Welcome to #INMroots number three! The goal of the #INMroots newsletter is to share news stories that promote Indigenous rights and sovereignty and the protection of land and water. The newsletter will share our stories and actions, and honour resistance, while celebrating the world that we are protecting.
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WORLD WIDE:
EVENT: The Migration Water Walk 2015, June 23
COMMUNITY: Water Walk Listings for 2015
COMMUNITY: AILA Statement to UNPFII Expert Group Meeting: Dialogue on an optional protocol
COMMUNITY: Harper’s Bill C-51 vs. Section 35 of the Constitution Act 1982
MEDIA: Australia May Stop Providing Water and Power to Remote Aboriginal Communities
MEDIA:The Sami Reindeer Herders Battling an Iron
Ore Mine in Sweden
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MEDIA: Canada is the Only UN Member to Reject Landmark Indigenous Rights Document
CENTRAL:
EVENT: The Art of Indigenous Resistance Opening Reception, Minnesota, MN: February 27
EVENT: Tribal Environmental Summit, Moscow, ID: February 28
EVENT: Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum) Launching Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems Launching, Saskatoon, SK: March 5
EVENT: Action Day to End Violence Against Women, St Paul, MN: March 18
EVENT: Water Blessing on the Shores of Lake
Michigan, Michigan City, IN: March 22
Join the Event or Learn More
EVENT: Winnebago Water Walk 2015: April 19-26
EVENT: Chippewa River Water Walk: April 19-24
EVENT: Cuyahoga River Water Walk: June 22-27
COMMUNITY: Launch of the Two-Spirit & Indigenous LGBTQQIA Mentors, Elders & Grandparents Support Circle
COMMUNITY: Twin Cities Kicks Off “Sing our Rivers Red”: 1st
Annual Missing and Murdered Women’s March
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COMMUNITY: The Aboriginal Turn: Analysing Tagaq’s Animism and the Changing Relationships between Canada and its Aboriginal Populations
MEDIA: Fire Safety on First Nations a National Problem
MEDIA: Group Raises Thousands for Homeless and Addictions Outreach Program in Northern Saskatchewan
MEDIA: Idle No More Duluth Fights to Save Wolf, Ojibwe’s Brother
MEDIA: Reconciliation Goes Grassroots in Winnipeg with One-on-One Workshops
MEDIA: Nebraska Judge Halts TransCanada's Eminent Domain Grab for Keystone XL
NORTH:
COMMUNITY: Northern Dene Alliance Gain Support at Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Annual General Meeting
MEDIA: Money Raised for Innu Doctor’s Community Walk in Quebec for Youth Wellness
MEDIA: Tli Cho Dene and the NWT Government at Odds over Bathurst Caribou Herd
SOUTH:
EVENT: The Red Nation Calls for the City of Albuquerque to Abolish Columbus Day, Albuquerque, NM: February 27
EVENT: Working Group Meeting, Continental Network of Indigenous Communications & Media, Phoenix AZ: March 3-4
EVENT: Walk for Mother Earth, Naples FL: March 28
EVENT: James River Unity Water Walk: May 11-22
COMMUNITY: Oak Flat Proclamation
COMMUNITY: Chantlaca: From Oak Flat to
Ayotzinapa
Read More and Listen to the
Interview
COMMUNITY: Abolish Columbus Day!
Albuquerque NM
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MEDIA: Footage of Exploding Oil Train in West Virginia Shows Dangers of Rail Transport
EVENT: Indigenous Resistance to Energy East: Panel Discussion, Halifax, NS: February 23
EVENT: Bleeding Geographies: Canada, Public Schooling, and Institutional Racism, with Rachel Zellars, Montreal, QC: March 3
COMMUNITY: Akanonhstáton ne Iethinisténha Ohónsta (protecting Mother Earth) Guest Speakers Highlights
COMMUNITY: Kanehsatake Declaration Against TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline
MEDIA: Ontario First Nations Ready to Die Defending Lands
MEDIA: Aboriginal Groups Listed as Part of Tory Action Plan on Roundtable for MMIW Were Not Consulted
MEDIA: Photos from 10th Annual Strawberry Ceremony for MMIW in Ontario
MEDIA: Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Responds to Proposed Border Security Bill
MEDIA: CN Freight Train Carrying Crude Derails Near Timmins, ON
EVENT: Shut Down Creech! A Mass Mobilization to Stop Drone
Wars A Convergence for Peace in the Nevada Desert, Indian Springs, NV:
March 4
Join the Event or Learn More
EVENT: Refinery Corridor Healing Walks,
Richmond, CA: April 18
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COMMUNITY: More Great Photos from the March for Real Climate Leadership
MEDIA: Lawsuit Seeks to Wrest Control of Lake Quinault from Tribe
MEDIA: Across Canada Ceremonies Remembered Stolen Sisters
MEDIA: Moose Hide Campaign Helps Men Fight Violence Towards Aboriginal Women