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Tyendinaga Mohawks have erected a tipi as part of their blockade, March 2, 2014.

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On March 8, following a week of action demanding a national inquiry into the at least 825 missing and murdered indigenous women across Canada, warriors from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory blocked the CN mainline. This action, which fell on International Women’s Day, came the day after the release of a Parliamentary report which attempted to dismiss and deny the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and prevent any meaningful response or action. This is a continuation of colonization and its inherent violence against Indigenous communities, particularly Indigenous women. For more information on missing and murdered women in Canada, please visit: missingjustice.ca

Activist Communique: Indigenous Rights Activists blockade railway in Toronto

CP train blocked in Toronto, March 12, 2014.

by Krystalline Kraus, Rabble.ca, March 14, 2014

In the middle of a snowstorm on Wednesday March 12, 2014, Indigenous Rights activists took over a Canadian Pacific (CP) railway line for over three hours – in solidarity with the Mohawks of Tyendinaga who also held a blockade to demand an authentic inquiry into the number of murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada.

Toronto: trains blocked for missing and murdered women

CP train blocked in Toronto, March 12, 2014.

March 12, 2014

A total of five trains were blocked for up to 3 hours in Toronto today in solidarity with the Tyendinaga Mohawks train blockade on the weekend.  Both actions were taken to demand a federal inquiry into the cases of missing and murdered women in Canada, predominantly Native.

Mohawk Warriors and OPP skirmish at Blockade

From March 8, 2014, confrontation at Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Posted by wc nativenews on Youtube, from APTN.

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.

Tyendinaga Mohawks to ramp up blockade over missing/murdered women inquiry

Ontario Provincial Police at Tyendinaga blockade, March 2014. Photo by Dawn Barger.

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.

Tyendinaga Mohawks begin blockade for missing/murdered women

Tyendinaga Mohawks have erected a tipi as part of their blockade, March 2, 2014.

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.

Tyendinaga Mohawks begin actions for Missing/Murdered Women

Ontario Provincial Police at the site of Tyendinaga Mohawk protest, Feb 28, 2014.

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.

Loretta Saunders homicide sparks call by native group for public inquiry

Loretta Saunders.

Inuk student was studying missing and murdered aboriginal women

CBC News, Feb 26, 2014

The slaying of Loretta Saunders should trigger a national inquiry into the hundreds of murdered and missing aboriginal women in Canada, the president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association says.

Marchers in Grassy Narrows raise awareness of violence against women

By Alan S. Hale, Kenora Daily Miner and News, November 19, 2013

Protesting violence against women, Grassy Narrows, Ontario, Nov 18, 2013.

A group of about 20 women, their children and a few young men marched down the main road in Grassy Narrows First Nation on Monday afternoon, Nov. 18, to raise awareness of the problem of violence against women plaguing their community.