WAHTA MOHAWK TERRITORY – Members of the Wahta Men’s Fire alongside community members and elders initiated a protest in front of the Administration Office on the morning of Tuesday May 6th, 2014 to voice their displeasure with the decisions of the recently elected Council. As a result, there is no access to the Wahta Mohawk Administration Office and it has been shut down indefinitely.
AKWESASNE – In May of 2009 massive community opposition to the presence of armed border guards forced the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) to abandon the customs house in the Kanienkehaka territory of Akwesasne. Since then the building has been sitting empty and unused. A group of grassroots activists organized by Stacey Boots of Akwesasne are planning to change that later this month.
In 2005 I travelled to Venezuela to participate in the World Festival of Youth and Students. I remember marching with youth from all over the world, with then President Hugo Chavez waving proudly at everyone, culminating in moving 2-hour speech from the president that covered a wide range of topics, from land reform, to the rights of indigenous people, to the attacks on Venezuela’s sovereignty.
TORONTO – Amnesty International Canada concluded a successful visit of two indigenous rights defenders from Colombia, María Patricia Tobón Yagarí and Federico Guzmán Duque, with a standing-room-only event held this past Friday February 7th, in Toronto.
