A copy of the Letter of Demand to the Queen of England is reproduced below.
Issued 24 January, 2008.
Public Notice
Letter of Demand from Elders and Members of The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared
23 January, 2008
To: Elizabeth Windsor, aka "Queen of Great Britain"
Buckingham Palace,
London, England
(transmitted through the office and person of Michaelle Jean, Governor-General of Canada)
Dear Ms. Windsor,
This Public Letter of Demand is issued to you, Elizabeth Windsor, as one who claims the title and fiduciary responsibility of Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, and Head of the Church of England in Canada, aka the Anglican Church.
We, as the friends and relatives of tens of thousands of children who died or were murdered in Indian Residential Schools in Canada established and run by your Church of England and the British Crown from 1867 to 1996, do hereby demand that you, Elizabeth Windsor, in your capacity as Queen of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, and Head of the Church of England, publicly disclose the cause of death, and whereabouts of the buried remains, of all children who died in Indian Residential Schools operated by the Church of England in Canada, aka the Anglican Church.
This Common Law Notice also requires that you, Elizabeth Windsor, arrange the immediate repatriation without conditions of the remains of these persons to their homes for a proper burial.
This Common Law Notice also requires that you, Elizabeth Windsor, publicly name and surrender all person in or employed by the government of Canada and the Anglican Church who are responsible for or complicit in these deaths and disappearances, and all documents and evidence related to the same.
This Common Law Notice also requires that you, Elizabeth Windsor, compel the government of Canada through its Governor-General to comply with these requirements of natural justice and international law.
If you, Elizabeth Windsor, fail to comply with these requirements within thirty (30) days of your receiving this notice through the medium of the Governor-General of Canada, it will be assumed that you do not dispute the claims contained herein, and legal action may be commenced against you.
Sincerely,
Jeremiah Jourdain
on behalf of The Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared
Issued under the Tribal Land Law Jurisdiction of the Squamish Nation on unceded Squamish Territory
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