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Bodies Needed
Title (Dublin Core)
Bodies Needed
Description (Dublin Core)
This is an image of a protest blockade in support of a jailed Indigenous elder, who was arrested for protesting at the Trans Mountain pipeline construction sites in Burnaby, BC. The elder, Stacy Gallagher was arrested while preforming a smudging ceremony. This blockade was organized by the Braided Warriors, calls on their social media platforms brought more bodies to help maintain the barracade against the agents of the Canadian state and the Crown.
The post's description stated,
"BODIES NEEDED AT CLARK AND HASTINGS: 6:22AM, MARCH 3RD.
Bodies needed ASAP to protect our Indigenous youth, elders, mothers, and children.
We saw what happens when youth put a call out for support and nobody showed up - Indigenous youth, mothers, and elders were violently attacked - left with concussions and lasting injuries we are still recovering from. Numbers are low and early morning is typically when police move in. People have been holding it down here all night, and need bodies down here immediately.
When our numbers dwindle, we are in danger.
The Crown will not hesitate to criminalize Indigenous peoples.
Your inaction is complacency, and complacency is violence.
Put your body on the line.
PROTECT OUR INDIGENOUS CHILDREN, YOUTH, MOTHERS, AND ELDERS. PROTECT THE SACRED FIRE."
The comments of this post have messages of solidarity, people organizing for food and water, and those stating they would be arriving on the scene to help.
The post's description stated,
"BODIES NEEDED AT CLARK AND HASTINGS: 6:22AM, MARCH 3RD.
Bodies needed ASAP to protect our Indigenous youth, elders, mothers, and children.
We saw what happens when youth put a call out for support and nobody showed up - Indigenous youth, mothers, and elders were violently attacked - left with concussions and lasting injuries we are still recovering from. Numbers are low and early morning is typically when police move in. People have been holding it down here all night, and need bodies down here immediately.
When our numbers dwindle, we are in danger.
The Crown will not hesitate to criminalize Indigenous peoples.
Your inaction is complacency, and complacency is violence.
Put your body on the line.
PROTECT OUR INDIGENOUS CHILDREN, YOUTH, MOTHERS, AND ELDERS. PROTECT THE SACRED FIRE."
The comments of this post have messages of solidarity, people organizing for food and water, and those stating they would be arriving on the scene to help.
Date (Dublin Core)
Creator (Dublin Core)
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
text
social media
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Source (Dublin Core)
Braided Warriors
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Instagram
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Business & Industry
English
Conflict
English
Environment & Landscape
English
Government Federal
English
Politics
English
Protest
English
Race & Ethnicity
English
Social Issues
English
Social Media (including Memes)
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Collection (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
04/25/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
05/11/2021
05/16/2021
06/11/2021
Date Created (Dublin Core)
03/03/2021
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This item was submitted on April 25, 2021 by Padraic Cohen using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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