Playing 2010 Olympics and Indigenous Rights

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2010 Olympics and Indigenous Rights

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Contributed by José Garcia

Length: 17 min 28 sec

Year of Production: 2008

Director:

No One Is Illegal

Producer:

Sarita Ahooja

Arthur Manuel, spokesperson for Defenders of the Land, outlines indigenous struggle in regards to the 2010 Olympic games in Vancouver.

Defenders of the Land: a network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada.

Between November 12-14, 2008, the historic Defenders of the Land gathering took place in Winnipeg. The gathering brought together dozens of grassroots activists, elders, youth, women and men from Indigenous communities across "Canada" who are in active struggle to defend their land and assert self-determination. The second Defenders of the Land gathering was recently held in Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories, in November 2009.

Members of No One Is Illegal-Montreal have recently uploaded twelve interviews with participants from the 2008 Defenders of the Land Gathering in Winnipeg.

To see all thirteen interviews please visit http://www.isuma.tv/hi/en/defenders-land/

Comments

Everyone wants to forget

by Boston DUI lawyer

Tue, 01/11/2011 - 04:35

Everyone wants to forget about the Native American's rights! It is sad, especially since they are so visible in British Columbia. Although the Olympics solidified Canada as a top notch country, we have to wonder how great it is when it treats its Natives so badly. This is a great interview that definitely made me think.