NYM UPDATE

Native Youth Movement Update

October 20th, 2006

NYM Warrior Kiko Free

We would like to thank everyone out there that gave Kiko support to help get him out of jail. Kiko has now been deported out of KKKanada and was told that it is because he was charged and sentenced in BC in 2001 for an incident at Skwelkwek'welt during the Sun Peaks land struggle. There have been over 70 arrests of Secwepemc Elders, women, Warriors and their allies during 2001. Criminalization of innocent grassroots people fighting for our Sacred Sites and our traditional territories is the way the governments of BC and Canada handle this situation. The border issue is also a big issue facing indigenous peoples and criminalization is their way they deal with this as well. NYM will continue to fight against these injustices, for our Land and the freedom of our Peoples. Bo-matum, Kukstsemc, Thank you.

Check out the Save the Peaks event in Flagstaff, AZ - October 21, 2006

Native Youth Movement

Documentary Screenings & Discussion on Sacred Lands Protection

with Representatives from the Native Youth Movement Warrior Society

Applesauce Tea House

319 S. San Francisco st.

Flagstaff, AZ

Saturday, October 21st

5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Free & open to the public!

The Native Youth Movement (NYM) Warrior Society has been struggling to protect their Sacred mountains near Vancouver, Canada known as Skwelkwek'welt.

Sun Peaks ski resort has threatened massive expansion on their sacred mountains. With road blocks, re-occupation and other forms of direct action, NYM has been struggling to save their Peaks!

Speakers:
Kanahus Pellkey from the Secwepemc Native Youth Movement Warrior Society

Documentaries:

"Native Youth Movement - Take Back the Land"- (30min) - Secwepemc NYM and community re-occupy their traditional territory in their Sacred mountains Skwelkwek'welt to defend it from the expansion of a massive all-seasons resort, Sun Peaks. It shows what force the governments of Canada, BC and the police go to in order to remove these Warriors, Elders and Women from Taking Back the Land.

"NYM Roadblock"- (30min) - Native Youth Movement Warriors block the main road leading into Sun Peaks Resort. "We blocked access that day because they have blocked access to our Sacred Mountains and way of life."

"Skwelkwek'welt Protection Center" - (30min) - Secwepemc Elders and Warriors occupy a parcel of land at the entrance to the Sun Peaks Resort to assert jurisdiction over our Lands and monitor the destructive activities of Sun Peaks, while informing all visiters to the resort that this is unceded Secwepemc Land and to Boycott this resort. The BC courts order the removal of the Elders and the RCMP move in to forcibly remove our Elders.

"All of our Sacred Sites and mountains are at risk, this is one struggle. They hurt one of us, they hurt all of us, they destroy one mountain and sacred site they are hurting all mountains and Sacred Sites."

NYM Communications

NATIVE YOUTH MOVEMENT FIGHT FOR LIFE WARRIORS UNITE FROM ALASKA TO ARGENTINA