the front, when the police arrived. the men said they would watch and protect us if anything happened. so, on the morning ofjuly11th, we were interrupted at 5:15 in the morning by a swat team and so we went towards the front of the barricade, towards the highway, with our hands in the air to make sure that they saw we had no weapons. but they still met us with a lot of aggression and a lot of force. what i said to them was that this is our land and we have every right to be here. they were not too happy with that. that s why they wanted to talk to a man, because the women were, i guess, being very unreasonable to them. 0riginally, people said there would be no weapons, but there were individuals who carried their weapons. we couldn t do anything about it. we said, it s a peaceful barricade. around 8:30, the police started firing tear gas and concussion grenades at us. concussion grenades,
we set up a blockade on a secondary dirt road. at that time, the majority of the people who were at the barricades were women. 0ur matrilineal, our clans come from our mothers, and we are the ones who are supposed to protect the land and it s the duty of the men to protect the people. the women said we would go to the front, when the police arrived. the men said they would watch and protect us if anything happened. so on the morning ofjuly11th, we were interrupted at 5:15 in the morning by a swat team and so we went towards the front of the barricade, towards the highway, with our hands in the air to make sure that they saw we had no weapons. but they still met us with a lot of aggression and a lot of force. what i said to them was that this is our land and we have every right to be here. they were not too happy with that. that s why they wanted to talk to a man, because the women were, i guess, being very
like many other indigenous peoples, we call the earth our mother. the place where our ancestors rest is extremely important. they wanted to extend their nine hole golf course into an 18 hole golf course, but at the same time, they also wanted to dig up our burial ground to extend their parking lot. we set up a blockade on a secondary dirt road. at that time, the majority of the people who were at the barricades were women. our matrilineal, our clans come from our mothers, and we are the ones who are supposed to protect the land and it s the duty of the men to protect the people. the women said we would go to the front, when the police arrived. the men said they would watch and protect us if anything happened. so on the morning ofjuly11th, we were interrupted at 5:15 in the morning by a swat team and so we went towards the front of the barricade, towards the highway,
we set up a blockade on a secondary dirt road. at that time, the majority of the people who were at the barricades were women. our matrilineal, our clans come from our mothers, and we are the ones who are supposed to protect the land and it s the duty of the men to protect the people. the women said we would go to the front, when the police arrived. the men said they would watch and protect us if anything happened. so on the morning ofjuly11th, we were interrupted at 5:15 in the morning by a swat team and so we went towards the front of the barricade, towards the highway, with our hands in the air to make sure that they saw we had no weapons. but they still met us with a lot of aggression and a lot of force. what i said to them was that this is our land and we have every right to be here. they were not too happy with that. that s why they wanted to talk to a man, because the women were, i guess, being very unreasonable to them. originally, people said