Indigenous Haudenausonee
and settlers weave a future
after an agreement's first
400 years.

"Where is Palestine?" I asked my mother.

"You don’t know?!" she replied incredulously. "Palestine isn’t a real place. It doesn’t exist."

Prayers for Peacemakers, February 6, 2013

Pray that heirs of the Two Row Wampum Covenant of 1613, between North American natives and settlers, may be honored by care for the earth and mutual respect among nations in the Hudson River area and throughout North America.

Four hundred years after a landmark 
covenant between the Haudenosaunee
and European settlers, the earth and
many nations are hoping for a renewal
of commitments to honor it.

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence will
end her sacred fast, which began 11
December 2012, on Thursday morning,
24 January. 

Pray with Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence, on hunger strike since December 11, that she and other indigenous leaders be granted a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General David Johnston to address treaty rights being threatened by new Canadian laws.

Amid reports that Chief Theresa Spence, on hunger strike since December 11, is weakening, Christian Peacemaker Teams' Aboriginal Justice Team requests prayer support for her and the Idle No More movement, and communications to two government officials.

As the First Nations-led Idle No More
movement shakes Canadian efforts
to alter the legislative landscape,
there are more areas than just one
worthy of an auditor's scrutiny.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has agreed to meet
with First Nations leaders on 11 January. Attawapiskat Chief
Theresa Spence, whose 25-day hunger strike forced the meeting,
wants the Governor General, Queen Elizabeth II’s Representative
in Canada, to be there too.

Aamjiwnaang First Nation, near Sarnia, Ontario,
has set up a railroad blockade to support Chief
Theresa Spence's hunger strike and Aboriginal
rights under threat by sweeping Canadian
legislation.