Winnipeg Indigenous Sovereignty Week – October 25-31, 2009
Sunday, Oct. 25, 11AM-3PM
Vegan ABC brunch with speakers starting at noon, including Darlene Necan of the Ojibways of Saugeen First Nation — Savant Lake, Ontario — on the struggles of her community for adequete housing and against the continued aerial spraying and clearcutting of the traditional land use base of her people.
@ Mondragon Bookstore and Cafe, 91 Albert St; Brunch $10
Monday Oct. 26, 7PM
Film ‘Green Green Water,’ with discussion on Manitoba Hydro’s violation of Aboriginal rights in N. Manitoba @ Eckhardt-Grammatte, third floor, University of Winnipeg
Tuesday Oct 27
5PM: Winnipeg Copwatch will be hosting “Start your own Copwatch” Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre, Langside at S of Ellice.
7PM: Film: ‘The Scars of Mercury’ and discussion on history of mercury poisoning of indigenous commnities @ Eckhardt-Grammatte, third floor, University of Winnipeg
Wednesday Oct. 28, 7:30PM
Panel:: Urban Issues and community policing – 7:30 U of W Eckhart-Grammatte Hall, third floor
Thursday Oct 29
12-2PM: Film ‘Finding Dawn’ with presentations and discussion, Aboriginal House University of Manitoba
7-11PM: Sovereign Indigenous Voices – spoken word and music -Urban Shaman Gallery, 203-290 McDermot Avenue
Friday Oct. 30
Sovereignty expressed. Decolonizing the street. Email winnipeg.ipsm@gmail.com for more information or to partake in planning this unique event…
Saturday Oct 31, 12-4PM
Defenders of the Land: Voices of Resistance – Panel and Workshop
Featuring four Aboriginal activists standing up to the Tar Sands, Hydroelectricity’s floods and broken promises, uranium mining, and clearcut logging — panel and workshops @ University of Winnipeg Bulman Student Centre, Spence St. doors and downstairs
Guest speakers include Sam McKay of the KI community – one of the KI6 – in Ontario; Mike Mercredi of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, on the tar sands; a hydro-affected community member; and a member of Grassy Narrows First Nation
Presented by:
Boreal Action Project, abc winnipeg, U of W Aboriginal Student Council, Ka Ni Kanichihk, winnipeg indigenous peoples solidarity movement /Friends of Grassy Narrows, ECOPIA, Winnipeg Copwatch, CKUW, UMFM, New Socialist Group, U of M Aboriginal Students Assocation, U of M Womyn’s Centre, U of W Aboriginal Governance Program, U of M Department of Native studies, University of Winnipeg Students Association, U of M Department of History
More information: www.defendersoftheland.org/winnipeg