Prince Albert municipal officials have warned Idle No More organizers not to attempt a round dance in the Saskatchewan city’s main intersection during a planned rally Friday to coincide with the movement’s linked events around the world.
A round dance flash mob broke out at the West Edmonton Mall this week.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa says she won’t allow authorities to take her to the hospital if her hunger strike takes a turn for the worse.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa says she won’t allow authorities to take her to the hospital if her hunger strike takes a turn for the worse.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to “act” swiftly, listen to the message from the Idle No More movement and re-engage with First Nations people to avoid a potential “personal tragedy” unfolding on Victoria Island in Ottawa where Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence has entered the eighth day of a hunger strike.
In Alberta, Driftpile Cree Nation members also held a peaceful blockade of a major highway running through their community this past weekend.
Supporters of the Idle No More movement are coming out in droves.
Hundreds more took the streets in Lethbridge and Regina as part of the ongoing protests against Bill C-45.
The “long silent war drums” of First Nations people will pound again if Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence dies from her hunger strike, says the head of Manitoba’s largest chiefs organization.
