TODAY, FEB 9th:
3pm SOLIDARITY IDS: THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINED IDENTITY
Shatner Building, Lev Buckhman Room (3480 McTavish, 3rd floor)
A Workshop hosted by the Solidarity ID Project (bilingual)
This workshop will look at both gendered and cultural identity issues tackled by such advocacy groups as the Solidarity ID Project. What does it mean to have a chosen name? How do we deal with administrative procedures when it comes to our chosen names?
Co-presentation of the Solidarity ID Project and QPIRG McGill
7:30pm RHYTHMS AND RESISTANCE IN INDIAN COUNTRY: DetermiNATION Songs
A film screening followed by discussion
Leacock 232, McGill Campus (805 Sherbrooke St. West)
**DetermiNATION Songs**
directed by Michelle Smith and Paul Rickard
To view a trailer of the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEuYS9xEycg&feature=player_embedded
http://www.pmm.qc.ca/
DetermiNATION songs brings to the screen the stories of three Indigenous singer/songwriters – Samian, Cheri Maracle, and CerAmony – who are inspired by the realities and struggle of their communities.
A rising star on the Quebec music scene, Algonquin hip hop artist Samian gives voice to a generation of dispossessed youth and forces Quebecers to confront their historical relationship with First Nations. Cheri Maracle recently returned to her community of Six Nations, and she sings about the life of First Nations women, paying homage to the hundreds of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. Cree rockers Pakesso Mukash and Matthew Iserhoff, members of CerAmony, air the concerns of their people, disenchanted with the selling off of Cree land to Hydro Quebec and big industry.
The film revolves around a benefit show the musicians played for the Barriere Lake Algonquins, who have been involved in a multi-generational struggle of their own to protect their lands and way of life from clear-cut logging. After the film, hear an update about Barriere Lake’s current effort to fend off the federal government’s attempts to forcibly abolish their traditional system of government and undermine historic agreements signed with the community.
For more info: www.barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com