[Indigsol] IPSMO newsletter, April 2012

Tue Apr 17 07:52:25 PDT 2012

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IPSMO Newsletter, April 2012
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A. RECOMMENDED READING:

A Transformative Framework for Decolonizing Canada. Download at
http://web.uvic.ca/igov/research/pdfs/A Transformative Framework for
Decolonizing Canada.pdf

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B. UPCOMING EVENTS

Please spread the word and come out to these three important events next
week! (details of each follow):

1) Mon. Apr. 23: Pillage and profit, from the Amazon to Ardoch (Film,
music, and discussion panel)

2) Tues. Apr. 24: People’s Exhibition of Barrick at Canadian Museum of Nature

3) Thur. Apr. 26: All Violence against Earth is Violence to Women
(Teach–in with Lee Maracle)

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1) MONDAY, APRIL 23: PILLAGE AND PROFIT, FROM THE AMAZON TO
ARDOCH

An evening of film, music, and discussion about the exploitation of
Indigenous peoples’ lands by Canadian companies

Auditorium of the Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch
120 Metcalfe St. (at Laurier)
Ottawa, unceded Algonquin Territory
5:30 to 7:30 pm

Join us for an evening of discussion with Indigenous peoples resisting the
exploitation of their lands by Canadian oil and mining companies.

To invite your friends via facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/210214175756207/

The event will be opened with a blessing by Algonquin Elder Albert Dumont.
There will be a screening of the award-winning documentary "Chumpi & the
Waterfall". This film explores the way of life of an Achuar community in
the Peruvian Amazon... a way of life that’s under threat by Canadian oil
company Talisman Energy’s plans to drill oil in their
hunting and fishing grounds.

"I have told the CEO of Talisman, John Manzoni, that the Achuar people do
not want oil operations in our ancestral territory, but Talisman refuses
to respect our right to live in peace and harmony," says Achuar leader
Peas Peas Ayui.

The film will be followed by a panel discussion with:
- Peas Peas Ayui, Lucas Irar Miik, Lucas Chayat Ayui, and Puwaanch Kintui
Antich, leaders from Achuar communities in the Amazon rainforest
- Gregor MacLennan, Peru Program Coordinator for Amazon Watch
- Mireille Lapointe, former chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation,
who have resisted uranium mining on their land
- Marcelo Saavedra-Vargas, of the Quechua-Aymara nation and professor of
Aboriginal studies at the University of Ottawa

Musical performances by Three Little Birds, and by Julie Comber, Ógui, and
Josh Myles.

Admission is free; donations to support the Achuar community will be
accepted.

This event is hosted by Amazon Watch, Indigenous Peoples Solidarity
Movement Ottawa, and the Indigenous and Canadian Studies Students
Association of the University of Ottawa.

Can’t make it to the event? Please visit https://www.achuarmovie.org/ to:
- learn more about the Achuar
- sign a petition demanding that Talisman Energy halt oil exploration in
Achuar territory
- donate to support the Achuar’s cause

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2) TUESDAY, APRIL 24: PEOPLE’S EXHIBITION OF BARRICK

You are invited to the People's Exhibition of Barrick!

4:30 pm, Tuesday, April 24 2012
In front of the main entrance of the Canadian Museum of Nature (facing
Metcalfe St.)
240 McLeod St., Ottawa, unceded Algonquin Territory

Barrick Out of The Canadian Museum of Nature!

On Tuesday, April 24, Ottawa's Museum of Nature will celebrate a new
partnership with Barrick Gold Corporation with the unveiling of the
"Barrick Salon".  Barrick Gold is a Canadian mining company based in
Toronto with horrendous records of environmental destruction, and human,
labor and Indigenous rights violations around the world, including but not
limiting to Chile, Argentina, Peru, Tanzania and Papua New Guinea.

This newly established public-private partnership between the Canadian
Museum of Nature and Barrick Gold Corporation is fundamentally
unacceptable! Because it contradicts the museum's most important corporate
value: "Respect for People and Nature".

Please come and join us outside of the museum as we present the "People's
Exhibition of Barrick", showcasing Barrick's destructive mines around the
world.

We will be joined by Barrick-impacted community members and special guests
to share knowledge about the impacts of this dangerous partnership:

- The Diaguita Huascoaltinos Indigenous and Agricultural Community,
impacted by Barrick Gold's binational Pascua Lama project on the border of
Chile and Argentina,
- The Archuar Indigenous Community of the northern Peruvian Amazon,
- Catherine Coumans of Mining Watch Canada, and
- Sakura Saunders, the editor for Protestbarrick.net

For more information about Barrick Gold and the communities impacted by
Barrick's operation: Protestbarrick.net.

This public-private partnership is offensive, we want Barrick Out of The
Canadian Museum of Nature!

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3) THURSDAY, APRIL 26: TEACH-IN WITH LEE MARACLE

All Violence against Earth is Violence to Women: How We must Look at the
Past to Restore Our Future

A teach-in with celebrated Indigenous woman Lee Maracle

7pm to 9pm
Thursday, April 26, 2012
PSAC boardroom, 233 Gilmour St., Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin Territory

MC: (TBD)
Opening by Claudette Commanda, Algonquin Nation

Drumming by Nancy Myatt

Followed by a circle response, discussion and spoken word performance!

Admission: pay what you can ($5 suggested donation to cover the costs of
this event).

To invite your friends via facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/209333109176706/

As a part of our Honouring Indigenous Women campaign, we are inviting you
to join us in a short lecture with Lee Maracle, a highly respected woman
from the Stoh:lo Nation and acclaimed author, poet, educator, storyteller
and performing artist.

Last summer, we were very honoured to have Lee contribute a short piece of
her writing to our Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nations Vol. 1
booklet. This spring, we are very excited and feel so privileged again
that Lee is coming to Ottawa to talk to us about a very important
connection. A connection that cannot be missed, oversighted or
disregarded. Because our survival and our freedom depend on it:

Then there is another connection Lee wants us to pay attention to:

There is also a connection between the past and our future; a relationship
that allows us to turn around, to heal ourselves and our communities.

Are you intrigued?

Come and join us on April 26th at 233 Gilmour St. in Ottawa, Algonquin
Territory! We promise it’s going to be a fascinating evening that will
transform your heart, mind and spirit!

This event is brought to you by Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement
Ottawa (www.ipsmo.org)

Further details at
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/all-violence-against-earth-is-violence-to-women-how-we-must-look-at-the-past-to-restore-our-future-a-teach-in-by-a-celebrated-indigenous-woman-lee-maracle/

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In solidarity,

Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa

on unceded Algonquin Territory

IPSMO is a grassroots organization that directly supports indigenous
peoples in diverse struggles for justice. We also work within communities
to challenge the lies and half-truths about indigenous peoples and
colonization that dominate Canadian society. The organization is open to
both indigenous and non-indigenous people, and focuses on local and
regional campaigns.

We welcome all announcements regarding indigenous struggles. If you have an
announcement, or want something included in the newsletter, contact us at:
ipsmo at riseup.net

IPSMO's website:
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