[Indigsol] Many upcoming events...

[ipsmo at riseup.net]

Upcoming events:


* Sun Jan 16, 1pm
Sacred Fire at Beaver Pond Forest, Kanata
(details below)


* Sun Jan 16, 2pm
(film) Aakideh: The Art and Legacy of Carl Beam
National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Dr.
http://www.gallery.ca/beam/en/35.htm


* Jan 18-22
Aboriginal Awareness Week at Carleton University
http://www2.carleton.ca/aboriginal/ccms/wp-content/ccms-files/Agenda-AAW-20111.pdf


* Thurs Jan 20, 6pm
Imagining Environmental (in)Justice: Toxins, Racism and Mental Health
(details below)


* Sun Feb 6, 2pm
Decolonial Study Group: The Algonquin and Eastern Ontario
(details below)


* Sat March 5, 9am-4:30pm
10th Anniversary New Sun Conference on Aboriginal Arts
at Carleton University
Pre-registration strongly recommended ASAP: www.trickstershift.com
(details below)



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Native Leaders Gather with Community to Protect Forest

WHAT:  A gathering of Algonquin people, other Anishinabe and non-native
communities who wish to show their support for protecting Ottawa’s Great
Forest, the South March Highlands.

WHEN:  Sunday, January 16, 1:00 pm, beginning with a Sacred Fire ceremony

WHERE:  Beaver Pond parking lot at end of Walden Dr., Kanata Ontario

DETAILS:
There will be a Sacred Fire at 1pm and Chiefs, Elders, Medicine People,
and other representatives from native and non-native communities from
Ottawa and beyond are expected to participate.  Ardoch Chiefs Mireille
Lapointe & Paula Sherman, Ottawa Chief Paul Lamothe, Kinounchepirini Chief
Grant Tysick, and Elder Robert Lovelace, past-Chief from Ardoch have
confirmed their participation.

For more information:
Paul Renaud 613-277-5898
Steve Hulaj 613-878-1135

www.ottawasgreatforest.com
www.southmarchhighlands.ca
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46087029890



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Imagining Environmental (In)Justice: Toxins, Racism and Mental Health

Sat Jan 20, 6:00pm
At the lounge, University residence at 90 University (University of Ottawa)
Followed by reception and art exhibition at Club SAW

The Center for Equity and Human Rights, in collaboration with the Forum
for Aboriginal Studies Research are currently organizing a panel
discussion titled: “Imagining Environmental (in)Justice: Toxins, Racism
and Mental Health”. Our aim is to shed light on the overwhelming presence
of racialized populations residing in highly polluted and toxic areas, and
their increased chances of disease and mental illness. The event this year
will be taking place on January 20th, 2011 from 6:00pm-8:30pm at the 90
University board room, followed by a reception and art exhibition at SAW
Gallery on Nicholas Street.

A light dinner including vegan options will be served. Attendance is free,
and RSVP is optional but appreciated: cehr-campaigns at sfuo.ca

Only those attending the conference in the 90U Lounge will be provided
with tickets to access the Art Exhibition and Wine & Cheese at SAW
Gallery, beginning at 8:30pm.


Speakers/Invités
Mike Plain - Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Elder
Ron Plain - Trent University, Aamjiwnaang First Nation
Ben Powless - Indigenous Environmental Network
Aaamjiwnaang First Nations Youth - Slideshow and Discussion

Following the conference on-campus, the reception will feature live
rap/beat poetry performances by M.C.S. Daar, Flaw and Nativelife

Photographs whill be exhibited by Laurence Butet-Roch and Ben Powless
Featuring DJ Bear Witness

Admission by donation



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Decolonial Study Group: The Algonquin and Eastern Ontario
Sun Feb 6, 2pm
Location TBD

For more info: ipsmo at riseup.net - http://www.ipsmo.org

Everyone Welcome!
Accessible and Child-friendly
Contact us if you require sign language translation
Ottawa, Ontario
On unceded Algonquin territory

This DSG will be a presentation by David Welsh on the Algonquin and
Eastern Ontario, followed by a group discussion. More details to follow.

The Decolonial Study Group is an ongoing project of the IPSM Ottawa. We
will be deepening and broadening our understanding and analysis of
indigenous struggles for decolonization, social justice and revolution. We
will be doing this through readings, workshops, oral presentations, movies
and so on.


More information and further reading:

http://www.aafna.ca/history.html
“The Ardoch Algonguin First Nation is an Anishnabek community that is
located in the Madawaska, Mississippi and Rideau watersheds. The Ardoch
Algonquin First Nation (AAFNA) is non-status; that is, it is not
designated as an Indian Band by the government of Canada. Historically the
AAFNA communities’ roots are in the families who wintered where these
rivers come close together. Their use and habitation of this location
originates in time immemorial. Culturally the AAFNA community is Algonquin
and historically their ancestors shared in the summer life of the Ottawa
River. They gathered on the Kichi Sìbì trading, guiding and protecting
their advantage as the People of the Big River. When settlement began to
devour land in Eastern Ontario at the beginning of the nineteenth century
other families retreated up river and sought refuge among the Ardoch
Algonquins. Mississauga families also came to share in the traditional
lifestyle that lingered in the backlands and along the shores of the
headwater lakes. By the middle of the nineteenth century Ardoch Algonquin
families could no longer safely travel to Kanasatake where they once
summered.”
- Bob Lovelace on the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation website


When truth is stranger than fiction: the capital that sits on another
nation’s land
http://spacingottawa.ca/2010/12/19/when-truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-the-capital-that-sits-on-another-nations-land/
>> An interesting but inaccurate article about the "Algonquin" land
rights. Although Golden Lake has submitted a land claim to the Ontario
side of the Ottawa River, the Golden Lake claim doesn't include the 9
other Algonquin bands in what is now Quebec. The Ottawa River was never
a border/boundary amongst the Algonquin Peoples. The entire Ottawa
River Drainage Basin/Watershed is Algonquin Nation territory.

An Oral History of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ_OS0ffxEE
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd-EzA7RqJw
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghrW4V7C0VY



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10th Anniversary
New Sun Conference on Aboriginal Arts:
“Shining Through”

Saturday, March 5, 2011, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Room 5050, 5th Floor, Minto Centre, Carleton University

Featuring:

Douglas Cardinal, internationally renowned architect

Michael Dangeli, Vancouver-based artist/carver, co-leader of the Git
Hayetsk Dancers
and
Mique’l Askren, curator, PhD candidate, and co-leader of the Git Hayetsk
Dancers

Armand Ruffo, award-winning poet and writer/director of A Windigo Tale,
winner of Best Picture at the 2010 American Indian Film Festival

Mosha Folger, spoken word poet and Inuit hip hop recording artist

Nadia Myre, multi-media visual artist and filmmaker

Elder Jim Albert in attendance


Registration: Students $35; non-students $55 (HST included)
Includes a gourmet luncheon of Native cuisine and a performance by the Git
Hayetsk Dancers

• Limited seating • Pre-registration STRONGLY advised •
• Free parking  • OC Transpo nearby •
To register, call 613-520-2600, ext. 4035, or e-mail allan_ryan at carleton.ca
For a registration form and more information visit www.trickstershift.com

A screening of a Windigo Tale and an artist-conducted tour of the
exhibition, Nadia Myre: Symbology, at the Carleton University Art Gallery
will coincide with the conference.