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Via Rail blockade by First Nations halts Montreal-Toronto trains
Protesters in Marysville, Ont., seek to draw attention to missing and murdered aboriginal women
CBC News, March 19, 2014
Protesters near the Tyendinaga Mohawk reserve in southern Ontario have blocked the Montreal-Toronto Via Rail line to draw attention to missing and murdered aboriginal women. Read the rest of this entry
Mohawk Shawn Brant says he became violently ill after jailhouse meal
Kenneth Jackson, APTN National News, March 11, 2014
Mohawk activist Shawn Brant has asked the Ontario Provincial Police not to erase cellblock video of his stay in custody Saturday after he claims to have fallen violently ill in his cell. Read the rest of this entry
Tyendinaga rail blockade leads to 3 arrests
By Jason Miller, The Intelligencer, Sunday, March 9, 2014
Shawn Brant is among three people charged in connection with a confrontation between police and native protesters at the scene of a Tyendinaga Township CN Rail blockade Saturday. Read the rest of this entry
3 Mohawks could be charged after Ontario rail blockade
Via Rail trains between Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal delayed by First Nations protest
CBC/The Canadian Press, Mar 08, 2014
Police have taken four people into custody after Mohawk protesters calling for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women occupied CN Rail tracks east of Belleville, Ont. Read the rest of this entry
Tyendinaga Mohawks to ramp up blockade over missing/murdered women inquiry
Kenneth Jackson, APTN National News, March 7, 2014
The Mohawk protesters who have been holding a blockade near Tyendinaga since Sunday are now vowing to increase the intensity in the coming days after the federal government failed to call a national inquiry Friday into missing and murdered Indigenous women. Read the rest of this entry
Tyendinaga Mohawks begin blockade for missing/murdered women
By Krystalline Kraus, Rabble.ca, March 3, 2014
As of Sunday, roughly 70 members and supporters of the Mohawks of Tyendinaga erected a blockade on Shannonville Road, pushing for the Canadian government to host a genuine inquiry into the disappearances and deaths of Indigenous women across Canada — thus stating their dissatisfaction of the Oppal Inquiry. Read the rest of this entry
Tyendinaga Mohawks begin actions for Missing/Murdered Women
By Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer, February 28, 2014 (via Red Power Media)
First Nations protesters on Friday vowed further demonstrations in the week ahead as they called for a federal inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women. Read the rest of this entry