Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence Speaks On Parliament Hill 2012 Part 2 of 2

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence stood at the steps leading up to the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill Monday and said she was willing to die if the federal government ignored her call for a meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Queen Elizabeth II and First Nations leaders. Spence plans to begin her hunger strike Tuesday morning after a sunrise ceremony on Victoria Island, just up the Ottawa River from Parliament Hill. I am willing to die for my people, the pain is too much, said Spence. Somebody asked me if I was afraid to die. No, I am not afraid to die, it s a journey we have to go on and I will go and I am looking forward to