Showing posts with label Turtle Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turtle Island. Show all posts

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Go to the KANATA FESTIVAL- Free, Fun & Enlightening!

The Kanata Festival is a 13 day festival running from June 19-July 1st. It is a cultural festival featuring food, music, art, workshops, and performances. It takes place on the traditional unceded territory of the Coast Salish people of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish nations, in Larwill Park, bounded by Cambie & Beatty streets and Georgia and Dunsmuir streets in downtown Vancouver, BC. While taking place in BC, the festival will feature aspects of Indigenous culture from across Canada




Go down to the Kanata Festival, bring your kids!


Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017



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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Kanata Festival 2017- now til July 1


Kanata
@kanatafest

An initiative led by Vancouver Native Housing Society, we're a 13 day multidisciplinary festival in the heart of unceded Coast Salish Territory -Vancouver, BC
kanatafestival.com

Hey have you been down to the KANATA FESTIVAL?
I have a challenge for you. What are you doing for Reconciliation. I challenge you to go there and visit and listen and learn and most of all have FUN!!

WE DID! CHECK IT OUT!

What is Kanata Festival? Happening from June 19 through July 1, Kanata is a cultural festival featuring food, music, art, workshops, and performances. General Admission to all performances and activities at the Kanata festival is FREE! Authentic Indigenous vendors and food will be available onsite for purchase.

Kanata takes place on the traditional unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, in Larwill Park, downtown Vancouver. The festival will feature aspects of Indigenous culture from across Canada.


First check the schedule and see what is happening when you want to go.
http://kanatafestival.com/schedule/

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017
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Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

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Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017


Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2017

I am just going to mention about the Turtle Island. Turtle Island is not creation story of the West Coast as far as I know because there were no turtles here...(I may be wrong) so I found that a bit confusing but the whole concept is really beautiful and we had such wonderful conversations with everyone.  

And Attawapiskat I have a surprise for you!!





Suzette Amaya
SUZETTE AMAYA
Big Brother CA 1 Houseguest/ Owner Of @SAMAYAEntBiz /Brand Ambassador
Radio Producer/ Host @ThinkNDN 100.5fm/ Indigenous Artist Mgt/ Curator/ Publicist/ Keynote
Vancouver BC
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Be Sure to Check the schedule. I blew it, I missed seeing some people today :(
So much to see and do.  We are going back on July 1. It's my #Resistance150 as I am not celebrating that other holiday this year...I just can't, not after everything I have learned. But I had a lovely chat today with someone and they told my how their spouse came here from a war ravaged country and they really love Canada and this persons life wouldn't be the same, so for each of us we must find our way...most important thing is Respect and Love each other. 

These were posted there and I photographed them but you need to check the schedule on the website to make sure its up to date.



Okay I am posting this, if you haven't been credited I apologize but I didn't get everyone's name but I am happy to add anything here so please reach out to me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram or even email zipolita@gmail.com
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Monday, March 13, 2017

Join the #NationalCircle - Mar 17- YOU'RE INVITED

I love this message. Made me all teary when I read it.

Inspire youth to embrace life.
Join the #NationalCircle



"In response to the ongoing national suicide crisis facing too many First Nations people, we are calling for a National Circle of Ceremony and Healing for Our Spirits.

The AFN is asking Indigenous peoples and all Canadians to pray or perform ceremonies according to their own beliefs, faiths and customs. We want to inspire all people to share messages of hope and love to communities across the country.

We invite everyone to share videos, messages and information about activities they are doing or organizing for the National Circle on March 17"






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Friday, August 26, 2016

Sharon Venne, First Nations, Turtle Island, Crown, Treaties & Canada

You MUST watch these Videos! There is so much information we have not learned and that has been withheld from us.
Notokwew Muskwa Manitokan
Sharon Venne, First Nations, Turtle Island, Crown, Treaties & Canada







While watching I pick out certain points, see below. Check my twitter feed for the rest but WATCH THE VIDEOS!! VERY VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL FIRST NATIONS and all INDIGENOUS peoples around the world.




