[Indigsol] Aboriginal Awareness Week at Carleton University, Feb 9-12

[mattm-b at resist.ca]

Carleton University’s Aboriginal Community presents:
Aboriginal Awareness Week – February 9th to 12th, 2009
A celebration of life, culture, history and community
Porter Hall - Second Floor of Unicentre
Daily Door Prizes

Monday Feb 9
Language and Culture

11:00  Official opening ceremony First Nation, Métis and Inuit Elders,
drumming and Dancers.
12:15 Film –Qallunaat: Why White People Are Funny ; Discussion to follow
1:40  Métis Story Teller Jo Maple; a reading from Basil Johnston’s book
“Crazy Dave”(unconfirmed)
3:00 What I Learned In Class Today- Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom _
video & workshop

4:30 – 6:00 supper hour
6:00 Spoken word – Tom Powless; Albert Dumont, and other poets and artists
7:00 Frank Horn (Kahnewake) speaks about ion:heh and our culture

Tuesday Feb 10
Social Issues

11:00  Opening ceremony
11:30 Environmental Sustainability
12:30 What I Learned In Class Today- Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom _
video & workshop
2:00 (at the field house) Learn about Lacrosse- the sport, history,
athletes, and spiritual aspect of the game.  Stay for the mini exhibition
game and skills demo.
3:00 Listen to our panel discussing how HIV/AIDS; Diabetes; FAS/E impacts
our Aboriginal people. Discussion Group follows.

4 :30 - 6 :00 supper hour
6 :00 - 8 :00 performance night – Bowing Brothers (Métis Youth); Throat
singers, and AI songs; Minwaashin singers drum group

Wednesday Feb 11
Dealing with Racism

11:00  Opening ceremony
11:30 Nunavut Sivuniksavut
12:30 Film - If the Weather Permits (Inuit identity); 2007 New Sun
presentation
2:00 Chris Herodier Snowboy performs
2:30 Sisters in Spirit presentation, listen to Kristen Gilchrist’s
research on media portrayal of missing native women and the impact of
violence against women
4:00-6:00 supper break

6:00 – 8:00 Learn about Minwaashin Lodge’s Two Spirit Program - Wanda
Seguin. Films “Through the Looking Glass (reflections of a Métis lesbian);
Group of Seven inches (humor with stereotypes, perspective of a gay man
with a Cree heritage)  Discussion group to follow

Thursday Feb 12
Political Issues

11:00   Opening ceremony
11:30 Carleton’s Hand Drum group; Jig on the Fly Métis Performance
12:30 Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa and Ontario Public
Interest Research Group presents the struggle between Ardoch First Nation
and Ontario’s Mining Act.  Discussion group to follow (unconfirmed)
2:00 What I Learned In Class Today- Aboriginal Issues in the Classroom _
video & workshop
3:15 Aboriginal Film – Redskins, Tricksters and Puppy Stew- healing power
of nish humor
4:15 closing ceremony.

4:30 – 5:30 take down
6:00 After Party @ Olivers, DJ, 50/50 draw, door prizes   $3.00 cover –
Everyone Welcome




-- 
"All oppression is relative.
All oppression is specific."

- Albert Memmi