[Org4j-announce] July 1st March For Action / Memorial Walk OTTAWA + actions across Canada

[Organizing For Justice]

There are two large Anishnabe-led events tomorrow. July 1st, locally
(Ottawa/Gatineau, unceded Algonquin Anishinabeg territory)
... as well as actions across Canada for #CancelCanadaDay


Locally, one begins 11:30am, at 10 Wellington, Gatineau
(outside the Indigenous Services Canada offices)
*WE ARE STILL HERE - Anishnabe Cancel Canada Day March*
https://www.facebook.com/events/4467666426600146/

The other at noon/12:30pm, at "The Gather-Ring" south end of Portage Bridge
(near the National Library and Archives, nearer to the Mill St Pub)
*1,505+ Memorial Walk (Ceremony)*
https://www.facebook.com/events/326734422247552/


There is also an event in Ottawa for July 2nd, 1pm at 50 Sussex Drive:

*Reimagining Canada Day Ceremony to Honour #Kamloops215*


*Idle No More's #CancelCanadaDay page*, listing actions across Canada:
https://www.facebook.com/events/213759960588847


Below are the fuller calls for each event


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*WE ARE STILL HERE - Anishnabe Cancel Canada Day March*

“The Anishnabe nations calls upon our red nation and allies to join us in
our grassroots Anishnabe-led March for Action!”

Everyone is welcome. Rain or shine. Dress-code will be Orange,
anti-colonial merch, your beautiful Indigenous selves.

WHEN: July 1st, 11:30AM
START: Indigenous Services, 10 Wellington, QC
END: @ Parliament Hill

BRING: drums, banners, noisemakers. Prepare for walking and the weather.
Please adhere to COVID-19 precautions.

“We will not celebrate the ongoing genocide within Canada against
Indigenous people. Instead we will gather to honour all of the lives lost
to the Canadian state, including the many lives lost to residential
schools. We will use our voices to support MMIWG2S, and to end land
extraction and devastation, child welfare, birth alerts, forced
sterilization, Police/RCMP brutality and all of the injustices that the
settler-state has normalized on these lands.”

#CancelCanadaDay #NoPrideInGenocide #215  #JusticeForIndigenous

Call-outs for volunteers (blockers and mental health supports), drummers,
singers and dancers! Please share widely!
It’s so beautiful to see Algonquin grassroots leading this action on their
homelands with support from amazing Indigenous youth, who are far from
their homelands, but now call Algonquin lands their home [image: 🧡][image:
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Blockers contact @ antifaottawa on instagram
Drummers, Dancers and Singers contact Rae-Anna Whiteduck on Facebook
Mental Health Supports contact Cheyenne Ratt on Facebook


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*1,505+ Memorial Walk (Ceremony)*

We would like to take this time to say GITCHI MEEGWETCH all Volunteers!!!!
WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Nishnawabe/Anishnaabe descendants of the Indian Residential School
Survivors and Survivors will be walking in Prayer, a Memorial Walk
Ceremony, for the 1323 (+ more to come) Children found on the grounds of
Residential School sites, Children of IRS that had not made it home, and
the Survivors of these schools, on July 1st 2021 @12:30pm.

This event will take place on Unceded Unsurrendered Algonquin Territory
Everyone is welcome! Wear your Orange T-shirts, wave your flags in solidary
and in honour of our Ancestors, they are waiting!!

