[Indigsol] IPSMO’s Weekly Announcements: Meetings, Events, Arti cles , Etc.

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa]

IPSMO’s Weekly Announcements: Meetings, Events, Articles, Etc.

1) Next General Meeting
2) The Haudenosaunee Men’s Fire Speaking in Ottawa, Saturday, May 30th
3) Urgent Announcement Regarding Grandfather William Commanda, and
Announcements of Upcoming Events
4) SAIA Carleton Announcement

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1)

General Meeting
Wednesday, May 20th at 6pm
University of Ottawa
University Centre, Room 207
Wheelchair Accessible
ipsmo at riseup.net
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com

This is a meeting where our 4 working groups report back, and we discuss
anything else that relates to our organizing.

Room 207 is located on the 2nd floor of the University Centre.  There will
be signs up with additional directions to the meeting near the central
interior stairwell.
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2)

The Haudenosaunee Men’s Fire Speaking in Ottawa

Saturday, May 30th
2:00pm in Room 202
Jack Purcell Community Centre
320 Jack Purcell Lane
Pay What You Can
ipsmo at riseup.net
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com

The Hosgenegehta [Haudenosaunee Men’s Fire] Speaking in Ottawa
Phillip Skye will be speaking for the men's fire

Ever since the level of activity at the reclamation site at Caledonia
diminished about a year ago, many non-native supporters have been unclear
about how to build ongoing links in solidarity with the Six Nations
struggle.

Unfortunately, while many non-native supporters were quite familiar with
the reclamation, very few people in our community – including those who
are more politically active – seem to know anything about the dozens of
developments that have been blocked in Brantford, or how to support those
people facing legal charges from their activity in defending Six Nations
land and the environment that we all share.

The event will be used as a way to raise awareness and funds for the work
by the Men’s Fire to halt development on the Haldimand tract and to
support the legal costs of
the more than 100 people who have been criminally charged for defending
their land rights.
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3)

We are releasing these invitations from Grandfather William Commanda's
hospital bed at the Queensway Carleton where he is undergoing treatment
for a sudden attack of internal bleeding.

With his Thunderbird energy, we are expecting that:

1. He will be at Rideau Hall on May 15, to be invested as Officer of the
Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada, and then be on Victoria
Island for the Order of Canada March 16, 2 pm Celebration being organized
by Jerry Lanouette, to which you are all invited (please rsvp him at Jerry
Lanouette; jlanouette at aboriginalcanada.ca

2. He will preside over his Circle of All Nations May 22 - 24 Sustainable
Relationships Workshop hosted with Plenty Canada and the Wolf Project - a
microcosmic version of his blueprint for the good life, and a snapshot of
the famous August Spiritual Gatherings at his home in Kitigan Zibi Please
register by May 18!

3. He and other Elders and Pipe Carriers will host the annual Circle of
All Nations Pipe Ceremony at Victoria Island on June 21st.

In addition, he will commemorating the June 11 Anniversary of Canada's
Apology to the First Peoples and the June 14 National Heritage River Day
at the Sacred Chaudiere Site.

Please help us get this message out to other friends and colleagues. If
you have not heard from me directly, please don't mind - my email lists
are not consolidated right now, despite my best efforts!

We know you will all hold Grandfather in your thoughts and prayers at this
stressful time.  He has worked alone tirelessly, and at some considerable
personal cost, over many decades, to include so many people of diverse
backgrounds and interests in his world - and it is amazing how intimately
he knows each of us; many of us may not see the same strengths and gifts
in each other that he does, but he is powerful in his conviction that we
can all achieve our personal bests and together rethread the sacred hoop
of the medicine wheel, and strengthen the dreamcatcher network with our
unique contributions.  He knows Aboriginal Peoples are perhaps a small 4
per cent of the population in this country, and with his other allies in
support of environmental stewardship, racial harmony and peace building
and Indigenous issues, we are still a tiny voice in the larger global
community - but he knows as we knit together, we will impact significantly
on our world.

Come animate the spirit of Ginawaydaganuc at the Sacred Chaudiere Site
this summer, put Indigenous back in the Centre, and celebrate a Circle of
All Nations a Culture of Peace with him!

He sends you all his love and best wishes.

For more information, please contact us at circleofallnations at sympatico.ca


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MAY 16

Event: Ottawa Aboriginal Community Recognition for William Commanda
Algonquin Elder William Commanda's Appointment to Officer of the Order of
Canada
What: Ceremony
Host: Jerry Lanouette
Start Time: Saturday, May 16 at 2:00pm
End Time: Saturday, May 16 at 6:00pm
Where: Victoria Island

To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=3D77059553977&mid=3D69f829G2fa99ee=fG4937f8fG7
or please rsvp him at Jerry Lanouette; jlanouette at aboriginalcanada.ca

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MAY 22-24

An Invitation from Grandfather William Commanda

Celebrating:
Aboriginal Awareness Week,
International Day for Biodiversity,
and the Tenth Anniversary Commemoration of Grandfather William Commanda
Millennium Circle of All Nations Peace Gathering at the Commencement of
the UN Decade of Peace

What: Workshop 2,
Sustainable Relationships: Reconciliation and Integration

When: May 22-24, 2009

Where: Victoria Island, Ceremonial Site, Ottawa, Ontario

Time:
May 22 - 6:00 pm
May 23 - 10:00 am ~ 8:00 pm
May 24 - 10:00 am ~ 12:00 pm

Other: Hosted with Plenty Canada and the Wolf Project
Please bring your own chairs or blankets, bag lunches, drinks,
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4)

From: SAIA Carleton
saia.carleton at gmail.com


Dear SAIA allies



Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to our protest of the
Israel@ 61 celebration. Our message that ethnic cleansing and apartheid
are nothing  to celebrate was loud and clear.

Here is a video from the event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DIMAtTetIb0k

As well=2C during Israeli Apartheid Week 2009=2C a member of SAIA Carleton
joined two Carleton professors on TalkOttawa to discuss the poster banning
and its ramifications on academic freedom.

We recorded the session=2C and it can be seen here:
http://vimeo.com/4342852

SAIA Carleton will continue to organize throughout the summer and will
keep you informed of all upcoming events and actions. Be sure to check our
website www.carleton.saia.ca for up-to-date information.

Thank you for your continued support of SAIA Carleton and the movement
against Israeli apartheid.

In solidarity

SAIA Carleton