[Indigsol] TODAY - take action to support Barriere Lake Algonquins

[Barriere Lake Solidarity]

*Stand up for Aboriginal Rights!
Take action to support the Algonquins of Barriere Lake!
*
*Join us on the Parliament Hill at noon Today. *
We'll march from Parliament Hill to:
* the Prime Minister's office (Wellington at Elgin)
* to the office of the minister of Indian Affairs, Confederation Building
(Bank and Wellington)
* then a feast at Jack Purcell Community Centre (Elgin at Gilmour)

I*f you cannot make it, there are other ways to support the Barriere Lake*:
please CALL or WRITE to John Duncan, Minister of Indian Affairs, demand:
* Canada and Quebec must honor the Trilateral Agreement they've signed with
Barriere Lake in 1991
* Canada must respect Barriere Lake's traditional government - REVERSE the
forcible assimilation by rolling back Section 74 of the Indian Act

Phone: 1-800-667-280, (613) 992-2503, (819) 997-0002
E-mail: john.duncan at ainc-inac.gc.ca
http://www.barrierelakesolidarity.org/2007/10/blog-post.html


*More information*: www.barrierelakesolidarity.org, www.ipsmo.org

Dec 13 Media release:
- in English .doc: http://bit.ly/ii5mAr <http://bit.ly/ii5mAr%20>
- en Francais .doc: http://bit.ly/i3ul9T

Please see today's op-ed piece in the Globe and Mail by Giller Prize-winning
author Joseph Boyden:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/why-we-try-to-protect-our-land-lessons-from-barriere-lake/article1833684/



Barriere Lake Solidarity
Solidarité Lac Barrière
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www.barrierelakesolidarity.org
www.solidaritelacbarriere.blogspot.com
barrierelakesolidarity at gmail.com
514.398.7432
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