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Friday, November 21, 2008

Hidden From History: The Canadian Holocaust

Telling the Untold Story
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Where is Maisie Shaw?
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Telling the Untold Story of the Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada


VOICES of the Canadian Holocaust

listen icon Native Survivors' Testimonies of Crimes Against Humanity in Residential Schools

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Taking Action: What You Can Do
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Taking Action -  What You Can Do:

1. Educate Yourself and Others - 

a) Order and distribute our book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust and our film UNREPENTANT to libraries, colleges and the media in your community -  UNREPENTANT can be ordered through our Commission (below)  and view at google video or on the right of this page 

 b) Hold a public screening of UNREPENTANT in your community and invite Kevin Annett to come and speak at the event.

c) Order educational material and leaflets from our Truth Commission (Education Kit #1), and distribute them outside Catholic, Anglican and United Churches on
Sunday mornings (see contact info below)

 2. Refuse to Cooperate with Genocidal Institutions -

 a) Boycott the Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada - Refuse to attend their services or rent their facilities, or if you do attend, withhold from
them all donations, tithings and bequests. (See the sample Declaration of Conscience form below)

 b) Withhold all tax payments to the government of Canada.

 c) Support an international boycott of Canadian tourism and goods, and a boycott of the 2010 Olympics in British Columbia.

 d) Write to your local M.P. and to Revenue Canada and demand that the charitable tax-exempt status of the Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada be revoked.

 3. Take Direct Action -

 a) Hold protests, memorial vigils and civil disobedience actions at these churches and government facilities, demanding to know where the deceased residential school children are buried, and calling for their return to their families for a proper burial, and for a surrender of those persons responsible for their deaths.

b) Publicly identify and perform citizens' arrests on those persons responsible for crimes against native people and the land.

c) Create indigenous and popular courts of justice where the perpetrators of murder and other crimes against our people and the land can be tried and sentenced.

 4. Support our efforts to launch a full, non-governmental inquiry into genocide in Canadian Indian residential schools -

a) Endorse our call for an international Tribunal into Genocide in Canada.

b) Organize a local chapter of our Truth Commission in your community and formally affiliate yourself and your organization with our Commission.

5. Help us to research and document the evidence of genocide in Canada -

a) Interview residential school survivors in your community, record their stories, and help create local video libraries containing this evidence.

b) Research local archives and government and church records for the evidence of crimes in residential schools and hospitals across Canada.

c) Organize academic and public conferences on the theme of genocide in Canada.

5. Send us a donation,
which will be used to produce
our books and film and fund our research and travel costs -


To send donations, see the Paypal link on this website, or send a cheque or money order made out to Lori O'Rorke to - 260 Kennedy St., Nanaimo, B.C. Canada  V9R 2H8.

To order our books, film and other material, and to arrange to work with us, contact:

The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada
c/o
260 Kennedy St.
Nanaimo
, B.C. Canada V9R 2H8
ph:
250-753-3345 or 1-888-265-1007
email:
hiddenfromhistory@yahoo.ca OR kevin_annett@hotmail.com
website: www.hiddenfromhistory.org

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Sample Declaration of Conscience Form -
To be submitted to the Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada

Pledge of Conscience
 I, the undersigned, cannot in good conscience contribute money to this church until it returns the remains of the children who died under its care, in Indian Residential Schools and hospitals, and fully discloses their fate and cause of death.
Until this occurs, I am refraining from financially supporting this church. I will not make any form of donation or pledge to this church, nor will I rent your facilities. I will urge others to conduct a similar boycott of your institution.
 
____________ _________ _________
Name
____________ _________ _________
Date



“Kevin is more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than many who have received it in the past.”
- Dr. Noam Chomsky
Institute Professor Emeritus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“A courageous and inspiring man." (referring to Kevin Annett)
- Mairead Corrigan-Maguire
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Belfast , Northern Ireland


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Please donate to the work of the Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada. Your donation will be used to produce our books and film and fund our research and travel costs.

