Indigenous peoples+Olympics

Sutikalh and Skwelkwek'welt 2002 Submission to the IOC

Zig Zag — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 05:49:07 +0000

Sutikalh and Skwelkwek'welt 2002 Submission to the IOC

SUTIKALH AND SKWELKWEK'WELT 2002 SUBMISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMISSION

Regarding Concerns of Aboriginal Elders, Land Users and Native Youth regarding the impacts of the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympic Bid on Aboriginal People, Culture, Land and the Environment

June 2002

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Native Youth Movement Warriors Targeted & Arrested at Anti-Olympic Protest

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:53:00 +0000

Native Youth Movement Warriors Targeted & Arrested at Anti-Olympic Protest

NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT

NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT WARRIOR TARGETED & ARRESTED AT ANTI-OLYMPIC PROTEST IN VANCOUVER, BC, KKKANADA

“THE INDIAN WARS ARE NOT OVER”

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International Indigenous Youth Network Statement

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:50:41 +0000

International Indigenous Youth Network Statement

Monday, March 19, 2007 -
No Olympics On Stolen Unceded Native Land

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Stolen Games

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:45:39 +0000

Stolen Games

"No Olympics on stolen Native land" has become the battle cry for Indigenous resistance to the Vancouver Olympics

by Hillary Bain Lindsay

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SECURITY FORCES: An Indigenous View of the “Justice” System

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:42:38 +0000

SECURITY FORCES: An Indigenous View of the “Justice” System

With the insurmountable Indigenous resistance to the 2010 Olympic games accelerating, many are becoming more and more aware of the mass peril the games will bring.

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Intercontinental Anti- 2010 Olympics Movement Launched In Mexico

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:41:12 +0000

Intercontinental Anti- 2010 Olympics Movement Launched In Mexico

Indigenous representatives attending an intercontinental Indigenous gathering in Vicam , Sonora Mexico have called for a boycott of the 2010 Olympics Games.

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Native protests likely at 2010 Olympics: AFN

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:21:38 +0000

Native protests likely at 2010 Olympics: AFN

Note: The Assembly of First Nations and other Indian Act band council chiefs are threatening anti-2010 protests unless they get more money. For similiar false opposition from government collaborators, check out the Indigenous section under topics and the experience in Sydney, Australia, at the 2000 Summer Games.

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Sydney 2000 Games a 'Missed Opportunity' for Natives

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:20:39 +0000

Sydney a missed opportunity: Munro

Issue 151 - 17 Apr 2008

By Amy McQuire

NATIONAL

Issue 151, April 17, 2008: An Aboriginal activist has called the Sydney Olympics a missed opportunity for Aboriginal protesters, after pro-Tibet demonstrations on the Beijing Olympic torch trail made international headlines this week.

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St'at'imc Native Youth Movement Anti-2010 Statement

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:11:56 +0000

St'at'imc Native Youth Movement Anti-2010 Statement

Spring 2008
Statimc Native Youth Movement International Statement: No 2010 Olympics on Native Land!

(Post Far and Wide)

Statimc Native Youth Movement Warrior Society
St’at’imc Nation, Tsalalh Territory

Re: 2010 Olympics

To Whom It May Concern[:]

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Grassy Narrows Youth Anti-2010

Zig Zag — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:03:22 +0000

Grassy Narrows Youth Anti-2010

August 9, 2008 - 11:06 — no2010

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Lubicon Cree Oppose TransCanada Pipeline

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:51:10 +0000

Lubicon Cree Oppose TransCanada Pipeline

TransCanada Pipelines is an official supplier to the 2010 Games. In 1988, the Lubicon Cree organized a boycott of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. They have fought oil & gas as well as logging industries since the 1980s.

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Aboriginals Demand IOC Suspend Member for 'Savages' Remark

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:48:38 +0000

First Nation ex-Olympian calls for Pound to resign over 'savages' remark

JORGE BARRERA, Canwest News Service
Oct. 18, 2008

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Pound Urged to Resign Over 'Savages' Comment

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:44:10 +0000

Pound urged to resign over 'savages' comment

Updated Wed. Oct. 22 2008
CTV.ca News Staff

A growing number of voices are calling for the resignation of VANOC board member Dick Pound, following his reference to Canada being a country of "savages" only 400 years ago.

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IOC rules out inquiry into Pound's racist remarks

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:37:26 +0000

IOC rules out inquiry into Pound's remarks

ROD MICKLEBURGH AND INGRID PERITZ
Globe and Mail, October 23, 2008

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Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) Hires Former Mountie for Olympic Security

Zig Zag — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 05:16:54 +0000

Feds hire former top cop for Olympic security

By Bob Mackin, 24 HOURS, November 6, 2008

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada wants to award an Olympic security contract without tender to a former top Ontario Mountie.

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