THE CHILDREN, UNDRIP

Important info at the end of this Digest

Pam

On Thursday morning Jagmeet Singh and Charlie Angus will launch a debate that will be voted on by every MP. It calls on the Liberal government to: 

1) End their legal battle against the First Nation children and accept the findings of the Human Rights Tribunal.

2) End their legal battle against the St. Anne's survivors.

3) Push for the adoption of the TRC calls to action particularly calls 71-76.

4) Provide survivors and their families the support for dealing with the trauma 

5) Table within 10 days the steps they have taken to end their legal battles.

We will host a press conference with survivors from St. Anne's residential school.

Archbishop Mark is inviting to you to ceremony and prayer for The 215 Children at noon EDT

On Thursday, the 3rd of June, we put the Gospel in the Centre and pray. The Zoom invite is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82591609134

On Friday, the 4th of June, we put the Gospel in the Centre and pray. The Zoom invite is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82591609134

On Saturday, the 5th of June, we put the Gospel in the Centre and pray. The Zoom invite is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82591609134

TThe Rev. Vince Solomon and the people of Epiphany Indigenous Church will host us for ceremony and prayer on Sunday, June 6th at 8 pm Eastern. We will send out the invite and remind you of this, later in the week.

The Elders who called for a Self-determining Church, those who also hired me, knew well, that this time was something that would face us. Even with so much hurt, we must not let that stop us. They had faced these hard cold truths themselves and knew that the perversion of the truth by others could not stop us from seeking it. The Western institutions, including the churches, always tried to convince Indigenous peoples that the West owned the truth, that it was their unique possession and that only by becoming exactly like them could Indigenous People be saved. Now, we may say it clearly and for all time: this lie is dead, even for the institutions that believed and proclaimed it. Today, we seek healing and truth, Indigenous and non-Indigenous from God, who offers Forgiveness, Justice, and Truth in the Gospel, saying that it was for this, exactly for this, that Jesus was anointed.

Love and blessings to you,

SUNDAY at 2 PM QUEEN'S PARK

June 6, 2021
10 AM PST - 11 AM MST - 11 AM CST (Regina) - 12 PM CDT (Winnipeg) - 1 PM EDT - 2 PM ADT

A Call for a National Day of Prayer

A Message from the National Turtle Lodge Council of Elders and Knowledge Keepers

https://mailchi.mp/a2d0135c8a39/a-call-for-a-national-day-of-prayer-on-june-6-2021?fbclid=IwAR3i0Y1NAZgQ3z2wUWUvcY9Ac4z0embmQkDiw6bALb0_8WbTycLvDKTWgY0

UNDRIP is in the Senate now!!

Lists of witnesses -

https://sencanada.ca/en/committees/appa/studiesandbills/43-2

Honour and Uphold Indigenous Rights - Support Bill C-15!
Ask Members of the Senate to prioritize reconciling Canadian law to Indigenous rights as outlined in the U.N. Declaration. https://p2a.co/4oHgQa7

PLEASE Support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Copy, Sign & send
https://www.faithinthedeclaration.ca/take-action-1

6 EASY STEPS!

Step 1:

Copy the text from this letter template into an e-mail

Step 2:

Add date on top of your text

Step 3:

Input address of Senator Christmas:

daniel.christmas@sen.parl.gc.ca

and c.c.:

Brian.Francis@sen.parl.gc.ca

dennis.patterson@sen.parl.gc.ca

justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca

david.lametti@parl.gc.ca

jane.cordy@sen.parl.gc.ca

scott.tannas@sen.parl.gc.ca

YuenPau.Woo@sen.parl.gc.ca

marc.gold@sen.parl.gc.ca

aadnc.minister.aandc@canada.ca and other senators as you feel able

Step 4:

Add any personal remarks you care to add

Step 5:

Add the address of your own MP should you care to share this letter with them

Step 6:

Push send!

THEN DO THIS ONE:

Ask the Members of the Senate to prioritize reconciling Canadian law to Indigenous rights as outlined in the U.N. Declaration.

https://p2a.co/4oHgQa7

THEN THIS 3RD ONE PLEASE
https://www.bcafn.ca/node/3784?fbclid=IwAR1fGQ9PR7Olg-yNgGxvYSCK5vh3ONCmlsObd0kxdpaYL2OLFKgs-QksFfg

Learn more about what you can do to support the work of Faith in the Declaration and the implementation of Declaration Legislation in Canada: https://www.faithinthedeclaration.ca/take-action-1
https://youtu.be/VuWtRmGIrro

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Peterborough Vigil

411 Reid Street to pay respects between the Opening ceremony on June 4, 7 pm and the Closing Ceremony on June 11, 7 pm.
This location is across Reid Street from St Peter-in-Chains Catholic Church.

JUNE 8 1 PM EDT

JUNE 9, 16, 23, 30

In honour of Indigenous History Month, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund is pleased to present a series of four events in celebration of the diversity of Indigenous Peoples across Canada.
Throughout the month of June, we will be featuring Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, artists, and allies from communities coast to coast to coast.
Join us on Facebook and Youtube as we come together in hope, unity, and celebration.

Register: https://downiewenjack.ca/support-us-etap/join-us/

REGISTER TODAY: KBE Teaching & Sharing Circles

Register today for a KBE Teaching & Sharing Circle – interactive, Zoom-based sessions that build positive relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people through truth, sharing, and open dialogue. This summer, six public sessions will be offered, including:

• Tuesday, June 15 (7-9 pm ET) -- Métis Teachings

• Monday, June 21 (7-9 pm ET) -- We are All Treaty People (National Indigenous Day)

• Tuesday, June 29 (7-9 pm ET) -- Social Injustice in the Court System

JUNE 16 7 PM

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-for-peace-2021-radical-hope-radical-resistance-event-2-tickets-151897542639

JUNE 26, 2021 AT 9 PM – 10 PM EDT
9th Haida Gwaii PGI for Literacy virtual event

https://fb.me/e/2lHUfU8EM

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Statement from The Honourable Murray Sinclair, June 1, 2021
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=189562956275355

CBC Listen -THE CURRENT: Murray Sinclair on the deaths of children in residential schools, and helping survivors; Advocates call on Catholic Church to release school records;

Canadians should be prepared for more discoveries like Kamloops, Murray Sinclair says

First is Hon. M. Sinclair. At 17:40 there is a poem that will bring you to tears. P

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/15847022-murray-sinclair-deaths-children-residential-schools-helping-survivors?onboarding=false

Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia
https://www.thestar.com/politics/2021/05/27/remains-of-215-children-found-at-former-residential-school-in-british-columbia.html?source=newsletter&utm_content=a09&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=DCB20408FEF8B1EFA55B841E6B16C509&utm_campaign=tmh_56122

There’s another Kamloops coming’: Here are some Canadian sites believed to hold more unmarked graves of Indigenous children

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“Missing Children and Burial Information” -Current status of the TRC Calls to Action?