Building of the Highway 6 Barricade

SUPPORT SIX NATIONS
TORONTO RALLY AGAINST COLONIALISM!

Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice has been invited to debate the topic of "Native Self Government". In the words of the Hart House Debates Committee: "The debate will look at the question of how much autonomy and what rights should be granted to aboriginal governments." Could the colonial mindset be any more obvious?

TORONTO RALLY AGAINST COLONIALISM!
6:30pm, Friday April 28th
Kings College Circle (in the field surrounded by U of T buildings, north west of the College & University intersection.)

Bring your drums!

For more information: amadahy@rogers.com or ocap@tao.ca
or call 416-997-1562, 416-660-7920

Sponsored by: Coalition in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
For more info: http://www.ocap.ca/ or http://www.urgentcalltoaction.com/