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Free Film and Panel : Bad River

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Date and time: Sat, Feb 1, 2025 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Location: Ahuntsic College9155 Rue Saint-Hubert Montréal, QC H2M 1Y8

 

Join us for this free event with popcorn + film and meet Bad River Band members Joe Bates and Gracie Waukechon…

Narrated by Academy Award nominee Edward Norton and Quannah Chasing Horse, Bad River chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River gang and its ongoing fight for sovereignty, a story that unfolds in revolutionary fashion through a series of shocking revelations.

…a David versus Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, America’s greatest freshwater resource. As Bad River tribal elder Eldred Corbine declares: “We must protect it… die for it, if we must.”

The film will be shown in English, with French subtitles, and the panel discussion will be in English, accompanied by a French translator.

https://www.badriverfilm.com/

…a story of defiance…

Click here to reserve a spot

 

Watch Live: An Indigenous-led Reparations Framework Unveiling at 1 PM EST Tomorrow

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Although in-person registration for the National Gathering on Unmarked Burials is at capacity, you can still join us virtually for this important Gathering.

Tomorrow (October 29) at 1:00 PM EST, Kimberly Murray, Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools, will officially deliver the Indigenous-led Reparations Framework.

This is a critical milestone in our collective journey towards truth and reconciliation – we encourage you to be part of it.

Watch the live stream on Facebook: https://bit.ly/osi-bis-facebook

If you have any questions, please contact us at info@osi-bis.ca

The Residential School Survivor Support Line offers support for Survivors and Family Members 24 hours a day, seven days a week:

1-866-925-4419

Bringing Home kanehsatà:ke’s Two Dog Wampum Belt
Ensewáwe Tsi Nón:we Niió:wen Ne Kanehsatà:ke Tekahrhetsherá:ke Kaión:ni Atiatáhnha

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McCord Stewart Museum, McGill University, Kanehsatà:ke Language & Cultural Center/ Tsi Ronterihwanónhnha ne Kanien’kéha,  Mohawk Language Custodian Association and the Mohawk Council of Kanehsatà:ke are working together to bring our ancestral artifacts home, beginning with the Two Dog Wampum Belt.

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McCord Stewart Tsi Iontkahthótha, McGill University, Tsi Ronwaterihwanónhnha ne Kanien’kéha, Mohawk Language Custodian Association tánon Ratitsénhaiens skátne rotiió’te taontahatíhawe onkwatiatáhnha kaión:ni tekahrhetsherá:ke ne iethisotho’okon’kénha rotihsa’ánion tsi nontaiawenhserónhne.

 

 

Kanehsata’kehró:non Warriors in the War of 1812

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The history of the War of 1812 included our warriors from Kanehsatà:ke who were previously unknown and unnamed heroes. This Educator’s Resource Guide is to inform teachers and individuals who want to understand the war of 1812 from Kanien’kehá:ka perspectives. The guide provides key Kanien’kéha words, a Lesson Plan template, and links to other related resources. Credit goes to the many creative Kanehsata’kehró:non who shared in the development of this War of 1812 Educator’s Resource Guide.

 

Available in Kanien’kéha or Kanien’kéha and English.

$18.00 Kanien’kéha, $19.00 Kanien’kéha/English.

Wampum: Beads of Diplomacy

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The Mohawk Language Custodian Association has been collaboratively working with the McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal Canada for many weeks on an extraordinary exhibit that will feature over 40 wampum belts and associated objects related to wampum and diplomacy.

Chief Só:se Onahsakén:rat is wearing Two Dog Wampum Belt that will be featured along with several other wampum belts made by the people of Kanehsatà:ke, including one referred to as the Vatican Belt from Kanehsatà:ke that will be the first time it has left the Vatican in 192 years.

The exhibition will be open to the public from October 20th,2023 until March 10th,2024.

Onkwehón:we visitors have free access to the exhibition.

It is best to visit before the end of December as some wampum will be returned to Europe.

If there is more that 10-15, then it’s better to make a reservation with : Reservation McCord-Stewart reservation@mccord-stewart.ca.

First Sunday of the month is free for residents of Quebec.