Kim Wright <kim-lgih@ripnet.

com> wrote:
From: "Kim Wright" <kim-lgih@ripnet.com>
To: "Thelma Peterson" <thelmapeterson59@yahoo.ca>,
"Kimberley Wright" <kchameleon@ripnet.com>
Subject: Fw: [PAR-L] Part 1 URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT -
ALGONQUINS OF BARRIERE LAKE
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:40:28 -0400

I think you will be interested in this. I am sending part 2 as well.

Kimberley
----- Original Message -----
From: "B. L. Wagner"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 8:36 PM
Subject: [PAR-L] Part 1 URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT - ALGONQUINS
OF BARRIERE
LAKE

> Written below:

>
> "The SQ have pepper sprayed children, pregnant mothers, and
other
> vulnerable members without regard to their health or safety."
>
> Please do what you can to help.
>
> B-(
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
>**
>
>*
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>*
>
>**
>
> *NOTICE: CANADA AND QUEBEC ARE ORCHESTRATING A COUP
USING THE SQ TO
> REPLACE OUR CUSTOMARY CHIEF AND COUNCIL WITH*
>
> *A DISSIDENT GROUP IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF SIGNED
AGREEMENTS WITH OUR
> FIRST NATION*
>
> *Urgent Request—March 13, 2008*
>
> * **
> CALL FOR SUPPORT*
>
> We are known as the Algonquins of Barriere Lake (also known by
our
> Algonquin name, “Mitchikanibikok Inik”) we are a First Nation
community
> of approximately 500 people, situated in the province of Quebec, 3
hours
> drive north of Ottawa, Canada.
>
> We, the Barriere Lake traditional people have always lived under
our
> customary laws, which we have codified as our *Mitchikanibikok
> Anishinabe Onakinakewin*.(Barriere Lake Customary Governance
Code). This
> is what our great grandparents left for us, for our children,
> grandchildren and the coming generations. Our responsibility is to
make
> sure that our customary laws will always be respected and
protected.
>
> Our Feast is where we give thanks for what we feed our families,
the
> foods that come from our lands and waters. The Three String
Wampum, this
> is where we shake hands to our Brothers and Sisters and their
children
> and to all living things. This is where our teachings come from.
>
> We have a big responsibility; To Protect Our Land, To Protect Our
> Animals, Fish and Birds.
>
> To defend our hunting way of life so our teachings and our feast,
will
> continue to exist for our children, grandchildren and the coming
> generations, along with our Language and Beliefs.
>
> Today as the traditional people of our community, we are fighting
back
> to defend our customary laws from being violated and disrespected
by
> individuals who no longer respect our customs, including how we
govern
> ourselves. We will honor what our great grandparents left us,
nobody is
> going to take our customary laws and side with the federal
government to
> gain money from our rights and interests.
>
> *To All People Who Support Traditional Indigenous Peoples &
Customary
> Governments: This is a Call for Support and an Update on Our
Situation*
>
> Our customary laws are meant so we live in harmony on our Lands
and with
> each other. It is only when individuals living in our community,
violate
> and disrespect our customs, that harmony is broken.
>
> Despite repeated warnings to stop, a dissident faction has
continued to
> violate and disrespect our customs and have broken our
community’s
> harmony. Therefore, on March 4, 2008, the majority of our eligible
> community members of Mitchikanibikok confirmed that we will not
accept
> these dissidents living in our community. Now the federal
government is
> trying to impose them on us by using the Surete du Quebec
dressed in
> riot gear to force us to allow the dissident group into our
community.
> The Government of Canada wants to replace our Customary Chief
and
> Council because our leaders are demanding that the federal
government
> honour the agreements they entered into with our First Nation,
which are:
>
> • *The 1991 Trilateral Agreement.*
>
> • *The 1997 Memorandum of Mutual Intent & Global Proposal to
Rebuild our
> Community.*
>
>\
>
> • *The Special Provisions inserted into our Contribution Agreements
> until the Third Party*
>
> *Manager took over our administrative affairs.*
>
> The Government of Quebec wants to replace our Customary Chief
and
> Council because our leaders are demanding that the Quebec
government
> honour the 1998 Bilateral Agreement and negotiate the
implementation of
> the Joint Recommendations adopted by the Quebec negotiator, John
> Ciaccia, and our negotiator, Clifford Lincoln, particularly paying our
> First Nation $1.5 million annually in Revenue Sharing.
>
> The federal government is trying to impose a minority dissident
group
> over our First Nation in order to try and get out of their obligations
> under the signed agreements with our First Nation. This is a repeat
of
> what they tried to do to us in 1996-97.
>
> *WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP!*
>
> See Part 2
>