[Indigsol] Potluck Feast and Fundraiser: In Celebration of Algonquin Resistance to Assimilation!

[ipsm ottawa]

*SPREAD THE WORD & MARK ON YOUR CALENDAR!*


*Potluck Feast and Fundraiser:
In Celebration of Algonquin Resistance to Assimilation!*

*A dinner with a talk by Michel Thusky, a community spokesperson from the
Algonquin Community of Barriere Lake and musical performance by Three
Little Birds Band
*
*6:00 to 9:00 pm
Thursday, March 1, 2012
PSAC, J.K. Wyllie Boardroom, 233 Gilmour St., Ottawa, Unceded Algonquin
Territory*

Facebook: http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/potluck-feast-fundraiser/

Poster: Please click the link to download the poster:
potluck-poster-march-1.pdf<http://ipsmo.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/potluck-poster-march-1.pdf>


*Come* share a meal and help support the long-standing resistance of
*Mitchikanibikok
Inik, the Algonquins of Barriere Lake*, to forced assimilation and
extinction. This event is a fundraiser to help cover the community’s legal
costs incurred in a costly court battle they’ve been forced into by the
Canadian government.

*Michel Thusky*, a spokesperson from the Algonquin community of Barriere
Lake, will talk about *community identity* in the context of his people’s
struggle to *defend their land, their way of life, and their traditional
governance system* against attacks by the colonial governments of Quebec
and Canada.

Please bring either a dish to share, or a suggested minimum donation of $5
to 20 to ensure the costs of this event are covered. Some extra food will
be prepared to make sure there is enough to feed everyone.

All proceeds after costs are covered, will go to the Barriere Lake Legal
Defense Fund<http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/barriere-lake-legal-defense-fund/>
.

The event location is wheelchair-accessible.


*For more information about the Mitchikanibikok Inik community and their
current legal action, please see:
*
http://www.barrierelakesolidarity.org/

http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/mitchikanibikok-inik/


*For musical performance by Three Little Birds:
*
http://www.threelittlebirdstheband.com


*For a good background video on Section 74 and the Barriere Lake struggle,
see this short 4-minute film on Vimeo:*

http://vimeo.com/23103527


This event is part of *Barriere Lake Speaking Tour* in Ontario and Quebec
in March 2012:  Ottawa (March 1), Waterloo (March 3), Toronto (March 5) and
Montreal (Date: TBD)


To share this event on social media:
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/potluck-feast-fundraiser/.



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In Solidarity,
IPSMO
on unceded Algonquin Territory
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