"We are not the crime scene!" -- Kwitsel Tatel at Teal Jones HQ, June 7, 2021
Channel: RadicalCriminology
Date: 2021-06-11

"On the stolen land of the Coast Salish in and around so-called Surrey" on Monday, June 7th, dozens of people gathered (and attempted to block) the entrance to the sawmill and headquarters of TEAL JONES (Teal Cedar Ltd), currently trying to log Ada'itsk/Fairy Creek headwaters over on the Island, on Pacheedaht and Ditidaht territory, pressing an injunction under which almost 200 people have been arrested.    RCMP and CN Rail police and the DLT (Division Liaison Team) watched on.   The People's Injunction was read out. (see other video)

After several hours at both gates, a circle of those still present was called together...  A powerful song and speech then followed...

KWITSEL TATEL introduced herself by speaking movingly to the memory of Lakota Medicine Man LEONARD CROW DOG who walked on the day before (born 1942, Sicangu Lakota, died June 6, 2021)  ... She spoke of his leadership as Sundancer and Land Defender and in keeping traditional medicinal healing practices alive.
She sang the American Indian Movement song in his honour. 
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-  https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/lakota-spiritual-leader-leonard-crow-dog-walked-on-at-79 
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Crow_Dog
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You are called upon to witness...

"WE THE PEOPLE DECLARE TEAL JONES PERMIT EXPUNGED!  In the public interest, in the public safety of each tree! And each insect that depends on those trees, including all the hummingbirds, and all the eagles, and all the ravens, and all the bears and all the wolves. And each caterpillar and each moth... every single living being, and on behalf of the public...

 We stand here to give force and effect as the people of so-called Canada, British Columbia to the Haida Taku case and Delgamuukw. 
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GIVING FORCE & EFFECT to the existing decisions, in particular:
Haida & Taku River decision (2004)
      https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/sclr/vol29/iss1/22/
      https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2189/index.do
Delgamuukw (1997)
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delgamuukw_v_British_Columbia
       https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/the-delgamuukw-decision-when-the-invisible-people-won-recognition/
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"We don't want to take anybody's jobs away. We're not here to take anybody's jobs away. But we are demanding respect. We did not give or make a vote on any treaties ourselves in that cutblock. We need every single logger on his family to know that we want you to demand of your government... We want you to demand of your government: TRANSITION TO HEMP LANDS, NOT TAR SANDS AND CLEARCUT LOGGING. We must be able to think a way forward. We must be able to affect that political policy and legal change. We want everybody here to demand of your federal government to give force and effect to Delgamuukw and the Haida Taku case. Those two instruments affect you too as settlers. These instruments cost many lives and multi millions of dollars. And the permit system of so-called British Columbia must take into consideration that some of us have no treaties. And those of us that do have treaties did not decide for you or you or you or you or you or youuuuu. It's a phoney system, it's chicanery at the deepest level, for the Department of Justice to withhold giving force and effect to these instruments that would protect us!"
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"We are standing here with our eyes wide open, to protect the sacred."
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"There must be a way to impeach so-called elected leaders that fail to give force and effect to our so called constitutional rights. We are not criminals! We stand on our constitutional rights."
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"Who is to protect our people and each other if Canada is using it's arms as if we are the crime scene?!  It's not true! We are not the crime scene!"
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"It is about creating a People's Declaration to demand of so called Trudeau and Horgan to give protection to the forests and the waters like they had promised during their election campaigns. We've had nothing but deceit and lies and chicanery to this point. And I thank every one of you. Each and every one of you witnessing here, right now. [Thank you. O'ciem].  We have each other, that's all we have.  Who protects us?  We protect us!"