Request for Support

Lonefighter Leader Milton Born-With-A-Tooth
(Peigan Nation, of the Blackfoot Confederacy)
wants you to know about the Trail of Tears Campaign

This 2006 Trail of Tears campaign is specifically about Indian Affairs' Third Party Management and other Co-Management policies and takeovers of First Nations (FN) across Canada. The federal government dresses up "Third Party" in "accountability" and "fiscal responsibility" clothes, saying that federal financial takeovers will make FN government services work better for the People. With this "spin" on things, some grass roots FN people and Canadians could be tricked by INAC's propaganda -- even those who really care about justice and self-determination for First Nations.

The Trail of Tears campaign challenges this type of SOFT thinking...

INAC must not be involved in running First Nations' governments. This is just another of Indian Affairs' extermination policies -- just another way of doing indigenous cultural genocide.

Exposing the truth about Third Party and Co-Management is very important for all who support unity, justice, peace and Right Relationship.

After reading the attached first three information Bulletins from the Trail of Tears campaign, you may be interested in supporting the efforts of Lonefighter Leader Milton Born-With-A-Tooth. You can help by taking one or more of the following steps:

1) Share this message and the attached information around to others. The Trail of Tears campaign is about community education, grass roots mobilization, and action! INAC does not want the Truth about their policies brought out into the light across Canada and FN Territories. The more people who know what Milton is doing, and why he is doing it -- the better for all of us!

2) If you -- or an organization you belong to -- agree with the purpose of this campaign, we ask you to endorse our demand for a Full and Fair Public Inquiry into Third Party Management. Send us an email saying that you support this campaign, and we'll put you on our network list.

3) Write personally, or through your group, to the leaders of Canada's political parties to ask for this Public Inquiry. Full contact information for these leaders is provided in Bulletin #1. Kindly send us a copy of what you write, for our records.

4) Make a financial or in-kind donation to our campaign. We are in the process of setting up the administration systems. However, the campaign is already underway. At the moment, all the work is being done on a voluntary and donated basis. If you can contribute ANYTHING at all, please reply to this email address -- Milton will
respond directly to you.

Thanks for taking the time to read this material. Let us know what you think about the issues.

Respectfully in solidarity,

Ann Pohl
Communications Coordinator
Trail of Tears Campaign

Four Directions Communications
Bass River, N.B. E4T 1H3
(506) 785-2998
trailoftears2006@gmail.com