Come to the INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY FORUM/ INDIGENOUS RIGHTS and WILDERNESS B.C./ December 8, 1989 7 pm Robson Square Media Centre/ ADMISSION: Adults OAP, Students, Under-Employed/ Guest Speakers: A Native Spokesperson for the GITKSAN and WET'SUWET'EN PEOPLES DAVID CADMAN president of the United Nations Association in Canada KEN LAY director of Western Canada Wilderness Committee, recently returned from visiting the Penan people in the ancient rainforest of Sarawak, Malaysia/ Slides and Video Presentations Special Musical Performance by Holly Arntzen/ "It is important that we stand on the ground that was given to us many years ago," said Chief Xsimwits'in Lester Moore. In March of 1988 the Gitksans set up their first roadblock on logging roads near their home of Kispiox, British Columbia. A year ago on International Human Rights' Day, December 10, 1988, 21 Penans were arrested for blockading timber roads at Long Late, 'Apoh, Baram in Sarawak, Malaysia. Just before the blockades went up again in September of this year, 80 native representatives signed a joint statement. "We ask for help from people all over the world. We are people with a proud culture and a way of life that is built in our forest and land. Don't take our forest and culture and our dignity away."/ This forum is co-sponsored by the United Nations Association in Canada, Vancouver Branch and Western Canada Wilderness Committee's WILD project to celebrate International Human Rights' Day, December 10, 1989./ For more information and ticket reservations call: UNA 733-3912 or WCWC 669-9453
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