Grand Chief Nepinak...we are no longer standing as oppressed people

Grand Chief Nepinak - Press Conference December 7, 2012

"Walked in with Chiefs behind the drum...with the pipe...and we were shut out...we have been here over 30,000 years..."

Spoke about "Idle No More"...and supports us....will stand behind us...and our murdered & Indigenous Peoples

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International Human Rights Body Supports Indigenous Treaty Movement in Canada

December 5, 2012….Traditional territory of the Algonquin Peoples (Ottawa, Ontario)…the United Nations have been informed of the actions of Canada against the Indigenous Nations and issued a statement. 

” Know and Make Known my Committee and myself in particular applaud and please go ahead… your Nations shall overcome, ” said Dr. Noreddine Amir, Vice President of Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

 

This statement comes on the heels of a rally that occurred yesterday at the Canadian Parliament building. Over 200 Chiefs, Elders, Women, Youth and community members gathered to support the call to action by Okimaw (Chief) Wallace Fox of the Onion Lake Cree Nation...CLICK HERE TO READ & LISTEN TO FULL COVERAGE

Chiefs take fight to House of Commons’ doorstep

NATIONAL NEWS | 04. DEC, 2012 BY APTN NATIONAL NEWS | 4 COMMENTS

WATCH THE RAW VIDEO OF CONFRONTATION

Raw video of dramatic confrontation involving First Nations chiefs on the doorstep to the House of Commons chamber where MPs pass the laws of the land

By Jorge Barrera and Kenneth Jackson
APTN National News
OTTAWA–First Nations chiefs clashed with Parliament Hill security guards Tuesday after they tried to enter the House of Commons and deliver a message to the Harper government that the time for talk had passed.

Surrounded by the crush of video cameras and bathed in the glow of TV lights, the chiefs from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario served notice that they now planned to take “direct action” against the Harper government.

The dramatic confrontation lasted for only about 30 seconds when chiefs relented and pulled back from their attempt to enter the green-carpeted chamber where the laws of the land get debated and only MPs and chamber officials are allowed to enter.

Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee led the attempted walk into the chamber and was flanked by Serpent River First Nation Chief Isadore Day, Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox and Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Derek Nepinak.

“We were asked to come in here,” said Madahbee.

“No, not in the chamber,” said a Parliament Hill security guard.

“We need to go into the House of Commons,” said Day. “We allowed them onto this land. We signed treaties with this government.”

But the security guards barred the way.

“You are not going to accomplish anything by rushing into the Commons chamber,” said the guard.

“We are not rushing, we are trying to walk in if you get the hell out of the road,” said Madahbee.

Moments earlier, oil-rich Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox confronted Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver...CLICK HERE TO READ MORE & WATCH THE NEWS COVERAGE