- Faneuil Hall was built in 1742. It has served as a marketplace and meeting hall ever since.
- Faneuil Hall is sometimes referred to as the Cradle of liberty.
- Faneuil Hall is located near the waterfront and Government Center in Boston. It is a well known stop on the Freedom Trail.
- The ground floor contains shops and eating establishments. The second floor is a meeting room. The third floor contains the museum and armory of the Ancient and Honerable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.
- Faneuil Hall Marketplace also includes three long granite buildings called North Market, South Market, and Quincy Market. It operates as an indoor/outdoor mall and food eatery.
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The Founders and many of the
organizers of Idle No More from Across Canada have been given word that
the Leadership is calling for action in the name of Idle No More.
They have also stated in a press release that they have met with Idle No More representatives that support this call. We would like to state that this is FALSE.
The Chiefs have called for action and anyone who chooses can join with them, however this is not part of the Idle No More movement as the vision of this grassroots movement does not coincide with the visions of the Leadership. While we appreciate the individual support we have received from Chiefs and counselors, we have been given a clear mandate by the grassroots to work outside of the systems of government and that is what we will continue to do. We are not trying to have division amongst this movement! However Chief Nepinak stated, "we are behind the grassroots people". Please let others know!!!!
Awake, Hungry, and Idle No More
From: http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/15234-focus-awake-hungry-and-idle-no-more
26 December 12
I woke up just past midnight with a bolt. My six-month-old son was crying. He has a cold - the second of his short life– and his blocked nose frightens him. I was about to get up when he started snoring again. I, on the other hand, was wide awake.
A single thought entered my head: Chief Theresa Spence
is hungry. Actually it wasn’t a thought. It was a feeling. The feeling
of hunger. Lying in my dark room, I pictured the chief of the
Attawapiskat First Nation lying on a pile of blankets in her teepee
across from Parliament Hill, entering day 14 of her hunger strike.
I had of course been following Chief Spence’s protest
and her demand to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper to discuss the
plight of her people and his demolition of treaty rights through
omnibus legislation. I had worried about her. Supported her. Helped
circulate the petitions. But now, before the distancing filters of light
and reason had a chance to intervene, I felt her. The determination
behind her hunger. The radicality of choosing this time of year, a time
of so much stuffing -mouths, birds, stockings -to say: I am hungry. My
people are hungry. So many people are hungry and homeless. Your new laws
will only lead to more of this misery. Can we talk about it like human
beings?
Lying there, I imagined another resolve too - Prime
Minister Harper’s. Telling himself: I will not meet with her. I will not
cave in to her. I will not be forced to do anything.
Mr. Harper may relent, scared of the political fallout
from letting this great leader die. I dearly hope he does. I want Chief
Spence to eat. But I won’t soon forget this clash between these two
very different kinds of resolve, one so sealed off, closed in; the other
cracked wide open, a conduit for the pain of the world.
But Chief Spence’s hunger is not just speaking to Mr.
Harper. It is also speaking to all of us, telling us that the time for
bitching and moaning is over. Now is the time to act, to stand strong
and unbending for the people, places and principles that we love.
This message is a potent gift. So is the Idle No More
movement - its name at once a firm commitment to the future, while at
the same time a gentle self-criticism of the past. We did sit idly by,
but no more.
The greatest blessing of all, however, is indigenous sovereignty itself. It is the huge stretches of this country that have never been ceded by war or treaty. It is the treaties signed and still recognized by our courts. If Canadians have a chance of stopping Mr. Harper’s planet-trashing plans, it will be because these legally binding rights -backed up by mass movements, court challenges, and direct action will stand in his way. All Canadians should offer our deepest thanks that our indigenous brothers and sisters have protected their land rights for all these generations, refusing to turn them into one-off payments, no matter how badly they were needed. These are the rights Mr. Harper is trying to extinguish now.
During this season of light and magic, something truly
magical is spreading. There are round dances by the dollar stores.
There are drums drowning out muzak in shopping malls. There are eagle
feathers upstaging the fake Santas. The people whose land our founders
stole and whose culture they tried to stamp out are rising up, hungry
for justice. Canada’s roots are showing. And these roots will make us
all stand stronger.
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