Great annual ceremony and Open doors day

Kwe, kwe!

(English version will follow)

Cette année encore, nous sommes heureux de vous inviter à notre Grande cérémonie annuelle et journée portes ouvertes, le samedi 19 mai prochain au Centre Kanatha Aki, dans les Laurentides (Québec)!

Au programme:

• Visite de notre centre et de notre cheptel de bisons Athabascae
• Pique-nique
• Cérémonie du Grand Pardon en présence de plusieurs porteurs de pipes sacrées et autres leaders spirituels
• Chants et tambours traditionnels amérindiens

Tous les détails sont dans le document en pièce jointe.

N’hésitez pas à inviter vos parents, enfants et amis pour cette magnifque journée!

Mino piacok! (Soyez les bienvenus!)

T8aminik RANKIN

Chef héréditaire algonquin

 

Kwe, kwe!

This year again, we are happy to invite you to our Great annual ceremony and Open doors day, on Saturday May 19 at Kanatha Aki, in the Laurentian Mountains (Quebec)!

This year's program includes:

• Visit of the Center and our Athabascae Bison herd
• Pic-nic
• Forgiveness Ceremony in the presence of several Sacred pipe carriers as well as other spiritual leaders
• Traditional singing and drumming

See all the details in the attachments.

Don't hesitate to invite your parents, children or friends to this beautiful day!

Mino piacok! (Be welcome!)

T8aminik

Algonquin Hereditary Chief



Dominique (T8aminik) Rankin

Centre Ethno-Culturel 8ATAPI / Kanatha-Aki
11 chemin du Lac Orignal, Val-des-Lacs, Qc J0T 2P0
Tél. (819) 326-3540
centreethnoculturel@hotmail.com
www.dominiquerankin.ca
www.mariejoseetardif.com

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Dominique (T8aminik) Rankin / Marie-Josée Tardif

197 chemin du Lac Orignal, Val-des-Lacs (Qc) J0T 2P0  Canada
Tél. 1-819-326-3540
centreethnoculturel@gmail.com
www.dominiquerankin.ca
www.mariejoseetardif.com

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Social Night and Gathering

The Aboriginal Studies and Canadian Studies Students Association (ACCSA -
AÉÉAC) invites you to an Informal Social Night and Gathering on

• Friday March 23, 2012 at  
• Urban Well (244 Laurier Ave E,Ottawa, ON K1N 6P7, Canada) 
• beginning at 8:30 pm (dance music will arrive at 10:00 pm). 

Price: $5 (these funds will be used in funding the "For the Next 7 Generations, Film Screening & Discussion, Featuring One of 13 Grandmothers, Margaret Behan - Red Spider Woman, Montana --- which will take place Monday, March 26, 2012 from 4:30 to 6:30 (pm) [please see poster below] )

Bring your fellow students and friends with you!

For the next 7 generations

Honouring Indigenous Women Campaign

SPREAD THE WORD!


The Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa (IPSMO) is inviting you to the launch of its Honouring Indigenous Women Campaign and its Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nations – Vol. 1 booklet!

7 – 9 PM. Monday, March 19, 2012
Arts Court Studio, 2 Daly Ave. Ottawa
Unceded Algonquin Territory

Join us for a night of poetry, drumming and more, in celebrate the Power of Indigenous Women and their Special Relationship to Water!

MC: Cindy Gaudet (Métis)

Opening ceremony and women’s teaching: Verna McGregor (Algonquin)

Featuring …..

Earth Mothers women drumming group
Water teaching by Grandmother Francine Payer
Vera Wabegijig (Ojibwe),
Susanne Keeptwo (Métis – Algonquin/French & Irish descent),
Jaime Koebel (Métis),
David Groulx (Ojibwe/Métis)

* There will be items made by Indigenous peoples for sale at this event.


To invite your friends via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/320011758055132/


About our campaign:

Our Honouring Indigenous Campaign aims at raising awareness and put an end to violence perpetrated against Indigenous women. As a group mostly composed of non-Indigenous peoples who have participated or been complicit in the past and present colonization of Native peoples and lands, it is of utmost importance for us to support the work of Indigenous peoples in this regard. This campaign is an act of solidarity, and aims at supporting existing efforts from Indigenous women. As such, we are hoping to mobilize over 500 people to take part in the annual Families of Sisters in Spirit Vigilorganized in Ottawa on October 4th.

This campaign also aims at raising awareness about violence against Indigenous women and understanding the links between violence, colonialism and Indigenous Sovereignty. We echo the demands for equity, justice, and decolonization formulated by Indigenous women whom we have tremendous respect for.

We support self-determination of Indigenous peoples and work towards creating and maintaining respectful relationships with the First peoples of this land.

The campaign would not be as strong without the publication of the Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nation-Vol. 1. The booklet, composed of five sections – Struggle, Resistance, Power, Liberation, and Be Solidarity, gives to Indigenous women their due space to express their lived realities through various art forms. Through this publication, we aim to augment the voices of Indigenous women in one of many efforts to break the silence surrounding the systemic violence perpetuated by colonialism. It is, for us, a concrete and creative form of solidarity.

As a wise woman told us, we cannot achieve the ethic of respect by formulating demands, we will clearly state our hopes and expectations for this campaign and beyond, as well as announce our upcoming projects at our March 19th event. Stay tune!


To download Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nation-Vol. 1: http://ipsmo.wordpress.com/honouring-indigenous-women/


For more info: www.ipsmo.org <http://www.ipsmo.org>

Dibenindizowin: Freedoms and Indigenous Peoples

John Borrows, March 12, 2012 
 

Dibenindizowin: Freedoms and Indigenous Peoples 

Where: TBT083 - Tabaret Building, 550 Cumberland, Room 083  When: 1-3 pm