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Prayers for peacemakers, January 23, 2013

January 23rd, 2013
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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.

ABORIGINAL JUSTICE PRAYER/ACTION ALERT: Urge officials to meet with First Nations leaders

January 18th, 2013
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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.

ABORIGINAL JUSTICE REFLECTION: Attawapiskat audit not the issue

January 15th, 2013
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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.

ABORIGINAL JUSTICE BREAKING NEWS: Prime Minister Harper to meet with First Nations Chief

January 4th, 2013
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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.

ABORIGINAL JUSTICE REFLECTION: A visit to Aamjiwnaang

December 27th, 2012
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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.