[Indigsol] Barriere Lake coverage / Research on missing & murdered women

[ipsmo at riseup.net]

The Barriere Lake demo on Monday was stirring, with over 100 community
members, as well as many supporters, in attendance. We've got the media
coverage below...


But first, we have exclusive no-cost access to research published by a
local activist/PhD student at Carleton, Kristen Gilchrist.

The research takes a critical look at the DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NEWS
COVERAGE FOR MISSING/MURDERED ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL WOMEN.

It was just published in the Feminist Media Studies publication, but the
author has provided us with a 'pre-print' version that you can download
for free.

Please see:
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/research-media-coverage/
(also includes a link to an interview with Kristen on her research)



BARRIERE LAKE DAY OF ACTION

We have compiled all the media coverage links on a single page on our
website, perfect for sharing or browsing:
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/barriere-lake-rally-for-sovereignty/

Here are the individual links:

IPSMO VIDEO OF THE RALLY/PRESS CONFERENCE:
featuring soundtrack by DJ Shub of Electric Pow Wow, and Kinnie Starr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmrD6NOsKk4

TWO ARTICLES PUBLISHED MONDAY ON THE BARRIERE LAKE SITUATION:
* Op-ed in the Globe & 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/
* Article on rabble.ca by Barriere Lake Solidarity member Corvin Russell:
http://rabble.ca/news/2010/12/stop-canadas-cultural-genocide-barriere-lake

MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE RALLY:
* Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Protesters+Hill+call+help+rebuild+remote+First+Nation/3973267/story.html
* Ottawa Metro News
http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/718815--group-protests-puppet-council
* Canada.com article
http://www.canada.com/news/Protesters+call+Ottawa+help+rebuild+remote+First+Nation/3970025/story.html
* rabble.ca article
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/krystalline-kraus/2010/12/activist-communiqu%C3%A9-algonquins-barriere-lake-demand-canada-
* CBC radio: Ottawa Morning
http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/2010/12/13/barriere-lake-reserve-concerns/
* CTV News video report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lURg174nCb4
* Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network News
http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2010/12/13/barriere-lake-back-in-ottawa-to-continue-decades-long-struggle/

PHOTOS FROM THE RALLY:
http://picasaweb.google.com/peiju.wang/Dec13ABLDayOfAction#
http://www.flickr.com/photos/druojajay/sets/72157625595366282/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alienbeatpoet/sets/72157625469773677/

ORGANIZATION STATEMENTS:
* New Democratic Party (NDP)
http://www.ndp.ca/press/government-must-end-barriere-lake-crisis-ndp
* Assembly of First Nations
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2010/13/c4667.html



WANT TO TAKE ACTION?

Please CALL or WRITE to John Duncan, Minister of Indian Affairs, to 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
>> Automated letter-writing page on Barriere Lake Solidarity website:
http://www.barrierelakesolidarity.org/2007/10/blog-post.html