Books 2 Prisoners presents. Through the Walls: First Nations and the White Man's Jail

La Quena Coffeehouse, 1111 Commercial Drive Books 2 Prisoners presents. THROUGH THE WALLS FIRST NATIONS AND THE WHITE MAN'S JAIL/ SPEAKERS Seis'lom- From the Lil'wat Nation. As well as working with the ex-prisoners, he has been actively involved in the struggle for religious freedom i...

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Main Author: Books 2 Prisonerset al
Format: Still Image
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Published: 1989
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Online Access:https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/perryposters-4/books-2-prisoners-presents-through-walls-first-nations-and-white-mans-jail
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Summary:La Quena Coffeehouse, 1111 Commercial Drive Books 2 Prisoners presents. THROUGH THE WALLS FIRST NATIONS AND THE WHITE MAN'S JAIL/ SPEAKERS Seis'lom- From the Lil'wat Nation. As well as working with the ex-prisoners, he has been actively involved in the struggle for religious freedom inside prisons; his work focuses on bringing sweatlodge ceremonies inside/ Alicia Mercurio- Worked with both the BC and Alberta Human Rights Commision [sic], former coordinator for the First Nations Program at Matsqui Prison/ Denni Dube- Native liaison councellor [sic] at the BurnabyCorrectional [sic] Centre for Women/ VIDEO Shasta Woman- The Story Of Norma Jean Croy- She is a First Nations Woman serving a life sentence in a US prison. Although she never fired a weapon Norma Croy was charged with the first degree murder of a cop. To this day the courts have refused to hear evidence of her innocence/ ADMIT NOTHING PAY AT THE DOOR/ THURSDAY APRIL 6TH AT 8:00PM LA QUENA COFFEEHOUSE 1111 COMMERCIAL DR./ proceeds will go to Books 2 Prisoners and the Norma Jean Croy defence fund