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Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
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In total, we provided legal support to over 20 collectives this year including Naujawan Support Network who have recovered over $100,000 in workers' stolen wages, Voices for Unhoused Liberation who organize for the rights of people living outside and in shelter hotels, and land defenders at #1492LandBackLane
Nearly three years after he first walked onto a Caledonia construction site and became the public face of an Indigenous land defence movement known as #1492LandBackLane, Skyler Williams is a free man.
The judge cited the recognized role of land defenders in Haudenosaunee law.
While 613+ Indigenous defenders have been murdered around the world over the past decade, land defenders in Canada have faced a pattern of state violence - from Oka to Ipperwash to Wet'suwet'en - that puts their lives at risk. An overview: pbicanada.org/2022/12/01/ind… #PBIaccompanies