[IPSMO] Support the Algonquins of Barrière Lake March 11, and more events!

[IPSMO]

Three events of interest are coming up over the next two weeks in 
Ottawa, Algonquin territory:

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No Mining on Algonquin Land! Fundraiser for The Algonquins of Barrière 
Lake (March 11)

March 11, 5-8pm, at First United Church, 347 Richmond

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1650484101923739/

The Algonquins of Barriere Lake are asking for your help and solidarity. 
Circle the evening of Saturday March 11 to meet, share a chili meal 
(including veg option), and find out more about the Algonquin's struggle 
to resist mining exploration and build a sustainable way of life.

All are welcome. We hope to fill the hall with encouragement from you as 
well as help with the legal fees through a suggested donation of $20 (or 
more) for the evening.

The Algonquins of Barriere Lake (ABL) are our regional neighbours living 
in the Ottawa and Gatineau River watershed in Quebec. They have never 
ceded their land nor do they wish to leave their traditional, land-based 
way of living. Already, resource grabbing has caused them serious loss 
of forests.

Now, Copper One, a company financed and directed by the Forbes Manhattan 
Group, has staked claims on some of ABL's lands (the Riviere Dore mining 
prospect) for copper mining. The company is pressing for permission from 
the Quebec government to clear access roads and do exploratory drilling. 
The drilling is polluting and if enough copper and other minerals are 
found for a mine, there would be devastating disruption of the land and 
water in a large area.

The Barriere Lake Defense team is hosting an evening of a chili supper, 
entertainment and, most important, a ìteach inî about the history and 
current situation at ABL. We are asking leaders from the ABL community, 
legal advisors, representatives from Mining Watch and other informed 
supporters to tell the story and explain the urgency. We invite you to 
come and listen, discuss and ask questions of the community.

For more information, visit: 
http://www.barrierelakesolidarity.org/2016/11/no-mining-on-barriere-lake-algonquin.html 
...and contact Joyce Hardman at jhardman at rogers.com or Joan Kuyek at 
joankuyek at sympatico.ca

To donate online now in support of Barriere Lake's efforts, please use 
paypal: 
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JU3W8CQVB5Y2A

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Beats Beat The Police: Panel Discussion and a Hip-Hop Show - 
Commemorating International Day Against Police Brutality (March 15)

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/374145686302590/

Join us for a free feast, panel discussion on ending the violence of 
policing and a DOPE Hip-Hop show!

Hip-Hop and Slam Poetry Show featuring the spoken word poet 
Philoso-fire, and hip-hop artists Hyfidelik, JustJamaal and Cannon2x 
from Missing Linx, Frank Blak and Shariq Devonte

The panel discussion will feature speakers from Justice for Abdihraman, 
the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Panhandler’s Union. They 
will talk about the violence done by police to poor and working class 
people, Black, Indigenous and people of colour, as well as how the 
police suppress social justice activists and activism.

Wednesday, March 15, 6pm – 11pm
Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue #240
Free Feast
Pay-What-You-Can
(suggested donation $5 - $10)
Wheelchair Accessible

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Living on the Land Launch with Kahente Horn-Miller and Zoe Todd (March 
23)

Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1800411646889375/

Thursday, March 23 2017, 7pm at Octopus Books (116 Third Ave.)

Living on the Land examines how patriarchy, gender, and colonialism have 
shaped the experiences of Indigenous women as both knowers and producers 
of knowledge. From a variety of methodological perspectives, 
contributors to the volume explore the nature and scope of Indigenous 
women’s knowledge, its rootedness in relationships both human and 
spiritual, and its inseparability from land and landscape. From the 
reconstruction of cultural and ecological heritage by Naskapi women in 
Québec to the medical expertise of Métis women in western Canada to the 
mapping and securing of land rights in Nicaragua, Living on the Land 
focuses on the integral role of women as stewards of the land and 
governors of the community. Together, these contributions point to a 
distinctive set of challenges and possibilities for Indigenous women and 
their communities.

Kahente Horn-Miller wrote a chapter on Distortion and Healing: Finding 
Balance and a “Good Mind” Through the Rearticulation of Sky Woman’s 
Journey. Zoe Todd's chapter is titled “This Is the Life”: Women’s Role 
in Food Provisioning in Paulatuuq, Northwest Territories.


-- 
Love and Solidarity,
IPSMO - Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement - Ottawa
On stolen Algonquin land
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