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here for UPDATE as of Sept 29, 1997.
5 years after the quincentennial:
It's Time to:
MAKE OCTOBER 12TH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY,
Free Leonard Peltier,
Stop Forced Relocation at Big Mountain,
and Build a Movement for Justice
and Human Rights for All!
Five years ago, in 1992, hundreds of thousands,
if not millions of people
throughout the Americas spoke
out and acted
in opposition to the government sponsored
celebrations of Christopher Columbus
and in
support of the rights of indigenous peoples.
However today, in 1997, AIM activist
Leonard Peltier
sits in prison during this 21st year of incarceration
for an act the government knows he did not commit.
It has been revealed that the FBI withheld from his
trial evidence that proves his innocence.
In northeast Arizona, in the Black Mesa area, 3,000
indigenous people are fighting forced relocation from
their land because Peabody Western Coal Company wants it
to make profits.
And there are numerous other examples of both continuing
repression and continuing resistance
by
indigenous peoples against
violations of their rights.
Join with people around the country who will be
fasting from
Oct 1 through 12, fasting for part of that
time,
organizing local demonstrations and actions,
or acting in other ways in solidarity with
Leonard
Peltier, the
Big Mountain resisters,
other struggling Native American peoples
and for the human rights of all.
We will never be free in this country until we face up to the
historic record, set it straight and get it right.
"Getting it right"
means honoring, upholding and joining in
solidarity with those who have much to
teach
us about living in harmony with the natural world,
about working
cooperatively for the good of all, and
about steadfastness in struggle
despite the most difficult
conditions.
We urge you to join us this October.
For more information contact
the Peoples Fast for Justice,
indpol@igc.apc.org
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