2/1/08

2010 Olympics will not be all fun and games

MONTREAL - Kanahus Pellkey says if aboriginals have their way, the 2010 Winter Olympics will not be all fun and games.

She and Dustin Johnson, two members of the Native Youth Movement from British Columbia, brought that message to Montreal Thursday.

"The world is not welcome to our territories," Pellkey told reporters during a news conference held at the Olympic Stadium, the main site of the 1976 Summer Games.

"This is all stolen land, here as well as on the West Coast."

ARTICLE COMPILATION:

- CP: 2010 Olympics will not be all fun and games

- CBC: Protesters say Olympics not welcome on stolen land

- McGill Daily: Native youth protest 2010 Olympics games

- Vancouver Sun: Military preparing to commit "thousands" to secure 2010 Games


AUDIO:

- Press Conference at Montreal's Olympic Stadium (January 31, 2008)

- Presentation by Kanahus Pellkey and Dustin Johnson at the Native Friendship Center of Montreal (January 31, 2008): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3

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