KESPUKWITK – Over 100 people attended the Kespukwitk district organizing meeting held by the Micmac Rights Association on Tuesday, February 11th 2025 at the Old Orchard Inn. The meeting shared information about the ongoing treaty breaking activities of the RCMP who have been rampaging across Mi’kma’ki raiding Mi’kmaw truckhouses and homes, stealing shops, beating up and traumatizing Mi’kmaw men, women, children, and pets. In addition to their violence, RCMP officers have been desecrating sacred objects and stealing personal property. After hearing from impacted Mi’kmaw entrepreneurs, the meeting unanimously adopted the following action plan to respond to the lawbreaking actions of the RCMP.
WE DEMAND
- An immediate end to RCMP raids on Mi’kmaw truckhouses and the immediate return of all property seized by the RCMP.
- A public apology from the RCMP to all the Mi’kmaw people that they traumatized and intimidated in their raids.
- The permanent banning of all RCMP officers who committed acts of violence against Mi’kmaw people and their pets, and who traumatized Mi’kmaw youth from all Mi’kmaw communities.
- A meeting with the RCMP leadership to address the issue of their racism and violation of Mi’kmaw Aboriginal and treaty rights and the adoption of a communication protocol between the MRA and the RCMP.
- A meeting with the Attorney General of Nova Scotia and the provincial leadership to address their violation of Mi’kmaw Aboriginal and treaty rights and the adoption of a communication protocol between the MRA and the province.
HOW WE WILL WIN OUR DEMANDS
- The MRA calls on all individuals and organization who support our demands to sign our petition and to join our Action Plan Organizing Committee.
- We call for a boycott on the towing companies illegally removing Mi’kmaw truckhouses.
- The MRA will file legal applications demanding the return of illegally seized property in the Nova Scotia courts.
- The MRA will deliver a letter to the RCMP and the Province listing our demands.
- The MRA shall organize a public protest and information picket on the Angus L. MacDonald Bridge at noon on March 10th. Meet at the intersection of Wyse Rd. and Nantucket Ave https://maps.app.goo.gl/4UobdMj7uJbbm1Z76.
- The MRA is announcing the holding of a “National Day of Protest against the Violation of Mi’kmaw Aboriginal and Treaty Rights” on National Indigenous Day, June 21st, 2025. We call for co-ordinated actions everywhere on Turtle Island beginning at noon.
- On June 21, 2025 the 15 year old Mi’kmaw boy who was traumatized by RCMP officers (who kicked his bathroom door in and made him wipe himself in front of them and seized his phone), will lead a 111km march from Annapolis Valley First Nation to the Dartmouth RCMP Headquarters at 80 Garland Ave, Dartmouth, NS to receive an apology from the RCMP and to get his phone back. He will also be asking for the piggy bank stolen from another youth in the reserve in the raids. We will stay at the RCMP headquarters until they agree to the apology, so bring tents and firewood and join in on the walk.
- The MRA is organizing a series of regional organizing meetings as well as online Zoom meetings, culminating in a day-long MRA meeting on Sept 31 2025 before the October 1 Treaty Day event in Halifax. The goal for the protests is to have our demands met. If the RCMP meets our demands, the MRA can decide to call off the protests.
Get involved: Join the organizing committee on Signal by clicking this link: https://tinyurl.com/b7u94mt8
Sign the Petition: https://tinyurl.com/zfkn3m7z
Join the MRA: Visit www.micmacrights.com/join and fill out the form to join our Association.For more information and media interviews: email micmacrights@gmail.com
Join the MRA: Visit www.micmacrights.com/join and fill out the form to join our Association.
For more information and media interviews: email micmacrights@gmail.com
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