A multi-media presentation by Angela Sterritt and Gord Hill,
indigenous anti-Olympics organizers and artists from occupied "British Columbia".

Resisting Colonialism on Turtle Island:
From the Indian Act to the 2010 Olympics
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 6:30pm
Native Friendship Center of Montreal
2001 Boulevard St-Laurent (metro St-Laurent)

A multi-media presentation by Angela Sterritt and Gord Hill,
indigenous anti-Olympics organizers and artists from occupied "British Columbia".

free - wheelchair accessible – childcare available
presentations in English with translation towards French & Spanish
evening begins with snacks and drinks

Featured speakers and artists:
Angela Sterritt is a grassroots organizer, artist and writer who belongs to the Gitxsan Nation of the Gitanmaax band; she works with the Indigenous People's Free Skool, the International Indigenous Youth Network and the Native 2010 Resistance.
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Gord Hill, Kwakwaka'wakw, is an artist and writer, the editor of Warrior Publications, and the author of "500 Years of Indigenous Resistance".

INFO: 514-848-7583 – info@amp-montreal.net – http://nooneisillegal-montreal.blogspot.com

More about the speakers:

Angela Sterritt is a grassroots organizer, artist and writer who belongs to the Gitxsan Nation of the Gitanmaax band and is also of Irish descent. She critiques the oppression that is inherent in colonial capitalist society and works to chronicle the struggles and resistances of her people back home and in the city through her art and writing. She currently works with the Indigenous People's Free Skool, the International Indigenous Youth Network and the Native 2010 Resistance. She also is a support worker in the Downtown Eastside on Coast Salish Territory. Angela's artwork can be viewed at http://www.myspace.com/kalidahk

Gord Hill, Kwakwaka'wakw. is involved in Indigenous and anti-2010 resistance. He was arrested storming the stage at the Feb 12, 2007 Olympic 'Countdown Clock' protest in Vancouver. He is an artist, writer, and editor of Warrior Publications (http://www.warriorpublications.com). He is the author of "500 Years of Indigenous Resistance".
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The 2010 Winter Olympics will take place on unceded indigenous land in two years. The Olympic spectacle attacks indigenous peoples, the poor and the Earth. Angela Sterritt and Gord Hill, two indigenous organizers based in occupied "British Columbia", are in Montreal to speak about resistance to the 2010 Olympics within the context of ongoing resistance to colonialism on Turtle Island.

More info about anti-Olympics resistance is available at www.no2010.com and http://harrietspirit.blogspot.com/