Letter to the Editor - And still they wait

Dear Editor:
I read your editorial in the May edition of Windspeaker. I would like to tell you about our demonstration in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Womyn 4 Social Justice organized a demo in 2008. We called it Broken Records. We had everyone bring old l.p.records, and we broke them, and wrote on them, what we the people think of this terrible situation in Attawapiskat.
We had hundreds of broken records. We had Charlie Angus, and Tony Martin, iocal NDP reps, at the demo. They were bringing the records to Parliament.
We had school kids, social justice reps, agencies, band members from the two First Nations here. We had an eagle staff, and a smudging ceremony and prayer. We listened to a local elder speak of the importance of education for First Nations. It was powerful, moving, and on local television.
We anticipated good news, lots of action, and still, we wait. This is so unreal. If it were white middle class kids without healthy learning conditions and schools, it would be solved in a nano-second. And still we wait!
Our group Womyn 4 Social Justice has given a new name to Chuck Strahl, well one you can print anyway, Chuck Stall. Our thoughts and prayers are still with the people of Attawapiskat, for action and resolution to this dire situation.