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Maltais founded La Tribu
In 1973, Maltais founded La Tribu, an ecological group. They later changed their name to Ecoovie. -
The Group Moved
The group moved to Paris in 1978 and began to sell natural products. -
World Wide Tour
In 1984, the group embarked on a worldwide tour to plant trees and spread their philosophy. -
Founding Of Religion
The Iriadamant camp was founded by the French-Canadian Pierre Doris Maltais. -
They Came To Finland
The group came to Finland via Sweden after walking from Italy in 1991 -
Granted Residents
They were granted a residence permit until the end of July 1992. It was reported that the group initially included about 140 people. -
Finnish Rural Party
At the end of March 1993, MP Tina Mäkelä of the Finnish Rural Party submitted a written question in the parliament about the residence of the Iriadamant Indians in Finland. -
Walking Speech
In the summer of 1993, the group performed a "Walking Speech" across Finland. The Iriadamant spread their philosophy and gathered signatures for a petition showing support for the movement. Overall, 7,000 signatures were accrued and the petition was sent to president Mauno Koivisto. -
Ending
The members of the group, of which there were 56 in the final stage, had announced that they would depart the country from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport on November 3, 1993. However, they did not appear. In actuality, a busload of passportless Iriadamant drove across the border to Sweden and down to the Netherlands. The group made it as far as Italy before they decided to disband. -
Death Of the Leader
In 1993, a Belgian court charged Maltais of, among other things, fraud and embezzlement. He escaped prosecution. He later moved to Nicaragua, where he allegedly died in 2015.