Urgent Help-NYM Warrior Held Captive

NYM Communications wrote:

From: "NYM Communications"
To: nymcommunications@hotmail.com
Subject: Urgent Help-NYM Warrior Held Captive
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:35:29 +0000

****URGENT HELP NEEDED NYM WARRIOR HELD CAPTIVE IN VANCOUVER CITY CELLS****
***HELP FREE KIKO, NYM WARRIOR---CONTRIBUTE TO WARRIORS RANSOM BAIL****


We are in urgent need of your support. Kiko, Native Youth Movement Warrior,
was arrested by the Vancouver Police yesterday, Tuesday, October 13th, 2006,
in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is being held captive for ransom. The vehicle
that his family was driving in was targeted and followed by the Vancouver
Police and when his family stopped at a gas station, the police blocked
access and began to harass the family. The police told Kiko’s wife,
Kanahus, that the reason for being harassed was that the license plate
didn’t match up on the vehicle, but even after this was clarified and all
paper work was produced, they demanded to know the identity of the
passengers, the police only concern was to make an arrest. Kanahus was
threatened by the police that she will be arrested for “obstruction of a
police officer” if she didn’t let them interrogate her passengers. This
family has been targeted by the police on many occasions for the work that
they do with Native Youth Movement and the fight for the Indigenous land
struggle. Kiko is now being held captive with no criminal charges laid, but
on an immigration issue, which is unknown until later on today.

Kiko, is an indigenous Taino Warrior with the Native Youth Movement, he was
adopted by a Lil’wat family in Mount Currie through the indigenous ways and
is married through Indigenous Laws and customs to a Secwepemc indigenous
woman from here in BC and they have two children together. On paper, his
citizenship is in the US.

How can Indigenous People be told by the invaders / colonizers that we are
“illegal aliens”, we were here far before the borders. Our Laws and customs
must be honored and respected; we have rights from our Creator to continue
to practice our Ways of Life, to conduct our marriage and adoption
ceremonies in our Indigenous way. Kiko has every right to be in our
country, in our Territory, he is married into the Secwepemc Nation and has
rights to be here with his family.

The lawyer has asked us to raise $1000 CAD for his ransom (bail). We have
received $250 so far, we are now seeking $750. Any help you can give is
gratefully appreciated. You can donate several ways.

If you are in Vancouver and would like to drop off a cash donation you can
do that to Harjap at
12 E. Hastings St.
Harjap’s contact info is (778) 552-2099 or email: harjap@resist.ca

Or deposit into Scotiabank Institution #002, Transit #10140, Account #
0105082,
Routing # 026002532

Any donations from the US can be donated to the above account through wire
transfer all the information needed is there. If you would like to send via
Western Union you may to Amanda Soper, in Vancouver, BC, the info we would
need on this end is the name of the sender and the place sent from in order
for us to pick up.

Let us know of your donations by calling (604) 682- 3269 ext. 7845 or
emailing us at nymcommunications@hotmail.com


KUKSTSEMC, BO-MATUM, THANK YOU
For all the help and contributions.


NYM Communications
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