First Nations Knitters Plan Protest
Cowichan native knitters were upset when they saw the sweater design worn by the woman in this photo. (CBC)
On a day when Vancouver’s police chief insisted his officers would not act with a heavy hand against Olympic protesters, B.C.’s solicitor general was having to field questions about how heavily Olympic security personnel have dealt with a group of First Nations knitters.
A group of women knitters in the Cowichan First Nation on southern Vancouver Island had announced they planned a protest next week against VANOC for allegedly appropriating their classic native sweater designs. READ MORE