THIS SAT 2/4: 13th Annual NW Leonard Peltier March
From:
TACOMA LEONARD PELTIER SUPPORT GROUP
P.O. BOX 5464
TACOMA, WA 98415-0464
Tacoma-lpsg@ojibwe.us or bayou@blarg.net

As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a
mighty fist.
--Sitting Bull-


"I have no doubt whatsoever that the real motivation behind both Wounded
Knee II and the Oglala firefight, and much of the turmoil throughout Indian
Country since the early 1970s, was-and is-the mining companies' desire to
muffle AIM and all traditional Indian people, who sought-and still seek-to
protect the land, water, and air from their thefts and depredations. In this
sad and tragic age we live in, to come to the defense of Mother Earth is to
be branded a criminal."
-- Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings --

I'M STILL HERE. I am all at once saddened, exhilarated, angry, proud,
defiant, and puzzled by that fact. Here in prison, after 28 years (30 years
now) of unjust incarceration, I am a living example of the injustice,
racism, fear, and inequity that still exists in some parts of the United
States of America. This is particularly true when it comes to America's
views and actions towards Indian people. Residing in the best hopes of all
of us is the dream that America has moved away from the days of hostility
towards the Indigenous people of this land. And yet, we are shown with daily
regularity, a reality that defies this dream. A reality that American
Indians are incarcerated at a disproportionately high rate. A reality that
American Indians are denied decent health care, housing, and education. A
reality so dire, that the United States Civil Rights Commission has had to
address it, calling it "A Quiet Crisis."
Leonard Peltier

13th ANNUAL NORTHWEST REGIONAL
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH LEONARD PELTIER
MARCH AND RALLY FOR JUSTICE
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2006, TACOMA

12:00 NOON: MARCH FOR JUSTICE
Portland Ave. Park (on Portland Ave. between E. 35th and E. Fairbanks Ave.
Take Portland Ave. exit off I-5 and head east)

1:00 PM: RALLY FOR JUSTICE
U.S. Federal Court House, 1717 Pacific Ave.

AFTER RALLY POTLUCK MEAL AND GET TOGETHER-YOUTH EMERGING
Around 4:00 pm. At the First United Methodist Church, 423 Martin Luther
King Jr Way. From the rally go south up the hill to Martin Luther King Jr
Way and turn right. The church is right next to a large hospital. The meal
and gathering is hosted in support of Leonard by the local Tacoma group
People for Peace, Justice and Healing. We will be providing a Spaghetti
dinner as previously. We welcome salad, desserts and traditional foods, or
other foods that people would like to contribute to the dinner. Please
contact Sol Riou at sparkingwaves@hotmail.com or 253-377-6078. if you plan
to bring food for the meal and for other information on how you can help.
SALMON MUST BE COOKED. We will have three places that you may bring the
food, our preference is that you bring it to the beginning of the March, by
11:30 am if possible. However, we will have a pickup location at the
Courthouse, by 12:30 pm if possible, with the exact corner to be announced
later. We will accept donations at the Church also.
PROGRAM FOR RALLY AND AFTER RALLY MEAL

Co-MC's:
Harold Belmont: Coastal Native Elder, Native People's Alliance With Friends
and Allies
Pete Sanchez; Ktunaxa (Kutenai)

Spiritual Opening and Closing Words:
Dorothy Ackerman; Lakota Elder

NW AIM Drum

Performances by:
The Aztec Dancers
United Nations: Native Rap Activists

Speakers:

Opening:
Shelly Vendiola: Indigenous Women's Network.

Carter Camp; Wounded Knee II Vet, Oklahoma AIM
Matilaja: Yu'Pik/Yakama
Wolverine: Shuswap Elder
Arthur J. Miller, Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group
Kerwin Hemlock: Longtime Native Activist
Vic Camp: Owe Aku, Pine Ridge
Juan Jose Bocanegra: Every Worker's Movement
Donna Denina: Coordinator for the Gabriela Network Seattle Chapter
Zoltan Grossman: Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, Faculty Evergreen's
Native American Studies
Fr. Bill Bichsel: Catholic Worker, JWJ, IWW, SOAW
Josh Reisberg: Spoken Word Artist
Gifted Grizzly

AFTER RALLY MEAL: YOUTH EMERGING

Steve Hapy: MC, Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group
Poj Camp; Pine Ridge
B.J. Gleason: Turtle Mountain Anishinabe
Billie Pierre: Vancouver Native Youth Movement
Performance by:
United Nations: Native Rap Activists
Closing words:
Dorothy Ackerman; Lakota Elder.


CARVANS FOR JUSTICE (Carpools)

SEATTLE: Meet at the Red Apple parking lot at 23rd and Jackson. Will be
leaving at 10:00 am.

OLYMPIA: There will be a carpool leaving from the parking lot at Harrison
and Division at 10:30.