[Migrantjusticedocumentary] Awkwesasne this Friday?

Wed May 22 06:17:32 PDT 2013

I will put myself in charge of confirming that MUR meeting for June 7th.

cat

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Aaron Lakoff <aaronlakoff at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi folks,
> if we're gonna put it off, i would really appreciate it if we could do it
> on june 7 rather than may 31, since i'm gonna be out of town then. i don't
> think 1 week will make much of a difference, and i'd really like to be
> there.
> thanks!
> aaron
>
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Danielle Holyk <danielle.holyk at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I spoke with Romina and it seems to make sense to put off the focus
>> group. We said we'd follow up by emails, but we could probably come to any
>> of their friday meetings.
>> So I hope we can pick a friday to invite ourselves to come and Cat do you
>> think you'd follow up by email?
>> I guess the earliest friday would be the 31st. right now i am free for
>> then.
>> Talk soon
>> danielle
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Aaron Lakoff <aaronlakoff at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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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