[Indigsol] November 8 - Decolonial Thanksgiving Dinner

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement -Ottawa]

Ottawa's First Decolonial
Thanksgiving Dinner:
community feast and celebration of indigenous struggle for land, survival
and sovereignty
Featuring:

Marylynn Poucachiche – Barriere Lake
Algonquin community activist

Beverly Pyke – Akwesasne People's Fire

and more TBA
Sunday November 8
5:30 PM
Bethel Field House ( 166 Frank St.)
Free

anti-colonial struggle for land, survival and sovereignty

You’re invited to the first annual Decolonial Thanksgiving Dinner in
Ottawa.. The DCT dinner is an autumn celebration bringing together
indigenous and settler communities involved in land defense, urban
indigenous people involved in diverse daily struggles for justice, and
anyone else interested in learning from and supporting these diverse
struggles.

In the past year, indigenous communities across Turtle Island
have stood up against illegal developments, government repression and
for indigenous sovereignty in their territories. There have been
blockades in Akwesasne, Tyendinaga, Barriere Lake, and Six Nations.
New developments have been reclaimed by Six Nations. There have been
restorative justice programs across Turtle Island.   On the west
coast, an indigenous resistance network has been mobilizing
resistance to the 2010 Olympics. Families and communities of missing
and murdered aboriginal women are working to find their stolen
sisters, and engage indigenous and settler communities to end the
epidemic of violence against indigenous women.


Across Canada the tension is mounting as the aspirations of anti-colonial
peoples and colonial culture collide. In Akwesasne, the Canadian
Border Services Agency is attempting to re-install the border
crossing, and to arm the notoriously racist border guards. In an
attempt to stifle ongoing direct actions for land rights in
Tyendinaga, the OPP is attempting to bring in a contentious police
station to the territory, in an attempt to stifle ongoing struggle
for land rights. In Barriere Lake, there has been a renewal of
clearcut logging, and the Quebec government has handed out illegal
timber concessions on unceded land, in violation of the 1991
Trilateral agreement. The 2010 Winter Olympics are set to start in
February on stolen native land, and the Olympic torch is coming
through every large native and non-native community from coast to
coast.

The dinner will be a potluck, so please bring a dish to share if you are
able to. Food will also be provided, with both traditional indigenous
foods and vegan fare being available.

Bethel Field House is a wheelchair accessible space, and the space will be
child-friendly.

To RSVP, or for any questions or concerns, contact ipsmo at riseup.net
or visit www.ipsmo.org
for updates and further information.

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