The official number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada since 1980 is 521. Jillian Kestler-D'Amours profiles the ordeal of one family from Kahnawake.
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Indigenous Sovereignty Week builds community-based resistance
In November of last year, Indigenous activists and allies from across Canada came together in Winnipeg to form Defenders of the Land, a network of Indigenous communities and activists in land struggle across Canada.
Out of this network came a call for a pan-Canadian event, Indigenous Sovereignty Week, which is now upon us. Close to 30 cities and communities across Canada (and even a few in the United States) will be holding public events from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1.
H2Oil screening and discussion
One strength of the documentary H2Oil is its focus on the indigenous people downstream from the tar sands. A screening of the film will be followed by a panel discussion at the VIFF Monday.
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Why youth and First Nations are key to green economy future
This is the second part of an interview on green jobs with Ben Powless, a Mohawk youth who is helping to organize the Power Shift Canada 2009 conference, Oct 23-26 in Ottawa. You can read Part I of the interview here.
Greg Macdougall: So you’re obviously involved with [green jobs organizing] here in Canada and you’re part of the Indigenous Environmental Network (www.ienearth.org). You’re coming up with some strategy on this?
At least he's not a history teacher: Harper on colonialism
"We also have no history of colonialism..." - Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
On the heels of a massive exercise of U.S. police repression against G20 protestors, including use of a wartime sonic acoustic weapon also being utilized in Iraq, Stephen Harper made the above declaration during a press conference in Pittsburgh where it was announced that Canada would be hosting the next G20 meeting in 2010. (See the text of the remarks here.)
Unsurprisingly, no world leaders walked out as he said this, nor was he subsequently denounced, for Indigenous Holocaust denial.
Tar sands protest at Canada House in London
Clayton Thomas-Muller joined climate camp activists in London, taking a strong message against the tar sands to Canada House at Trafalgar Square. (Photo: Mike Russell)
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Camp Kegedonce celerating sexuality at Planet Indigenous
Aug 22 2009 - 11:00pm
Aug 23 2009 - 1:00am
Location
Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Room
235 Queen St. W.
TorontoCanada
43° 39' 1.512" N, 79° 23' 18.1212" W
See map: Google Maps
It'll be an R-rated romp through burlesque, body painting, music, and spoken word, with featured readings and performances by nationally renowned Metis writer Gregory Scofield performing from the revised, Kegedonce Press edition of his classic book of erotic poetry Love Medicine and One Song, the ever popular and effervescent Cherokee writer Daniel Heath Justice reading racy excerpts from the first ever Indigenous fantasy trilogy, The Way of Thorn and Thunder, and electrifying Anishnaabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm performing selections from the ground-breaking anthology Without Reservation: Indigenous Erotica.
