Part 5: Boots speaks about one of the actions in a wave of protests ensuing from the initial land reclamation on Douglas Creek Estate and the following Stirling Street takeover in Caledonia (Ontario).… Uqalimakkanirit
Part 3: Bill Montour - Six Nations elected councillor in the Indian Act administrative body, the Band Council - speaks about the history of research that has been done to establish Six Nations ownership to the Haldimand Tract.
Part 2: Leroy Hill, Cayuga Nation, is one of the Six Nations Confederacy chiefs who participates in the land negotiations with the federal and provincial governments.… Uqalimakkanirit
In February 2006, ten women and their children galvanized the community of Six Nations into occupying an area called Douglas Creek Estate to halt the growing land encroachment by the bordering town of Caledonia. The area, Six Nations land, had been illegally sold to a US-based developer to build a suburban housing complex.
Part 2 looks at the issues of authentic justice for indigenous people, environmental sustainability and a revolutionary change in thinking...
Connie and Rhonda discuss the differences between the court-ordered Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the grassroots elders tribunal called the Truth Commission.
Part 3 focuses on the grassroots actions the indigenous communities have been undertaking to defend their land and right to self-determination. It also highlights the criminalization of Indigenous resistance.
Part 2 is about elder, Harriet Nahanee, and her struggle against the destruction brought on by the development of the Sea to Sky Highway Expansion, a main artery from Vancouver city to the Whistler ski resort (a 2010 venue).
British Columbia is largely unceded and non-surrendered Indigenous territories. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics is a massive land grab, increasing displacement, ecological destruction, and continuing the hidden Genocide in Canada.
For more information about this campaign to Boycott the 2010 Olympics: http://no2010.com/
On September 26 and 27, 2008 hundreds of survivors, their relatives, academics, politicians, and human rights advocates participated in "Breaking the Silence: an International Conference on the 'Indian' Residential School Commission of Canada", held at the University of Montreal, Quebec.
A leadership development and support program for people of faith involved in social movements for justice and peace, the Interfaith Summer Institute (ISI) is institutionally housed with the J.S.
W… Uqalimakkanirit
On August 22 - 24, 2008, the Haudenosaunee Men’s Council, of the Iroquois Confederacy, hosted a Peace and Friendship gathering in Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (near Caledonia, Ontario).
Demontrators visit CN Railway Headquarters in the Montreal train station to demand an end to the lawsuit against 3 Mohawk defenders of the land.
Tyendinaga is a Mohawk community located on the shore of the Bay of Quinte between Toronto and Montreal, in eastern Ontario. The Mohawk Nation is one of the five original nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
In November of 1999, a group of film lovers, filmmakers and
educators, along with tourism specialists, theatre volunteers and staff
members, gathered at the newly restored Fargo Theatre to discuss the
possibility of a Fargo Film Festival, as well as the selection of the
Fargo Theatre as a site for the 2000 Library of Congress Film
Preservation Tour.
The Palm Beach International Film Festival is
committed to supporting emerging filmmakers of today and tomorrow. We
strive to recognize new and original voices throughout the world and
channel the excitement of film into our local schools.
Oscar Night America (ONA) launches into its 16th year in 2009,
bringing the excitement of the red carpet and live Oscar broadcast
directly to 52 cities nationwide.… Uqalimakkanirit
Cine
Las Americas announces new dates for its 2009 film festival: April 22 –
30, 2009. In order to better integrate the festival’s program into the
local film events calendar, the official dates have been moved back to
their traditional April schedule.
In Whose Honor — Hosted by Cherlene Teters Augsburg College Science Hall, Room 123, 707 21st Avenue South Screening at 6 p.m. Limited parking available in Lot A (see map link below)
Older than America — Directed and hosted by Georgina Lightning Augsburg College Science Hall, Room 123, 707 21st Avenue South Screening at 6 p.m. Limited parking available in Lot A (see map link below)
This channel showcases Radio and Video interviews with the minds behind IsumaTV, and their reflections about its development.
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