CSA and ISS present: Solidarity, Reconciliation, and Sovereignty - a fundraising panel

On November 18th, Indigenous communities across so called Canada made a national callout for solidarity actions in support of Indigenous land defenders on the frontline fighting for Indigenous sovereignty. In response to this national callout, the @uog_iss and the CSA are hosting a fundraising panel discussion with two guest land defenders: Skyler Williams (1492 Land Back Lane, Six Nations) and Eve Saint (Gidemt’en Checkpoint). 

Some of the Indigenous communities that made the national call out include Gidemt’en Checkpoint, Tiny House Warriors, 1492 Land Back Lane, Kanienkehaka Land Back Camp, Mik’maq 1752 frontline, and Protect the Inlet. 

• The Wet’suwet’en are defending their unceded territory from the CGL pipeline.
• The Haudenosaunee at Six Nations are defending their territory from housing developers.
• The Mi’kma’ki are facing racial violence for exercising their treaty rights.
• The Algonquin are asking for a Moratorium on sport hunting, because moose on their territory are being hunted towards extinction.
• The Kanehsatake are defending their territory from an archeological dig by the Oka municipality.
• The Secwepemc are defending their territory from the TMX pipeline.

Join us to show your support, and stay tuned for more information! Registration is required; click here to secure your spot!

About Skyler Williams

Skyler Williams is a Haudenosaunee Land Defender, a Mohawk Wolf clan warrior from the Six Nations of the Grand River territory, and the current spokesperson for 1492 Land Back Lane. Skyler has been a land defender for the better part of his life, supporting Standing Rock Indian Reservation - Dakota Access Pipeline Resilience, Tyendinaga’s protest effort to put pressure on the federal government to look into missing and murdered Indigenous women and more recently Tyendinaga’s rail blockade in support to our relatives on the west coast - the Wet’suwet’en.

About Eve Saint

Eve Saint is a Wet’suwet’en Land Defender one of the four arrested at Gitdimden camp 44 this past February 2020 that helped spark Shut down Canada rallys and blockades across so called Canada. She is the Daughter of the Hereditary Chief Woos of C’asyikh house Gitdimden Clan. Eve Saint now resides on her partners reserve Six Nations taking care of her 4 month old daughter C’asyikh.