[Indigsol] Indigenous Solidarity Movie Night

[mattm-b at resist.ca]

Indigenous Solidarity Movie Night:

“Struggle For The Land”, by Tom Keefer and Autonomy & Solidarity
“What I Learned In Class Today” by Karrmen Crey and Amy Perreault
Plus a speaker from the Aboriginal Students Centre at Carleton University

Free!
Thursday, October 23 at 7:00pm
Carleton University
University Centre Building, Room 282

All Donations will go to Six Nations Land Reclamation Legal Defense
Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa
ipsmo at riseup.net

        IPSMO is showing 2 movies and having a presentation by a member of
the Aboriginal Students Centre on the “Aboriginal Initiative: What
I Learned in Class Today”.  The initiative aims to combat the racist and
colonial attitudes that exist in Carleton University's classrooms.

Struggle for the Land: Interviews with Participants at the Six Nations
Reclamation (April-May 2006).

        This DVD consists of a series of interviews with First Nations
activists occupying the site and video of the protests and counter
protests concerning the reclamation of the Douglas Creek Estates. In what
ranks as one of the most significant indigenous confrontations with the
Canadian State since the 1990 Oka crisis, participants speak in their own
words about what is at stake in their struggle. Includes videos with
reclamation site spokesperson Jacqueline House, Six Nations resident
Robin Williams, supporter Mike Desroches, a member of the Mohawk Warrior
Society, kitchen organizers Gene and Ruby, footage of the racist
anti-native protests and a variety of interviews with Caledonia
residents.

http://www.kersplebedeb.com/mystuff/video/index.html

What I Learned in Class Today:
Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom

        Classroom discussions of Aboriginal issues often leave students
feeling alienated and angry. Though troubling, these situations
often go unreported and unresolved, affecting students' abilities to
function in classes and in their coursework. To make these situations
visible and to find ways to have more professional and productive
classroom discussions, two undergraduate students in the First Nations
Studies Program at the University of British Columbia, Karrmen Crey and
Amy Perreault, developed What I Learned in Class Today: Aboriginal Issues
in the Classroom. This project asks students, instructors, and
administrators at UBC, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, to share in
videotaped interviews their most memorable classroom experiences where the
discussion of Aboriginal issues became difficult, and to share their
reflections on the dynamics underpinning these situations.

To find out more visit the website:

http://www.whatilearnedinclasstoday.com/