Indigenous Solidarity
What Does It Mean To Occupy Already Occupied Lands?
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Indigenous Solidarity Action of Occupy Ottawa and Cinema Academica present a screening of the Youtubes from Occupy Talks: Indigenous Perspectives on the Occupy Movement
With an intro from Tigerlily Quorra, an activist with Occupy Ottawa and a Kwakuitl woman.
Description: What does it mean to ‘Occupy already occupied lands?’. How does the Occupy movement relate to 500 years of resistance on Turtle Island?
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Indigenous Sovereignty Week Toronto 2011
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Indigenous Sovereignty Week gathers people together to build local relationships around the dissemination of ideas of Indigenism and to contribute to building a cross-Canada movement for Indigenous rights, self-determination, and justice for Indigenous communities.
The theme this year is: Celebrating Community Victories -- Standing up to the Harper Threat.
Why indigenous and racialized struggles will always be appendixed by the left
Inspired by artists, academics and activist colleagues who have rolled their eyes at the spiritual beliefs of their Indigenous counterparts as well as protested the inclusion of prayer and ceremony into political, academic and artistic activities, I have decided to share my thinking on some fundamental differences in values and knowledge ways that impede relationship-making across our communities.
While I can't generalize about what Indigenous or other racialized peoples mean by the words "decolonization", anti-racist or "anti-colonial", I can certainly observe how SOME philosophies and action strategies employed in leftist movements relegate anti-colonial and anti-racist struggles to the periphery.
IPSM Ottawa New Member's Meeting
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IPSM Ottawa New Member's Meeting
The IPSM is now having "New Member's Meetings" in order to make it easier
for new people to get involved in the group.
New Member's Meetings are an opportunity for people to learn about what
indigenous solidarity organizing is and how to do it. We will also provide
a brief introduction to the campaigns and support work that we do.
Finally, we will address how IPSMO works as a collective.
Currently we have 4 organizing priorities, which include support for the
Ardoch Algonquin and Barriere Lake Algonquin, Native Women's Struggles and
Two-Spirited People's Struggles.
The location of this event is still to be confirmed.