[Indigsol] IPSMO Newsletter - Oct. 28, 2011

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement Ottawa]

Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa (IPSMO)

Newsletter - Oct. 28, 2011

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IPSMO NEWS

"Honouring Indigenous Women" booklet

"Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nations" is a new booklet published
by the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa. It is part of our
ongoing efforts to support indigenous women on Turtle Island (a.k.a. North
America) and their struggle for liberation.

To download the booklet, order copies, or contribute ideas for what our
next publication should look like, please see instructions at
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/honouring-indigenous-women/.


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OTHER NEWS

Keystone Pipeline Faces Indigenous Trans-Border Opposition
October 4, CorpWatch

In mid-September this year, as sharp winds howled across the Great Plains,
indigenous leaders from either side of the U.S. –Canada border held an
"emergency meeting" in the basement of a South Dakota casino. They came
from all over - one flew in from Canada's frigid Great Bear Lake near the
Arctic Circle, a husband and wife drove east on Highway 18 from their
reservation, and several more drove west, on Interstate Highway 90.

http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15657


KI Call On Minister to Honour Government Promise and Create Joint Panel to
Resolve Dispute

October 18, Press Release - Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug
Big Trout Lake, Ontario: Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug [KI] is calling on
Ontario to honour a promise made by the McGuinty government in 2008 and
create a joint panel to resolve longstanding issues regarding mining
exploration on their homelands.

“In 2008, just before we were jailed, Ontario promised us a joint panel to
resolve our outstanding issues with mining companies. We are still waiting
for them to honour that promise” said Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug Chief
Donny Morris.

http://www.defendersoftheland.org/story/283


Ottawa Algonquin say land claim hijacked
October 17, CBC News

Some Ottawa-area Algonquin members have accused a Toronto law firm of
hijacking a 20-year land claim negotiation that is close to a final
agreement.

The tract of land in question is in Golden Lake, Ont., just west of
Renfrew and about 150 km west of Ottawa.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/10/17/ottawa-algonquin-land-claim.html


Natives renew their fight as Ottawa weighs revised plan for B.C. gold mine
Oct. 19, Globe and Mail

First Nations leaders say the are experiencing an unsettling sense of déja
vu as they resume the fight against a massive gold mining project in
British Columbia that was rejected by the federal government last year
after a scathing environmental assessment.

Taseko Mines Ltd. has returned with a revised plan to develop the
Prosperity mine that lies within traditional Tsilhqot’in territory in the
B.C. Interior.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/natives-renew-their-fight-as-ottawa-weighs-revised-plan-for-bc-gold-mine/article2206680/


Chief Baptiste opines on Taseko Mines’ new proposal
Oct. 20, APTN National News

http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2011/10/20/chief-baptiste-opines-on-taseko-mines-new-proposal/


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ACTION ALERTS

Support Barriere Lake Algonquin
The Algonquins of Barriere Lake have been forced into a costly legal
battle with Canada to protect their land rights. They cannot succeed
without your support.

To learn more and to donate, go to
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/barriere-lake-legal-defense-fund/


Support Beaver Lake Cree's legal challenge of tar sands destruction Beaver
Lake Cree First Nation is taking a stand against the rapid, unmitigated
expansion of the Alberta tar sands industries by suing the federal and
Alberta governments based on the band's constitutionally guaranteed right
to hunt and trap on their ancestral lands.

Learn more and donate at http://www.raventrust.com/beaverlakecree.html


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UPCOMING EVENTS

Conference: Covenant Chain Link II: Building Bridges of Understanding
Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Peoples by Creating Relationships
October 28-29, 2011

Friday, October 28: 7pm to 10pm
Saturday, October 29: 9am to 5pm
at Immaculata High School, 140 Main Street, Ottawa

http://www.fncfcs.com/sites/default/files/events/Convenant-Chain-LinkII-Oct2011.pdf


"Decolonize Me" art exhibit

Sept. 23-Nov. 20 2011

Ottawa Art Gallery: Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa


http://www.ottawaartgallery.ca/exhibits/2011/decolonize/index-en.php


Taiaiake Alfred: The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism

November 9, 12-2 pm
University of Ottawa, Tabaret Building, 550 Cumberland, Room 083 (TBT0830
Part of 2011-2012 Aboriginal Conference Series at the University of
Ottawa.

See
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/eng/calendar/calendar-as.html?day=9&month=11&year=2011&type=0&event=33405&method=uo_event&filter=0


Indigenous Sovereignty Week
November 14-20, across Canada

Indigenous Sovereignty Week (ISW) 2011, scheduled for Nov. 14-20, will be
the third annual week of educational events on Indigenous issues called by
Defenders of the Land, a network of First Nations in land struggle. For
details on Defenders of the Land and ISW, see
http://www.defendersoftheland.org/isw.

Please stay tuned to IPSMO's website and Facebook page for details on ISW
events in Ottawa. To get involved and help plan or run local events, pls.
contact us at ipsmo at riseup.net


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In Solidarity,

IPSMO (Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa)
on unceded Algonquin territory


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