[Migrantjusticedocumentary] Awkwesasne this Friday?

Wed May 15 13:33:42 PDT 2013

yup, here are some phone numbers of MUR members:

Romina - 514-560-0673 cell
Viviana - 514-554-3625 home
Noe - 514-342-2111 work, IWC

my personal preference is to move it back to a friday in june when i could
make it, but i'm fine if you guys go ahead with it this friday too.

aaron

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Catherine Kendler <
catherinekendler at gmail.com> wrote:

> About the MUR meeting, they have still not written back to confirm the
> location or anything, and since last week it was the same thing I'm
> assuming they're very busy and perhaps it's not the best time for them.
>
> Since Aaron can't come and expressed in an email (I can't tell if it's
> from before or after our discussion at the Monday meeting) that his
> preference is to put it to early June, and I am also currently freaking out
> about my exam and a landlord issue which will both be over with in two
> weeks, I wouldn't mind it being pushed back either. That would also clear
> the way for folks to stay later at the march on Friday.
>
> Aaron, please send me the phone number you called (Romina?) so I can find
> out about their preferences and availabilities for the focus group.
>
> Danielle, if you would still really like to do it this Friday, I still
> can, but it looks like it might not be up to us anyways.
>
> cat
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:31 PM, maddie ritts <maddie.ritts at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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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