[Indigsol] IPSMO's 4th Annual Celebrating the Defense of Mother Earth and Introduction to Indigenous Solidarity Workshop

[Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement Ottawa]

IPSMO has two events coming up:

1) Celebrating the Defense of Mother Earth, Wed., April 22 (Earth Day) at
6:00pm
2) Introduction to Indigenous Solidarity, Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00pm

IPSMO's 4th Annual Celebrating the Defense of Mother Earth

Celebrating Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirits and the Defense of Mother
Earth

“There is a direct connection between violence against the Earth and
violence against women.”
Lee Maracle

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Wednesday, April 22 (Earth Day) at 6:00pm
Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St.
Pay What You Can ($5 -$10 Suggested)]
http://www.ipsmo.org
ipsmo at riseup.net
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Join us this Earth Day for a feast, movie and panel celebrating Indigenous
Women, Girls and Two-Spirits and the defense of Mother Earth.

The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa will be hosting our 4th
annual Earth Day event. This year we will celebrate the defense of mother
earth with a feast, a screening of the movie Karistatsi Onienre: The Iron
Snake, and a panel discussion with Jocelyn Iahtail (Cree), Gabreille
Fayant (Metis) and Lynn Gehl (Algonquin).

The event is also a fundraiser for Shawnejeagamik, the 510 Rideau
Indigenous Drop-In Centre. Shawnejeagamik means “House of Compassion” in
the Algonquin language, and has recently had its government funding cut. 
If the funding isn't restored, or alternate funding isn't found, then the
shelter will be forced to close.

6:00pm Welcoming by Annie St. Georges (Algonquin)
6:15pm Free Feast
7:00pm Movie - Karistatsi Onienre: The Iron Snake
8:00pm Panel Discussion
9:30pm Closing

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Karistatsi Onienre: The Iron Snake was directed by Clifton Nicholas

The tar sands are the most polluting resource extraction operation in the
world today. This film examines issues surrounding the tar sands and the
impending development of pipelines in eastern Canada and western Canada to
open up markets for this dirty energy. This documentary concentrates on
Indigenous struggles against tar sands and pipelines.

The film talks specifically about the proposed Energy East pipeline that
would pass through Ottawa and cross the Rideau River, as well as Line 9,
which passes through Akwesasne and Cornwall, on its way from Sarnia to
Montreal.

Karistatsi Onienre: The Iron Snake was directed by Clifton Nicholas

Panel Discussion

The panel will focus on the ways that the water, the earth, and indigenous
women are interconnected, as well as their resistance to the violence that
they experience.

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About the Panelists

Jocelyn Iahtail, Jocelyn is a mother, a survivor and a cultural teacher
and consultant at  Mother Earth and Child.  She speaks out against
violence against Indigenous women and girls, and the historic and ongoing
abuse of Indigenous children through the Residential School System, Indian
Day schools, 60s scoop and the Millennium scoop.

Gabrielle Fayant: Gabrielle is the co-founder of a youth-led and
youth-driven organization called Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G) and
Program Manager of a youth economic program called Reach Up! North in
partnership with the Digital Opportunity Trust.

She has worked for a number of national Aboriginal organizations such as
the National Association of Friendship Centres, Native Women’s Association
of Canada, and the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. She has experience on a
number of local, regional, and national advisory committees and councils,
such as the Canadian Commission of UNESCO’s Youth Advisory Group, Ottawa
Youth Engagement Committee, and Walking With Our Sisters Ottawa Youth
Committee.

Gabrielle also serves as a board member for the Odawa Native Friendship
Centre, and she sings with a female drum group called Spirit Flowers and
as backup for a men’s drum group called the Ottawa River singers (aka
O-Town Boyz). Gabrielle is the recipient of the 2015 Indspire Metis Youth
Award.

Lynn Gehl: Lynn is an Algonquin Anishinaabe-kwe from the Ottawa River
Valley, Ontario, Canada. She describes herself as a learner-researcher,
thinker, writer, Black Face blogger, and she has been an Indigenous human
rights advocate for 25 years.

Lynn works to eliminate the continued sex discrimination in the Indian
Act, and she is also an outspoken critic of the contemporary land claims
and self-government process.

She has a doctorate in Indigenous Studies, a Master of Arts in Canadian
and Native Studies, and an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. She also
has a diploma in Chemical Technology and worked in the field of
environmental science for 12 years in the area of toxic organic analysis
of Ontario’s waterways.  While advocating for change is currently part of
what she does, she is also interested in traditional knowledge systems
that guide the Anishinaabeg forward to a good life.

Along with many journal and community publications, she has three books:

Anishinaabeg Stories: Featuring Petroglyphs, Petrographs, and Wampum Belts
The Truth that Wampum Tells: My Debwewin on the Algonquin Land Claims Process
Mkadengwe: Sharing Canada’s Colonial Process through Black Face Methodology

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Introduction to Indigenous Solidarity

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Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00pm
Faculty of Social Sciences, 120 University Private
Room 4004, 1st Floor
Wheelchair Accessible
The art is by Tania Willard.

ipsmo at riseup.net
http://www.ipsmo.org/
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This is a two hour workshop that introduces people to the basics of
indigenous solidarity. We explore some of the history of indigenous
resistance, key concepts, terminology and how to do indigenous solidarity.

This workshop is intended for everyone who is interested in being
principled allies to indigenous people.

“I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so
vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It
respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.”

- Eduardo Galeano

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The Indigenous Peoples' Solidarity Movement – Ottawa

The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement – Ottawa (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.

As we act in solidarity with indigenous people, we build relationships
where we can learn from indigenous cultures. By doing this, we can further
decolonize ourselves, and so learn to better challenge the racist and
colonial ideas that dominate Canadian society.

We provide support to actions and campaigns for Indigenous sovereignty,
self-determination, defense of the land, environmental protection,
cultural revitalization, and the honouring of treaties and agreements.

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Le Mouvement de Solidarité avec les Peuples Autochtones -Ottawa (Abrégé en
anglais: IPSMO) est une organisation populaire qui soutient directement
les peuples autochtones dans leurs diverses luttes pour la justice. Nous
travaillons au sein des communautés afin de débattre les mensonges et
demi-vérités concernant les peuples autochtones et l’esprit de
colonisation qui dominent dans la société canadienne. Cette organisation
est ouverte à tous : aux personnes autochtones tout comme aux personnes
non-autochtones, et mène une campagne concentré à un niveau local et
régional.

En agissant solidairement avec les peuples autochtones, nous construisons
des relations d’échanges où nous pouvons apprendre de leur culture.

En faisant de même, nous pouvons mieux nous décoloniser nous même, et
ainsi mieux contester et combattre les idées racistes et colonialistes qui
dominent la société canadienne.

Nous soutenons les actions et campagnes pour la souveraineté autochtone,
son autodétermination, la défense du territoire, la protection
environnementale, la revitalisation culturelle, et l’application des
traités et accords.
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