Current Indigenous Movements in the Context of What is Known as Canada

Note: Saturday Dec 16 class is cancelled.

4 discussion sessions facilitated by Shawn and Carmen

Session 1. Saturday Sept 16 2-5 pm

Grassy Narrows community member: Chrissy at Queen's Park, Sept 25 at noon

Session 2. Saturday Oct 21 2-5 pm

Grassy Narrows community members: Judy and Roberta at 25 Cecil Street Nov 2 at 7pm

Session 3. Saturday Nov 18 2-5 pm

Session 4. Saturday Dec 16 2-5 pm (class cancelled)

Location: Reading Room, Hart House (7 King’s College Circle, University of Toronto)

Please note that the facilitators and participants may not agree with all the perspectives in the following sources of information. These are suggestions to introduce an understanding to these issues and to guide the participants with their own research.

Free library access is available at the New College library, 40 Willcocks St. in between Huron and Spadina.

Session 1: Six Nations

* History

* Negotiations

* Racism

* Traditional political system vs. Indian Act band system

Suggested reading: articles from the Autonomy and Solidarity Website at http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/2012, interviews with Dawn Martin-Hill

Session 2: Grassy Narrows

* History

* Role of women

* Health effects

* Corporate involvement

* Role of environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Documentary: As Long As the River Flows Website: http://www.friendsofgrassynarrows.com

Session 3: St’at’mic Nation and the Olympics

* History

* Role of “development”

* Role of the International Community

Website: http://sutikalh.resist.ca

Session 4: Urban Movements

* Understanding definitions of Native identity

* How identity has been constructed by the Indian Act

* Notions of authenticity

* Gender

* Organizations in Toronto

Recommended reading: Bonita Lawrence’s Real Indians and Others Through the University of Toronto Library system: http://webcat.library.utoronto.ca/index_others.html

Search under Lawrence, Bonita. Then click on the #7 book which is the book as a free electronic resource. Chapters 4, 7, 8, 10 and 12 are excellent if you can only read a couple chapters, though the whole book is amazing.

Website: http://tocrime.blogspot.com/2006/02/no-more-silence.html