[Indigsol] Wed - Thomas King in Ottawa

[ipsmo at riseup.net]

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What: The Inconvenient Indian: An Evening with Thomas King

When: Wednesday March 6, 2013, 7PM

Where: Centretown United Church, 507 Bank Street

Tickets: Pre-purchased tickets cost $5 in person or $6.50 online. Tickets
are $10 at the door. They can be picked up at either Octopus Books
location (116 Third Avenue or 251 Bank Street, 2nd Floor), or purchased
online at
http://octopusbooks.ca/tickets/tickets-inconvenient-indian-evening-thomas-king

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/541101799244222/


The Inconvenient Indian is a critical and personal meditation that Thomas
King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be
"Indian" in North America.person to deliver the prestigious Massey
Lectures, and is also the bestselling, award-winning author of five novels
and two collections of short stories.

For the past five decades, Thomas King has worked as an activist for
Native causes, as an administrator in Native programs, and has taught
Native literature and history at universities in the U.S. and Canada. King
was the first Aboriginal

He will be interviewed by Waubgeshig Rice, author and local news video
journalist on CBC Television.


Event Sponsors:

Aboriginal Service Centre - Carleton University,
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW),
Centretown United Church,
Department of English Language and Literature - Carleton University,
First Peoples Council - Carleton University,
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa (IPSMO),
KAIROS Canada,
Odawa Native Friendship Centre,
Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) - Carleton,
OPIRG - GRIPO Ottawa
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) - National Capital Region,
Random House of Canada,
School of Canadian Studies - Carleton University,
Wabano Centre,