[IPSM] Grassy Narrows events in Montreal

[Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movment - Montreal]

Indigenous youth from the Grassy Narrows community will be making a stop in
Montreal on this Friday, March 12th, as a part of a 2 1/2 week long speakers
tour.  You are encouraged to come out to the following events to show your
support...

AS LONG AS THE RIVERS FLOW
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1:45-3:30pm
First Peoples' House, 3505 rue Peel (metro Peel)
Film screening and discussion presented by youth from Grassy Narrows

As Long as the Rivers Flow is a documentary film that tells of the blockade
that the Anishinaabek community of Grassy Narrows erected on Dec. 3 2002.
Now over a year into the blockade, the people of Grassy Narrows continue to
defend their Traditional Land Use Area from clearcutting by the Montreal
based  pulp and paper corporation, Abitibi Consolidated, and struggle
against the Ontario and Canadian governments' failure to act in accordance
with their own colonial laws and treaties.

Organized by the McGill First Peoples' House, the Aboriginal Student's
Network, and the Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement, with the generous
support of McGill Chaplaincy.


THE ROOTS OF WAR: 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 7pm
1710, rue Beaudry (metro Beaudry)

A panel discussion with youth from Grassy Narrows, an Indigenous community
blockading in defense of their land; Clifton Nicholas from the Kanesatake
Mohawk Nation; and Joane Bourget, a nurse working on Inuit land.

***This event is FREE -- The venue is wheelchair accessible --
Childcare available on-site -- Bring your kids! -- Translation Available

[This event is the opening panel for a 2 day teach-in entitled WORDS ARE
WEAPONS]

For more information about either of these events, contact the Indigenous
Peoples Solidarity Movement (IPSM) at ipsm at resist .ca or at 514-398-7432

For more background info on the situation at Grassy Narrows,
check out www.friendsofgrassynarrows.com