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DESCRIPTION:To All Our Relations:\n\n\nGreetings Brothers and Sisters, \n\nIn the 
 Spirit of Resistance we would like to invite you to a workshop that will be 
 held at Eastside Arts Alliance this Tuesday the 20th with the Native Youth 
 Movement (NYM) delegation of the northwest region of what is known as 
 Canada. NYM has been traveling through out Mexico and Guatemala making 
 presentations as well as building alliances with various native 
 organizations. This trip has been funded solely by the people and therefore 
 we are asking for a donation for attending the workshop. We know that it is 
 a hard economical time for us all so we are working with a sliding scale 
 between $7-$15 or more if possible to help the northern delegation continue 
 on their mission. \n\nThe time for Decolonization is now.\n\nWho: 
 Representatives of Native Youth Movement\n\nWhat: Come and hear a 
 presentation on modern Indigenous resistance presented by members of an 
 Indigenous Warrior Society from the colonial territories known as 
 Canada.\n\nWhere: Eastside Arts Alliance, 2277 International Blvd. Oakland, 
 CA \nFor more info call: 510.219.7714\n\nWhen: Tuesday, January 20, 2009. 
 6:30 PM\n\nWhy: NYM looks forward to meeting and building in Oakland so we 
 hope to see you there. \n\nSpeakers:\n\nSakej Ward is from the Mi'kmaq 
 Nation located on the northeast coast of Canada. His community is 
 Esgenoopetitj (Burnt Church First Nation, New Brunswick). He is of the Wolf 
 Clan and a Metanagkewinu (Mi'maw warrior). Sakej served in both the 
 Canadian and American militaries. Having left military service, he 
 reconnected with his people and traditional ways of life. He now instructs 
 Indigenous Warrior Societies throughout Canada and the US. Sakej also has a 
 Bachelor's degree in Political Science with a specialization in 
 International Relations and a Master's degree in Indigenous 
 Governance.\n\nKiko Montilla is from the Taino Nation of Borique (occupied 
 US territory of Puerto Rico). He is a member of NYM – Native Youth 
 Movement – an organization that is presently defending unceded Indigenous 
 territories. NYM is fighting to protect Indigenous ways of life, i.e. 
 hunting, fishing, and gathering of herbs and fruits that self-sustains the 
 natives in those communities. Additionally, NYM defends the rights of 
 native peoples to practice their traditional ceremonies that have existed 
 for thousands of years. At this point in time, NYM is conducting an all-out 
 boycott and sensitization campaign against the 2010 Winter Olympics in 
 British Columbia, Canada, because of the detrimental effects to the 
 environment of the land, as well as the possible threat of destroying the 
 natives' ways of self-subsistence.\n\n\nDecolonization and Indigenous 
 Resistance\n\nPreface\n\nSince 1492, Indigenous peoples of the Americas 
 have been viciously subjected to the European colonial agenda of conquest. 
 Indigenous nation after Indigenous nation have fought back in one form or 
 another to hold back the horrors of colonial genocide.\n\nWhat has happened 
 to that resistance? Were the Indigenous peoples completely conquered? Has 
 resistance become nothing more than a historical afterthought? Is there 
 still an Indigenous resistance hidden in the shadows, secretly fighting a 
 500 year-old colonial war?\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/19/18564669.php
SUMMARY:NYM Workshop in Oakland this Tuesday: DECOLONIZATION & INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE
LOCATION:Eastside Arts Alliance\n2277 International Blvd. \nOakland, CA 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/19/18564669.php
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