SCHOLAR STRIKE CANADA: Solemn Promises /Stolen Land: Policing & Treaty-Breaking 1492 Land Back Lane

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Sept 9, 12:30PM- 2:00PM
Solemn Promises on Stolen Land: Policing and Treaty-Breaking on 1492 Land Back Lane

Presenters:
Elder Eileen Antone, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, a member of the Oneida of the Thames First Nation, Turtle Clan
Courtney Skye, Research Fellow at the Yellowhead Institute, Haudenosaunee citizen from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Kevin White, Assistant Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion and Centre for Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto, Mohawk from Akwesasne
Dale Turner, Associate Professor,  Political Science/Centre for Indigenous Studies, University of Toronto
Moderated by Susan Hill, Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Centre for Indigenous Studies at the University of Toronto, Haudenosaunee citizen from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory

This public, online teach-in will address how Indigenous efforts to protect and reclaim land through exercising their jurisdiction and treaty rights often result in police arrests and violence. Focused particularly on the ongoing 1492 Land Back Lane Haudenosaunee reclamation at a real estate development in Caledonia, the teach-in brings together professors from the Centre for Indigenous Studies (CIS) and the Department for the Study of Religion (DSR) at the University of Toronto, as well as researcher Courtney Skye of the Yellowhead Institute. Skye was arrested on September 3 while doing her research at 1492 Land Back Lane. Professor and Elder Eileen Antone will open and close the teach-in, which will be moderated by Prof. Susan Hill, Director of the Centre for Indigenous Studies, and include Courtney Skye and Professor Kevin White (CIS/DSR)

YouTube url:	https://youtu.be/1qLZC5YH5o0
Created:	25. 10. 2020 09:09:23

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SCHOLAR STRIKE CANADA: Solemn Promises /Stolen Land: Policing & Treaty-Breaking 1492 Land Back Lane