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Saturday, April 23, 2016

You Must Hear Sharon Venne Speak!!



http://thinkindigenous.usask.ca/speakers.php#HostRyanMcMahon
Sharon Venne is a member of the Cree Nation - an accomplished First Nations Lawyer, she has worked on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples since the 1970s at the United Nations in Geneva and New York.

She is a lobbyist and an expert on Indigenous politics at the United Nations and has won several cases against Canada. She also works with First Nations communities on implementing their own legal systems and advocates for First Nations to be recognized as 'Peoples' and not just 'People', a word that is used to refer to a minority and not what First Nations in Canada are working toward.

 She has served as an advisor for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee's international team, played an active role in the national and international struggles of many Indigenous Peoples, including the Lubicon Cree and Dene Nation.
Sharon has a Masters of Law degree from the University of Alberta and is the author of Our Elders Understand Our Rights: Evolving International Law Regarding Indigenous Peoples (Theytus Books, 1998)

https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/news-and-events/indigenous-studies-speaker-series-cree-lawyer-sharon-venne

Sharon Venne is an indigenous lawyer from Saskatchewan and one of the first indigenous women to graduate from law school in the country. She was instrumental in helping establish the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous

 Sharon Venne: In Canada, I think we’re going backwards. The recognition of our rights is not a positive thing. We have had to bring what’s going on with our peoples to the UN. In February, we filed an urgent action with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) about all the legislation that’s coming down. The other part was on the racism that was generated in the media against the Idle No More movement. There was no one doing anything to prevent that kind of racism from being spread by the media. So we put a two-part intervention together to CERD. So the UN work is ongoing; the declaration is only one aspect…

https://norj.ca/2013/04/canada-going-backwards-on-indigenous-rights/



http://nationtalk.ca/story/sharon-venne-first-nations-lawyer
https://www.facebook.com/events/273964699435428/
http://treatywalks.blogspot.ca/2012/11/sharon-venne-lawyer-expert-in.html

 
 Sharon Venne, Lawyer, Expert in International Law Linking Inherent Rights to Self-Determination and Treaty

I don't watch much TV. We haven't had satellite for ten years, and rabbit ears don't work in the valley -- I've tried -- but when I do get to watch TV, the commercials are my favorite. Some appeal to the heart. Some appeal to the funny bone. Some appeal to the intellect. (My sister and daughters get tired of explaining these ones to me.)

http://treatywalks.blogspot.ca/2012/11/sharon-venne-lawyer-expert-in.html

 First Nations and Canada: Jurisdiction and Education Presentation by Sharon Venne
https://intercontinentalcry.org/first-nations-and-canada-jurisdiction-and-education-presentation-by-sharon-venne/ 

Toward Disestablishing the Doctrine of Christian Domination

Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/tags/sharon-venne

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/tags/sharon-venne 

Treaties: Negotiations and Rights

Author: Tamara Starblanket

Introduction

In what is now the Canadian state, from 1870-1921, eleven numbered agreements took place between Indigenous Peoples and the British Crown. In contemporary times Treaty1 is greatly misunderstood from both Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Peoples alike. What took place at these historical meetings has been a source of contention from the outset. The central issue is the land. Who had authority and jurisdiction over the land? What was agreed to in terms of the Treaty? Another issue is whether Indigenous Peoples signed away their right to govern themselves according to their laws and customs. The source of this contention is based on oral understandings versus the written understandings of Treaty. An explanation as to the reasons why

Treaty is misunderstood is in the following quote:

For an understanding of the relationship between the Treaty Peoples and the Crown of Great Britain and later Canada, one must consider a number of factors beyond the treaty's written text. First, the written text expresses only the government of Canada's view of the treaty relationship: it does not embody the negotiated agreement. Even the written versions of treaties have been subject to considerable interpretation, and they may be scantily supported by reports or other information about the treaty negotiations2

