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*Beats for Barriere Lake: **rhythms for Algonquin resistance*

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THURSDAY JUNE 11th 20h00
tickets: $8 in advance / $10 at the door
Petit Café Campus
57, rue Prince-Arthur est
Montréal, Québec
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A night of solidarity for the ongoing struggle of the Algonquins of Barriere
Lake, featuring groundbreaking native artists from Quebec.

The concert takes place on June 11th, the one-year anniversary of Prime
Minister Stephen Harper's apology for the residential schools system – an
apology that many survivors in Barriere Lake believe will take on real
meaning only when the government changes its policies to ensure just
relations with Indigenous peoples.

performances from:

**** Samian:* celebrated Algonquin hip-hop artist
*with members of Nomadic Massive and Sola y las Lolas*

Samian is a celebrated Algonquin hip-hop artist who is the first to perform
in French and Algonquin within the Quebec musical universe. Born in the
community of Pikogan in Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Samian (Samuel Tremblay),
speaks of youth tales, particularly that of the plight and struggle of First
Nations. Samian's music has struck a chord within the hip-hop community and
in broader Quebec society through collaborations with the celebrated hip-hop
ensemble Loco Locass.
http://www.samian.ca
http://www.nomadicmassive.ca
http://www.myspace.com/solaspace

opening acts:

** CerAmony: Cree eclectic musical duo
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CerAmony, who hail from the James Bay Region of Canada, have played live
from the CBC's True North Concert series, and the Canadian Aboriginal Awards

in both 2003 and 2004. CerAmony has performed regularly for Cree people in
the James Bay communities. As a group they have strong roots in their
indigenous spiritual beliefs, and the band is socially and politically
driven aiming to spread a message of social justice.
http://www.myspace.com/ceramony

** Cheri Maracle, *Mohawk singer/songwriter from Six Nations
*with Marc Nadjiwan*, Ojibway singer/songwriter

Cheri Maracle has been performing across Canada and abroad for over a
decade. Maracle is inspired by her Mohawk/Irish culture and nomadic
upbringing across Canada, and brings fresh and original music to her
debut cd, Closer to Home. Maracle’s traditional Aboriginal music roots with
women’s vocal ensembles such as Tiyoweh and Posawawajek, is a foundation
reflected in her songs. Cheri's debut CD was nominated for Best New Artist &
Best Songwriter at the Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards, in Winnipeg
Manitoba in 2007, and for Best Female Artist at the Canadian Aboriginal
Music Awards.
http://www.myspace.com/cherimaracle
http://www.myspace.com/nadjiwan

** *screening of* Blockade on the 117*, by filmmaker Martha Stiegman

*co-presented by*: Barriere Lake Solidarity, CKUT radio, Production
Multi-Monde, Tadamon! Montreal and the National Campus and Community Radio
Conference (NCRC)

* information:: barrierelakesolidarity at gmail.com
* 514.398.7432
http://barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com/

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* background information on Barriere Lake

Since the Department of Indian Affairs ousted their Customary Chief and
Council in March 2008 and used the Surete du Quebec to forcibly impose
the authority of a minority community faction, the Barriere Lake
Algonquins have been organizing to roll-back the quiet coup d'etat. They
are campaigning to make the government honour a number of agreements,
including the Trilateral, a internationally praised land co-management
and resource-revenue sharing deal the Algonquins signed with Canada and
Quebec in 1991. It would significantly protect their forests from
clear-cut logging, but it remains unimplemented. They first signed the
agreement after a campaign of logging road blockades, which culminated
in a one-day blockade of highway 117, a crucial economic vein in
Northern Quebec, in 1990. In October, 2008, Barriere Lake once again
blockaded the 117, to force the government to respect their agreements
and their leadership customs. The SQ brutally put down the peaceful action.

info Barriere Lake Solidarity Collective:
http://barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com/
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