[Indigsol] Decolonial Thanksgiving Dinner, Sunday, Nov. 8 and Next IPSMO Meeting

[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.)
Everyone Welcome!
Wheelchair Acceissible
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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Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement of Ottawa, Next Meeting

Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 6pm
Exile Infoshop
256 Bank St.
Sorry the location is not wheelchair accessible
Everyone Welcome!
http://www.ipsmo.org
ipsmo at riseup.net

This is an organizing meeting where we discuss our current and future
plans.  These meetings are open to everyone.  Our current organizing
focuses are: support for the Ardoch Omàmìwinini, the Barriere Lake
Algonquin, Native Women and Two-Spirited People, opposition to police
brutality, the prison system and support for political prisoners.
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