On March 7, 2007, members of the Native Warrior Society struck down Vancouver’s Olympic Flag in Memory of Harriet Nahanee, an elder who was killed fighting against the Olympics in British Columbia. This picture is posted on our website in solidarity with the current anti-Olympics struggles of our sisters and brothers up north.
No 2010! No 2016!
Below is a communique from the Native Warrior Society regarding the action:
March 7, 2007
Coast Salish Territory [Vancouver, Canada]
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 6, 2007, we removed the Olympic Flag from its flag-pole at Vancouver City Hall. We pried open the access panel on the pole with a crowbar and, using a bolt-cutter, cut the metal cable/halyard inside, causing the flag to fall to the ground.
We claim this action in honour of Harriet Nahanee, our elder-warrior, who was given a death sentence by the BC courts for her courageous stand in defending Mother Earth.
We stand in solidarity with all those fighting against the destruction caused by the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
No Olympics on Stolen Native Land!
Native Warrior Society
Visit http://www.no2010.com/ to learn more about resistance to the 2010 games.
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