[Indigsol] Fwd: Minutes and More

[Jesse Freeston]

Hey,

My name is Jesse Freeston and I am one of the many people who came together
last night to form an ottawa-wide Indigenous Solidarity group. The meeting
was very interesting and everyone I talked to was excited for our next
meeting. We would REALLY REALLY love for members of IPSMO to attend the next
meeting which is tentatively set for Tuesday, August 19, 2008.

Jesse.

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Ben Powless <powless at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jesse Freeston <jfreeston at gmail.com>
> Date: 2008/8/13
> Subject: Minutes and More
> To: trublewithnormal at gmail.com, sonya_howard at hotmail.com,
> kimmackrael at gmail.com, peridzrinc at yahoo.com, peiju_wang at hotmail.com,
> onecocoon at gmail.com, jfreeston at gmail.com, Lia Tarachansky <
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> aschleihauf at gmail.com>, David.Welch at uottawa.ca,
> why_cant_we_all_just_get_along at hotmail.com, elsmith2 at rogers.com,
> michael.goguen at gmail.com, meerak at canadians.org
>
>
>   Hello All,
>
> Just want to say on a personal note how great it was to meet with you all
> and learn a little bit about and from you all today and how much I look
> forward to doing it again next week. I have attached the minutes for
> tonight's meeting. No I do not pride myself on my minutes-taking abilities,
> so anybody who wishes to either add to them or simply tell me how bad they
> are may feel free to do so.
>
> Thanks so much to all for coming and sharing their ideas. Looking forward
> to continuing with this next week.
>
> Included in the minutes is the email list, announcements and the list of
> principles/ideas which I noted during the meeting, feel free to add or
> comment on this list.
>
> BARRIERE LAKE
>
> Some people stated an interest in learning more about the history of
> the Barriere Lake Algonquin community and their current campaign for
> justice. Here is a brief list of sources of info:
>
>  Lia's Blog has a ton of good articles and video footage of including both
> interviews and previous actions this summer:
> http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/lia_tarachansky
> Martin Lukacs article provides good historical context:
> http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/1803
> Montreal Barriere Lake Solidarity Collective website:
> http://barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com/
>
> *Barriere Lake's List of Demands
>
> *1. That the Government of Canada agree to respect the outcome of a new
> leadership re-selection process, with outside observers, recognize the
> resulting Customary Chief and Council, and cease all interference in the
> internal governance of Barriere Lake.
>
> 2. That the Government of Canada agree to the immediate incorporation of an
> Algonquin language and culture program into the primary school curriculum.
>
> 3. That the Government of Canada honour signed agreements with BarriereLake, including the Trilateral, the Memorandum of Mutual Intent, and the
> Special Provisions, all of which it has illegally terminated.
>
> 4. That the Government of Canada revoke Third Party Management, which was
> imposed unjustly on Barriere Lake.
>
> 5. That the Province of Quebec honour signed agreements with BarriereLake, including the 1991 Trilateral and 1998 Bilateral agreements, and adopt
> for implementation the Lincoln-Ciaccia joint recommendations, including $1.5
> million in resource-revenue sharing.
>
> 6. That the Government of Canada and the Province of Quebec initiate a
> judicial inquiry into the Quebec Regional Office of the Department of Indian
> Affairs' treatment of Barriere Lake and other First Nations who may
> request to be included.
>
> 7. That the Government of Quebec, in consultation with First Nations,
> conduct a review of the recommendations of the Ontario Ipperwash Commission
> for guidance towards improving Quebec-First Nation relations and the SQ's
> procedures during policing of First Nation communities.
>
>
> Clearly, Barriere Lake is not the only ongoing struggle for local
> indigenous populations that could benefit from solidarity in Ottawa, just
> responding to the request for more information on their particular saga.
>
> Alright, well once again I wanna thank everyone. Looking forward to some
> ideas on a proposal for a basis of unity. So after all the ideas that were
> put forward and what everyone heard tonight, what is it that we have in
> common?
>
> Take Care,
>
> Jesse.
> --
> "Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which as been
> given for you to understand. The current standard is the equivalent of an
> adolescent restricted to the diet of an infant. The rapidly changing body
> would acquire dysfunctional and deformative symptoms and could not properly
> mature on a diet of apple sauce and crushed pears."
> - Saul Williams
>
> Telling the Untold Story of the 20th Century Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples
> in Canada:
> http://www.hiddenfromhistory.org
>
>
>
>
> --
> "In life we meet extraordinary people who follow us wherever we may go" -
> Trisha Nagpal
>
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Telling the Untold Story of the 20th Century Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples
in Canada:
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