**Tentative Agenda**

The Memorial walk will be from Victoria Island (portage bridge) to
Parliament Hill.
12:00 : Smudging Ceremony and honor the Staff for the Children, Land
Acknowledgement.
12:30: Honor Song- Healing Dance-
Walk to Parliament Hill in Ceremony with our Ancestors!!!
1:15 - 1:30 Eta@ Parliament Hill- Grief/healing Pipe Ceremony. EVERYONE &
ALL PIPE CARRIERS are welcome , Led by the "Grandchildren of Kitigan Zibi"
with the help of their Parents and Kokums. This will include smudging the
grounds and People.
2:00 pm Guest Speaker TBA
2:15 pm - Moment of Silence to honour the 215 that had been found and lead
the way for others.
2:20 pm Speakers - Susie Cheechoo, Spirit Name; Raining Eagle Feathers-
Sharing The 7 Grandfather Medicine wheel of Peace. (The picture we used for
the poster)
2:30 : Judd Smoke - Canadian National Officer for the Redrum Motorcycle
Club-Nominee for Chief of Alderville First Nation.
2:40 pm Open Mic
3 pm Round Dance
TBD : Closing Ceremony & Travelling Song

[image: 🧡] Jim and Cecile Eagle will be the respected Elders in support of
Ceremony, and will be guest speakers as well.
[image: 🧡] Sacred Fires will be ignited during this time in support of the
Ceremony"
[image: 🧡] Pipe Carriers and Supporters across Turtle Island will be in
Unity with the Ceremony.
[image: 🧡] If you are unable to attend, send your Prayers!!!
[image: 🧡] Tobacco Ties and Orange Ribbons will be given"
[image: 🧡] Water will be Provided, donated by the Sackaney Family of
Albany & Wahgoshig FN. We request people to bring their water bottles and
we will refill them and take care of the litter
[image: 🧡] Social Workers, Traditional Practitioners, certified Mental
Health First Aid, Psychotherapist will be on site"

[image: 🧡] During the Pipe Ceremony, We kindly respect all for that time
for people to turn off and put away all cameras and phones.
[image: 🧡][image: 🧡]We are asking that if any Pipe Carriers, Dancers, and
Drummers currently in Ottawa - and surrounding areas that are interested in
joining us to honour our Children who never made it home to reach out to
Judy Sackaney at judysackaney at gmail.com for more information related to
ceremony.
**Please note this is not a protest or rally this is a Ceremony to unite
the People for healing and honour the ones who are now being found and many
more to be found, past and present IRRS, and to allow ourselves to Grieve
in Ceremony, therefore a Grief/Healing Pipe Ceremony will be held on
Parliament Hill and Unite as One Nation in Prayer! [image: 🧡][image:
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~Please respect the covid recommendations~
for further questions or concerns contact
Judy Sackaney
Email: judysackaney at gmail.com


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*Reimagining Canada Day Ceremony to Honour #Kamloops215*

Friday, July 2, 1PM - Location: 50 Sussex Dr., Ottawa

Ceremony on July 2nd at 1:00 pm to honour the children who died at
Kamploops IRS. Hearts planted on grounds of 50 Sussex Dr. will be blessed
by Algonquin Spiritual Advisor, Albert Dumont to help them on their journey
to the new Indigenous Cultural Centre at Algoma College. IRS Survivor Irene
Barbeau from the Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association will be present
to accept the Hearts. Participants are requested to wear their masks and
comply with Covid protocols. Be prepared for all weather as there is no
*rain date*.

Hosted by: Project Heart, contact trublwithnormal at gmail.com for more info

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*IDLE NO MORE CALLOUT FOR JULY 1*

*Who:* any individual, group or community who wants to challenge and
disrupt Canada’s ongoing colonialism
*When:* July 1st
*Where:* any traditional Indigenous territory, urban or rural, from coast
to coast to coast
*What:* any action, such as banner drops, sit ins, round dances, service
disruptions, ceremonies, #Landback camps, marches and rallies. Please
adhere to COVID-19 precautions specific to your region.
*How: *Gather together in person or virtually, plan your action, and share
your event details to this page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/213759960588847
We encourage actions to include orange shirts, so long as it feels
appropriate to do so.

Please feel free to use any of the graphics included in this email for your
promotional items, and use the hashtags: #CancelCanadaDay
#NoPrideInGenocide #215 #JusticeForIndigenous
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