tent embassy

Noun

 * 1)  A semipermanent encampment set up as the focal point of a protest, particularly with regard to the rights of indigenous people.
 * 2) * 1985, Jens Brøsted, Jens Dahl (editors), Native Power: The Quest for Autonomy and Nationhood of Indigenous Peoples, Scandinavian University Press, page 55,
 * Outstanding examples of this genre of moral opposition are the tent embassies erected at different times in Washington, Canberra, Ottawa, Oslo and other capital cities.