[Migrantjusticedocumentary] Awkwesasne this Friday?

[maddie ritts]

hey!

i agree that it would be an important to cover this given our desire to
incorporate a strong anti-colonial analysis in our project. i would  feel
comfortable with discussing and deciding upon this particular shoot over
e-mail, provided that we have a conversation about the budget at the next
meeting. or perhaps a meeting entirely about how we want to allocate money
for travel costs? i think a few conversations need to be had, and i am also
personally feeling really out of the loop as to budget related things. i'm
not sure about other folks. anyway, that's where i stand.

thoughts?

xo
m


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Aaron Lakoff <aaronlakoff at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi all,
> i think it would be really important to go and film, as Awkwesasne is the
> best case example of how the border infringes on the lives of Indigenous
> peoples, and helps to illustrate the importance of an anti-colonial
> analysis in no borders organizing.
>
> i just remembered about the MUR meeting, so that might be tricky. to get
> back in time if the meeting is at 7pm, you'd probably want to leave
> Awkwesasne by 3:30pm or 4pm to be safe and avoid traffic. the demo starts
> at 9am, so that would be a big day. what are people's thoughts on that? is
> it not possible?
>
> i think it would be important to put money from the budget towards this.
> the more i'm thinking too, there will probably be other things that come up
> outside mtl that will be important to film (for example, meetings with
> workers in st-hyacinthe, actions in Ottawa, meetings with ministers in
> Quebec City, etc.). we should definitely have another conversation about
> our budget at the next meeting, but how do folks feel about making a snap
> decision on covering the travel costs to Awkwesasne to film this?
>
> i've emailed a bunch of other anti-colonial peeps in mtl to see if others
> are driving down for this. i'll keep you all posted.
>
> cheers,
> aaron
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Danielle Holyk <danielle.holyk at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Looks like a good thing to go to, but I'm wondering for what? Is this
>> something you want to film and in what context?
>> We have the focus group with MUR at 7pm in mtl so it depends when this is
>> over...
>> also is this something that we need for the project and would pay for
>> driving?
>> I am was thinking that for longer trips or more driving I'd ask if we can
>> reimburse for driving regarding the KMs driven. For my old job we offered i
>> think around 40cents per KM to cover gas and car related costs. i can
>> double check what that was. but it helps cover all the other costs related
>> to having a car.
>> I wanted to bring this up next meeting and see what it means to the
>> budget, but i know it will depend on how much travel we need to do.
>> Anyways those are my thoughts.
>> we can talk more on the phone about details maybe so i can decide if i
>> can do this friday.
>>
>> ok! yeah
>> talk soon
>> danielle
>>
>> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:09 PM, Aaron Lakoff <aaronlakoff at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>> Sarita just shared this action callout about a demo in Awkwesasne this
>>> Friday. Is anyone able to go? It's about 2 hours from Montreal.
>>> Danielle, would you be able to drive?
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> MOHAWK NATION CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION AGAINST THE INFRINGEMENT
>>> OF ITS INHERENT INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
>>> For Immediate Release
>>> Akwesasne Mohawk Territory - Onerahtohkó:wa (May) 7, 2013
>>> Greetings from the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation of the Haudenosaunee
>>> Six Nations Confederacy. Straddling both sides of the Kania’tarohwá:nen
>>> (St. Lawrence River), the Akwesasne Mohawk Territory exists within the
>>> ancestral homeland of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, which has never been ceded
>>> by any legitimate authority of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
>>>
>>> Without the free, prior and informed consent of the Kanien’kehá:ka
>>> Nation, both Canada and the United States have since unilaterally drawn
>>> their national boundaries directly through our traditional and ancestral
>>> territory and now limit and disrupt our free and unobstructed movement
>>> within our own territory. Despite this challenge to our territorial
>>> sovereignty, the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation continues to retain and assert its
>>> inherent sovereign and indigenous right to cross freely into all
>>> Haudenosaunee territories.
>>>
>>> Since the imposition of the Canadian Port of Entry within the Akwesasne
>>> Mohawk Territory, the Kanien’kehá:ka have experienced and endured racial
>>> harassment and mistreatment, the denial of their Haudenosaunee citizenship,
>>> arrest, and the confiscation of property by the Canadian Border Service
>>> Agency (CBSA). Since the Port of Entry was relocated to Cornwall four years
>>> ago, this mistreatment and abuse has intensified.
>>>
>>> Therefore, the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
>>> are calling upon all people to join us in a call for action on May 17,
>>> 2013, to bring an end to Canada’s abuse and mistreatment of our citizens
>>> and their refusal to respect and honor the inherent sovereign and
>>> indigenous rights of the Haudenosaunee to freely move about its traditional
>>> and ancestral territory without hindrance. Despite the Government of
>>> Canada’s commitment towards truth and reconciliation with the Indigenous
>>> Peoples of this land, these regularly unprovoked and insensitive acts by
>>> the CBSA are another demonstration of Canada’s indifference and lack of
>>> respect towards indigenous peoples and demonstrate its callous disregard
>>> towards resolving these issues in good faith.
>>>
>>> To resolve the border issue the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation requires the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> 1. To begin the process to rectify this longstanding conflict between
>>> our peoples, the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation requires an immediate meeting
>>> between the Government of Canada and the traditional leadership of the
>>> Haudenosaunee Six Nations Confederacy.
>>>
>>> 2. In keeping with the principles of coexistence and non-inference as
>>> embodied through the Two Row Wampum, the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation requires a
>>> commitment by the Government of Canada to retain a nation-to-nation
>>> relationship with the traditional Haudenosaunee Six Nations Confederacy, as
>>> their British fathers had in the past.
>>>
>>> 3. In order to preserve and maintain the distinct identity of the
>>> Haudenosaunee as a sovereign people, the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation requires the
>>> Government of Canada to recognize Haudenosaunee citizenship, by virtue of
>>> whatever identification issued by the Haudenosaunee Six Nations Confederacy.
>>>
>>> The Kanien’kehá:ka Nation calls upon its people to gather at the Mohawk
>>> Nation Longhouse at 9am on May 17, 2013, for a peaceful march across the
>>> imaginary line that cuts through our nation, to let all know that we shall
>>> continue to exercise our inherent sovereign and indigenous rights and
>>> uphold them for future generations. For more information, please contact
>>> the Mohawk Nation Office at 518-358-3381
>>>
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