inquiring waldo: from a First Nations perspective, what relationship/authority, grants standing for the (Ontario) Tyendinaga Mohawk First Nation to protest in solidarity with the (B.C.) Wet’suwet’en First Nation?
Freedom of expression.
You don't let any civilians blockade or threaten to blockade railways, roads, or whatnot. That's not free speech, it's coercion and disturbing the peace and it's illegal.
notwithstanding the illegal actions and the refusal to recognize and respond to an Ontario Court injunction, my ask was about the First Nation relationship ((Ontario) Tyendinaga Mohawk & (B.C.) Wet’suwet’en) that exists (if any) to effect a, "protest in solidarity" - a phrase appearing extensively in media coverage; again:
statement made by the 'Belleville area' protesters (as circulating on social media) - asserts they will remain until RCMP vacate their presence in, 'Wet’suwet’en traditional territories':
In regards to the injunction served on the people of Tyendinaga, We the people refuse to have your laws imposed upon us. We have, and have always had, our own laws and customs, prior to, during and thereafter your attempts at genocide and assimilation.
A paper ordering us to vacate our land, and or allow passage of foreign goods through our territory is meaningless. We will stand our ground, and as stated, not leave until the RCMP pull out of Wet’suwet’en traditional territories
that's quite a conditional (and emboldened) assertion being made by the Tyendinaga Mohawk - that they will remain protesting until the RCMP leaves the claimed 'Wet’suwet’en land.
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