[Indigsol] Algonquin land claim protest in Toronto

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INM flash mob - Algonquin land claim: NO! to termination of title and rights

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WHAT:
An Idle No More flash mob outside of the voting information session for the
Algonquin land claim in Eastern Ontario

WHEN:
Saturday January 30, 12:00noon - 1:00pm when the session begins

WHERE:
Outside the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
16 Spadina Rd, off of Bloor

Facebook event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1682311195391981/

Printable handout on the Algonquin land claim
http://EquitableEducation.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Algonquin-landclaim-flyer.pdf


This information session in advance of next month's vote on the Proposed
Agreement-In-Principle is being hosted and run by the "Algonquins of
Ontario" organization, who are negotiating the land claim settlement (a
'termination table') that will extinguish Algonquin land title and rights
for Eastern Ontario, including Canada's capital, Ottawa, and therein the
sacred Chaudière Falls site (Akikodjiwan / Asinabka) on the Ottawa River
currently slated for Windmill Ltd's "Zibi" condo-commercial development.

Recognizing that inside this voting information session there will be no
real chance for a full expression of opposition to the Proposed
Agreement-In-Principle, or to the land claim process itself ...

... We are calling out for a direct action flash mob of drumming, singing
and the coming together of all nations and our allies in a good way - to
send a clear and concise message to reject this claim and these
negotiations, and for those who will partake in this process to JUST VOTE
NO!!!


ABOUT THE LAND CLAIM

The ‘Algonquins of Ontario’ (AOO) was created in 2006 as an organization to
carry out the land claims process; the AOO decision-making body consists of
the chief and six council members of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First
Nation, along with one elected ‘Algonquin Negotiation Representative’ (ANR)
for each of the nine non-status Algonquin communities included in the
claim. This land claim process was initially started by Pikwakanagan in
1983, with the provincial and federal governments accepting the claim to
negotiate in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

The land under negotiation has never been ceded or surrendered. It consists
of approximately 36,000 square kilometres of eastern Ontario (although
unceded Algonquin territory does not stop at the Quebec border): the
southern boundary goes from North Bay in the northwest, southeast almost
all the way to Kingston, and then northeast to Hawkesbury, with Brockville
and Cornwall excluded. The northern boundary is the Ottawa River aka the
provincial border; the city of Ottawa is included in this territory, as is
almost all of Algonquin Park.

The key results of the current proposed settlement are for the Algonquin to
get 1.3% of the land in fee simple ownership, as well as a $300 million
one-time payment from which the negotiating debt (currently $20 million and
rising) will be paid.

The Quebec-headquartered Algonquin communities of Timiskaming, Wolf Lake,
Eagle Village, and Kitigan Zibi have all announced their assertion of
Aboriginal rights and title to their traditional territories including
parts of Ontario being negotiated away in this land claim, but have been
ignored by the "Algonquins of Ontario" as well as the provincial and
federal governments while the land claim process continues forward towards
extinguishment of title and rights.


LINKS:

Reconciliation As Real Negotiations or Termination Table? The Algonquin
land claim in Eastern Ontario
http://equitableeducation.ca/2015/algonquin-land-claim

First Nations finance their own demise through land claims process
http://ricochet.media/en/318/first-nations-finance-their-own-demise-through-land-claims-process

The heart break of Algonquin genocide
http://rabble.ca/news/2013/03/heart-break-algonquin-genocide

The Truth that Wampum Tells: My Debwewin on the Algonquin Land Claims
Process
http://lynngehl.com/2-truth-that-wampum-tells.html

Stolen Land and Sacred Falls: The Algonquin Land Claim and “Zibi”
Condominiums
http://leveller.ca/2015/10/stolen-land-sacred-falls

Algonquin Land Claim interview with Russell Diabo
http://equitableeducation.ca/2016/diabo-algonquin-land
(coming soon - will be posted by Saturday Jan 30)

Eastern Ontario Land Claim – Algonquin Treaty Negotiation Funding Trust
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2015
http://ottawa.mediacoop.ca/story/eastern-ontario-land-claim-algonquin-treaty-negoti/34361

Algonquin Title & Rights
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tBZD2nJUaQ4

Statement of Assertion of Aboriginal Rights and Title from Timiskaming,
Wolf Lake, and Eagle Village
http://www.algonquinnation.ca/?p=121

Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation Puts Government of Canada and the
Quebec and Ontario Governments on Notice
http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/kitigan-zibi-anishinabeg-first-nations-puts-government-canada-quebec-ontario-governments-1955415.htm

Turn the Tables
http://www.idlenomore.ca/turn_the_tables


---- Official land claim party sites ----

Algonquins of Ontario
http://www.tanakiwin.com/our-treaty-negotiations/overview-of-treaty-negotiations/

Province of Ontario
http://www.ontario.ca/page/algonquin-land-claim

Canadian federal government (Indigenous Affairs)
https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1355436558998/1355436749970

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