All Eyes on Mi'kma'ki!

Ongoing Actions Vigorously Affirm Mi'kmaq Fishers' Treaty Right to Take Part in Lobster Fishery

October 24, 2020. Vancouver.

Stand With the Mi'kma'ki People!
Montreal
Sunday, November 1
Rally -- 12:00 noon; March -- 1:00 pm
Emilie-Gamelin Place, 1500 Berri St.
Organized by Kaiatanoron Lahache and Waieñhawi ahache
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Militant actions are being held across Canada and Quebec to affirm the treaty and hereditary rights of Indigenous peoples from coast to coast to coast, especially the Mi'kmaq fishers who are affirming their right to take part in the lobster fishery in Nova Scotia to earn a "moderate livelihood," as enshrined in treaties signed between the British Crown and the Mi'kmaq that remain in effect today. First Nations, various labour unions and the National Farmers Union have issued statements in solidarity with the Mi'kmaq fishers. People across Canada from all walks of life are likewise rejecting attempts by the Canadian state to divide the people on a racist basis and to incite racist violence against the Mi'kmaq and other Indigenous peoples. The protests and solidarity actions put the blame for the situation on the racist Canadian state, through its refusal to resolve longstanding concerns of the Indigenous peoples and historical injustices against them by affirming rights and rendering justice, as it is duty-bound to do as party to the treaties.[1]

Among these struggles being waged by Indigenous peoples are those of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, fighting to protect the rapidly declining moose population in La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve; the Haudenosaunee Nation and the 1492 Land Back Lane land reclamation movement near Caledonia, Ontario; the Wet'suwet'en and their fight against Coastal GasLink in northern BC; fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by the Secwepemc Women's Warrior Society, the Tiny House Warriors, the Musqueam, Tseil-Waututh and Squamish Nations and others; the fight of the Kanien'kehá:ka of Kanehsatà:ke to affirm their claim on the Oka Pine Forest; as well as the Pekiwewin camp in Edmonton which provides safety and security for over a hundred people who otherwise would be homeless.

TML Weekly calls on everyone to continue to organize and take part in actions in support of the Indigenous peoples to see to it that Canada has just relations with Indigenous peoples, so that the just demand of the Mi'kmaq fishers, amongst many others, are duly satisfied as required by the treaties Canada is a party to and in conformity with Canada's obligations under international law.