[antiwar-van] Tomorrow! Resistance without Reservation

[Harsha W.]

RESISTANCE WITHOUT RESERVATION!

As part of Indigenous Sovereignty Week and building resistance to the
Olympic Torch Relay, join us in an evening of powerful films, dignified
food, inspiring speakers, and rebel performers.

Thursday Oct 29.
Doors and food @ 6 pm
Event begins @ 6:30 pm
On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133963917949

706 Clarke Drive (3 blocks south of Hastings)
Bus route #22, 10, 16, 20
Child-friendly. Bus tickets available


* Kat Norris: founder of Indigenous Action Movement and survivor of the
Kuper Island Residential School. Kat joined the American Indian Movement
and has been anl activist since. Most recently, she has been organizing
against police abuses and her biggest success is the Frank Paul Inquiry.

* Carol Martin: Nisga'a/Gitanyow and member of Downtown Eastside Elders
Council, Sweetgrass All Nations Healing Centre, and Feb 14th Memorial
March Committee. Carol is a long-time advocate and grassroots voice for
Indigenous peoples and for women and men in the DTES, especially in the
lead up to the Olympic Games.

* Dustin Rivers: a young and outspoken Skwxwú7mesh-Kwakwaka’wakw activist,
artist, and writer.He's had an obsession with history from a early age,
but also raised in a time of cultural re-generation, he uses his ancestors
legacy of political uprising to accomplish his vision of decolonization.

* David Dennis: Nu-Chan Lith Nation and President-Elect of the United
Native Nations. David was instrumental in the formation of the Native
Youth Movement and has been active in Indigenous land struggles and urban
Indigenous issues for decades.

* 'Writing the Land' (7 mins, Kevin Lee Burton): This 2007 film
meticulously combines film language with Hunkamenum words to recreate
Musqueam elder Larry Grant’s experience of rediscovering his language and
cultural traditions.

* 'Resist 2010' (15 mins, Burning Fist Media with no2010): A short,
fast-paced documentary focusing on the negative impacts of the 2010 Games
and the ongoing resistance by Indigenous & other social movements.

Defenders of the Land, a cross-Canada network of First Nations in land
struggle and fighting for Indigenous rights, has issued a call to organize
a cross-Canada week of educational events on Indigenous Rights and
Indigenous struggles from October 25-31, 2009. The purpose of this week is
to disseminate ideas of Indigenism and to contribute to building a
cross-Canada movement for Indigenous rights, sovereignty, and justice that
is led by Indigenous communities with a broad base of informed support.

As non-native multiracial supporters, we are allies of frontline
Indigenous communities who organize in defense of their land, freedom, and
autonomy. As a grassroots anti-racist and anti-imperialist migrant justice
group rising to liberation, No One Is Illegal strongly believes that our
movement must always be in active solidarity with self-determination
struggles of Indigenous communities who struggle across Turtle Island
against centuries of imposed racist, sexist, criminalizing, impoverishing,
and genocidal policies.

Our event is organized in this spirit of respect with the diverse
realities of Indigenous peoples to survive and resist, especially in the
face of our society's apathy, the normalization of colonialism, and
increasing state repression. We hope you will join us and we encourage
others to organize additional events and actions during Indigenous
Sovereignty Week. No Justice on Stolen Land!


Organized by No One Is Illegal-Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories. For
more information, email noii-van at resist.ca or call 778-833-4484 Visit
http://noii-van.resist.ca

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To read details about launching actions against the Olympic Torch Relay on
October 30th, including Vancouver transport to Victoria:
http://no2010victoria.net or http://olympicresistance.net

To read the full callout for Indigenous Sovereignty Week:
http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/living/56724027.html

To read the basis of Unity for Defenders of the Land Network:
http://www.defendersoftheland.org/content/who_we_are

To read an article about the first Defenders of the Land gathering:
http://www.rabble.ca/news/defenders-land-take-action-across-country