Chelsea http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/8894/0 en Nishiyuu Youth Arrive in Ottawa after 1,600 Kilometre Journey, call for unity as part of Idle No More movement http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/nishiyuu-youth-arrive-ottawa-after-1600-kilometre/16896 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dscf1679.jpg" alt="" title="Hundreds rally on Portage Bridge to greet Nishiyuu Youth. Photo: Andy Crosby" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dscf1684.jpg" alt="" title="Nishiyuu Youth Approach Victoria Island. Photo: Andy Crosby" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dscf1691.jpg" alt="" title="Nishiyuu Youth and Supporters on Victoria Island. Photo: Andy Crosby" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dscf1718.jpg" alt="" title="Nishiyuu Youth and Supporters on Victoria Island. Photo: Andy Crosby" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dscf1681.jpg" alt="" title="Nishiyuu Youth welcomed to Algonquin Territory. Photo: Andy Crosby" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Indigenous youth trekking to Ottawa from northern Quebec arrived by the hundreds on Monday, March 25. In mid January, six Cree youth from Whapmagoostui began a 1,600 kilometre &ldquo;Quest of Wisjinichu-Nishiyuu&rdquo;, a &ldquo;Quest for Unity&rdquo; as part of the burgeoning Idle No More movement.</p> <p><a href="http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/nishiyuu-youth-arrive-ottawa-after-1600-kilometre/16896" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/nishiyuu-youth-arrive-ottawa-after-1600-kilometre/16896#comments Andy Crosby Indigenous Algonquin Anishinabeg Chelsea Cree Cree Youth David Kawapit first nations Gatineau idle no more Indigenous peoples Leveller Ottawa Mohwak Nishiyuu Youth ottawa Quest for Unity Quest of Wisjinichu-Nishiyuu Theresa Spence Victoria Island Whapmagoostui Ottawa Idle No More Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:55:09 +0000 The Leveller 16896 at http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca