[Indigsol] Understanding the Epidemic of Violence Against Indigenous Women, Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 6:30pm

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa]

In solidarity with Indigenous Women across Turtle Island
please join us in an evening of understanding
The Epidemic of Continuing Violence Against Indigenous Women

6:30 PM Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Auditorium, National Library and Archives
395 Wellington St. Ottawa, Algonquin Territory
Wheelchair Accessible
Free!

This event is also a fundraiser for Laurie Odjick and her family for their
struggle to find Maisy Odjick (her daughter) and Shannon Alexander,
Anishinabeg teenagers from Kitigan Zibi, who have been missing since
September 5th, 2008 (http://www.findmaisyandshannon.com/), and to support
organizing to end violence against Indigenous women.

Presented by
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa
ipsmo at riseup.net,
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com

Opening Ceremony:
Verna McGregor, Anishinabekwe, Omàmiwinini (Algonquin) Nation
and Elaine Kicknosway

Films Screening:
The Highway of Tears by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
The Heart Has Its Own Memory by Audrey Huntley and Folkard Fritz

Speakers:
Laurie Odjick
Omàmiwinini (Algonquin) Nation
Mother of Maisy Odjick, Missing Teenage Girl

Ellen Gabriel
Kanienkehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation
President, Quebec Native Women Inc.

Doreen Silversmith
Guyohkohnyo (Cayuga) Nation
No More Silence Network

Bruce Sinclair
Metis Nation (Saskatchewan)
Brother In Spirit, Native Women’s Association of Canada

According to the Sisters In Spirit research by Native Women Association of
Canada, in the past forty years, there are 520 known cases of missing or
murdered Indigenous women and girls.  Why are Indigenous women more
susceptible to violence?  Why is there violence against women,
particularly Indigenous women?  On September 16th, we will get a closer
understanding of the reality of the lives of the Indigenous women across
Turtle Island (Canada) and root causes of violence against Grandmothers,
Grand aunties, Mothers, Aunties, Sisters and Daughters.

Exact a year ago, on September 15, 2008, hundreds of people gathered in
front of Parliament Hill for a rally to raise awareness and demand a
response from Canadian State on the violence against Indigenous women.
Since then, the circumstances of Indigenous women have not changed –
colonial and racial oppressions and violence continue.  The majority of
the people in the dominant culture still don’t know the dreadful threats
Indigenous women face today.

In addition to demanding actions from Canadian government, what would it
take for us to understand that the health of our environment is
inextricably linked to the health and well-being of Indigenous women?
What would it take for us to begin caring about Indigenous women so that
they will be once again respected and honoured like their ancestors prior
to Colonization?

Related Links:

A Letter from Kitigan Zibi http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/2677


Violence & Abuse Against Indigenous Women & Children: A Legacy of
Colonialism & Apartheid
http://wiinimkiikaa.wordpress.com/violence-abuse-against-indigenous-women-children/


Indigenous Women and Violence, Quebec Native Women Inc.
http://www.faq-qnw.org/documents/reportviolence2008.pdf


Sisters in Spirit, Native Women’s Association of Canada
http://www.nwac-hq.org/en/background.html


Amnesty International Canada: End violence against Indigenous women
http://www.amnesty.ca/take_action/actions/canada_stolen_sisters_2009.php


Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Society http://www.elizabethfry.ca/
Fact Sheets http://www.elizabethfry.ca/eweek09/factsht.htm


PrisonerJustice.ca http://www.vcn.bc.ca/august10/


Missing/Murdered First Nations (Native) Women
http://www.missingnativewomen.ca/


Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
http://missingjustice.mvmnt.ca/


Minwaashin Lodge http://www.minlodge.com/


Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre http://www.dewc.ca/


An Indigenous Perspective on Feminism, Militarism, and the Environment
http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/951


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"Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the
sea.  Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even
the white man whose god walked with him and talked with him as friend with
friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny.  We may be brothers
after all.  We will see."

Chief Seattle, 1854
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