[Indigsol] 3 upcoming events in August!

[ipsm ottawa]

Hello Friends,

We have 3 fantastic events lined up for this August. Please see below and
mark them on your calendar!
Help us spread the word too.

   1. Aug. 13: Book Launch of Fractured Homeland: Federal Recognition and
   Algonquin Identity in Ontario by Bonita Lawrence
   2. Aug. 14: Political Prisoners, the G20 and Anti-Colonial Resistance
   from Canada to Palestine
   3. Aug. 24: First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community
   Gathering


Hope to see you in some of these events! All will be held in Ottawa,
unceded Algonquin Territory.

In Solidarity,
IPSMO

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*Book Launch for Bonita Lawrence's new Book
Fractured Homeland: Federal Recognition and Algonquin Identity in Ontario

6 pm, August 13 *
*Minwaashin Lodge (424 Catherine St, 2nd floor)
*
Speakers will include: Bonita Lawrence (author), Bob Majaury (Ottawa
Algonquins), Daniel Bernard Amikwabe (Algonquin Union) and others from the
region.

Fractured Homeland is about non-status Algonquins in Ontario — their
diverse struggles around identity and nationhood — set against the backdrop
of the Algonquin comprehensive land claim.

Books will be on sale at the launch!

Event co-sponsors: Minwaashin Lodge, Octopus Books and Indigenous Peoples'
Solidarity Movement of Ottawa

For more info:
http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/fractured-homeland-launch/

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*Political Prisoners, the G20 and Anti-Colonial Resistance from Canada to
Palestine

7 pm, August 14 *
*McNabb Community Centre (**180 Percy St.Corner of Gladstone and Percy)*

Presented by Books 2 Prisoners, Students Against Israeli Apartheid -
Carleton and the Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement of Ottawa

There will be a panel of speakers including :Nahla Abdo, Byron Sonne
and Ryan Rainville

For more details and speakers' bio, please see:
https://www.facebook.com/events/448803501807240/

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*First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering

1:30 ~ 9 pm, August 24, 2012
Odawa Native Friendship Centre (12 Sterling Ave.)*

You are invited to attend First Voices! First Women Speak! A teach-in and
community gathering featuring renowned Indigenous scholars, writers and
artists Lee Maracle and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, as well as Claudette
Commanda, Viola Thomas, Vera Wabegijig, Moe Clark, and others!

Please register by *August 17th* – space is limited! Click
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/firstwomenspeak to confirm your spot. The
registration fee is $20 or pay what you can. You can pay in advance or at
the door.

This is an amazing opportunity to learn from these inspiring women about
their perspectives on violence, restoration and resurgence. We especially
want to encourage youth to participate. If you are a youth and/or
non-waged, registration can be free.

If you can't come for the whole event, you're welcome to come only for the
afternoon or only for the evening. In the afternoon, there will be Lee
Maracle's lecture, discussion circles and the feast (1:30 pm - 6:30 pm) and
in the evening we'll have the Ottawa launch of Leanne Betasamosake
Simpson's new book 'Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg
Re-Creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence' (7 pm - 9 pm).

For more information, including the complete schedule of this gathering,
please go to http://bit.ly/FirstVoices.



In Solidarity,
IPSMO
on unceded Algonquin Territory
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Web Site: http://www.ipsmo.org
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ipsmo
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