Sharon H. Venne, "Understanding Treaty 6: An Indigenous Perspective" in M. Asch, ed., Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada (2002)
http://scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/exhibit_treaties 

 Bill C-27 (39th Canadian Parliament, 2nd Session)
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_C-27_%2839th_Canadian_Parliament,_2nd_Session%29 
1] Bill C-27 was proposed legislation that would have changed to Canadian laws to help prevent identity theft. A bilingual copy of the Bill is available on the Parliament of Canadas website. The bill was never passed, as it died on the order paper when Stephen Harper's government prorogued parliament in December 2008.[2]

The White Paper 1969


In spite of all government attempts to convince Indians to accept the white paper, their efforts will fail, because Indians understand that the path outlined by the Department of Indian Affairs through its mouthpiece, the Honourable Mr. Chrétien, leads directly to cultural genocide. We will not walk this path.
—Harold Cardinal, The Unjust Society

In 1969, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his Minister of Indian Affairs, Jean Chrétien, unveiled a policy paper that proposed ending the special legal relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state and dismantling the Indian Act. This white paper was met with forceful opposition from Aboriginal leaders across the country and sparked a new era of Indigenous political organizing in Canada.


http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/government-policy/the-white-paper-1969.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_White_Paper
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rob-clarke-s-controversial-bill-to-change-the-indian-act-passed-into-law-1.2881801

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Clarke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_member's_bill

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-s-nisga-a-becomes-only-first-nation-to-privatize-land-1.2355794

The Indian Act is the principal statute through which the federal government administers Indian status, local First Nations governments and the management of reserve land and communal monies.Apr 14, 2016  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Act
http://www.ictinc.ca/blog/21-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-the-indian-act-
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/finance/agree-accord/index-eng.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Canada 

21 Things You May Not Have Known About The Indian Act
 https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1354117773784/1354117819765 

The Indian Act:
    1. denied women status;
    2. introduced residential schools;
    3. created reserves;
    4. renamed individuals with European names
    5. restricted First Nations from leaving reserve without permission from Indian Agent - see picture above (update: 18/04/16 - the pass system was a policy endorsed by the government; it was never an Order In Council or Regulation but was definitely designed to keep First Nations on the reserve)
    6. enforced enfranchisement of any First Nation admitted to university [1];
    7. could expropriate portions of reserves for roads, railways and other public works, as well as to move an entire reserve away from a municipality if it was deemed expedient;
    8. could lease out uncultivated reserve lands to non-First Nations if the new leaseholder would use it for farming or pasture;
    9. forbade First Nations from forming political organizations;
    10. prohibited anyone, First Nation or non-First Nation, from soliciting funds for First Nation legal claims without special license from the Superintendent General. (this 1927 amendment granted the government control over the ability of First Nations to pursue land claims);[2]
    11. prohibited the sale of alcohol to First Nations;
    12. prohibited sale of ammunition to First Nations;
    13. prohibited pool hall owners from allowing First Nations entrance;
    14. imposed the “band council” system;
    15. forbade First Nations from speaking their native language;
    16. forbade First Nations from practicing their traditional religion;
    17. forbade western First Nations from appearing in any public dance, show, exhibition, stampede or pageant wearing traditional regalia; [3]
    18. declared potlatch and other cultural ceremonies illegal; [4]
    19. denied First Nations the right to vote
    20. created permit system to control First Nations ability to sell products from farms;
    21. is a piece of legislation created under the British rule for the purpose of subjugating one race - Aboriginal people.

 http://aptn.ca/news/2015/10/26/onion-lake-chief-fox-assault-dangerous-weapon-charges-related-to-domestic-incident/
http://www.onionlake.ca/chief-council/chief
http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/wallace-fox-to-step-down-as-onion-lake-chief 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Women's_Association_of_Canada 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainai_Nation
http://bloodtribe.org/
http://bloodtribe.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/JUNE2014.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Island_%28North_America%29


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