Donate via PayPal

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Send a cheque or money order made out to:

Lori O'Rorke
260 Kennedy St., Nanaimo, B.C.
Canada  V9R 2H8.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact : or Kevin Annett at 1-888-265-1007 (pager number for calls within Canada only) or 250-753-3345


Updates
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November 12, 2008: Eye Witness to Murder: Irene Favel, survivor of Muscowequan Catholic residential school in Lestock, Saskatchewan, describes seeing a newborn baby thrown alive into a furnace at that school by a priest in 1944.

November 12, 2008: Canada and its Genocide: What has Caused the "Apology" and "Truth and Reconciliation Commission": A Chronology of Key Recent Events

October 27, 2008: Breaking News: Truth and Reconciliation Advisor to Recommend Abandoning Commission

October 21, 2008: An Open Letter to Judge Harry Laforme , on the Occasion of his Resignation from the misnamed Truth and Reconciliation Commission

October 10, 2008: Video of recent protest at Anglican church in Vancouver Church leaders may face arrest and trial in Squamish Courts of Law

October 5, 2008: Update from Squamish Nation Territory This morning, groups of residential school survivors will be posting and distributing notices at all of the main downtown churches in "Vancouver", declaring to the officials and members of the Catholic, Anglican and United churches that they are illegally trespassing on Squamish Nation land and are now subject to arrest and imprisonment under both Squamish and British Columbia law.

Elder at vancouver ProtestJune 24, 2008: Breaking News Report: Native Protestors Reject Harper's Apology with their Feet Twenty native people and their allies occupied an Indian Affairs office yesterday in downtown Vancouver to publicly reject the Canadian government's recent "apology" to residential school victims ...

June 18, 2008: Recent Interview with Kevin Annett on Radio 94.1 Berkeley, California, Flashpoints Program

June 12, 2008: A Day, and a Decade, Later: What has Changed for Us? Steven Harper said "I'm sorry" to these people yesterday ...

June 9, 2008: Globe and Mail story by Roy MacGregor: Nothing but the truth can give apology true substance

April 10, 2008: Breaking News::Location of Mass Graves of Residential School Children Revealed for the First Time; Independent Tribunal Established

March 18, 2008: MEDIA ADVISORY: Kevin Annett replies to media claims of "disruption" of church service in Vancouver and the statement of Bill Williams of the Squamish nation

March 16, 2008: Aboriginal People Occupy Catholic Church in Vancouver, Issue Eviction Notice

March 10, 2008: Press Statement: Church Occupations have Commenced across Canada because of Refusal of Church Officials to Disclose Buried Remains of Children

February 4, 2008: Media Advisory: Letter of Demand from Aboriginal Holocaust Survivors Delivered Today to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Vatican Ambassador to Canada

January 24, 2008: Media Advisory: Queen of England Issued a Letter of Demand, Possible Lawsuit by Indian Residential School Survivors ...

January 13, 2008: Emboldened Survivors Confront Clergy and Churchgoers in Vancouver: A crowd of nearly one hundred people besieged the front entrance of Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Vancouver this morning, chanting "Where are the Children?!" as residential school survivor Rick Lavallee handed a Letter of Demand to a priest after the intended-recipient, Archbishop Raymond Roussin, quickly left town for Mexico...

Protesters at Church January 2008

January 2, 2008: New Year's Bulletin from Kevin Annett and The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada

January 1, 2008: Today's Globe and Mail newspaper has a front page headline story on deaths in residential schools and the upcoming investigation.

Globe and Mail Front Page Story - Jan. 1, 2008

December 21, 2007: This December 24 is the anniversary of the murder of 14 year old Maisie Shaw at the United Church residential school in Port Alberni. To remember Maisie, and the 50,000 other children who died in these "schools", and to call for a return of their remains, we are holding two vigils in downtown Toronto early in February. Please attend. More Information and Event Poster - Please Print and Post

December 2, 2007: Canadians for the Separation of Church and State Please duplicate and share this Program with your Member of Parliament, friends, and the media.

November 22, 2007: Please print off and distribute this statement in Catholic, Anglican and United Churches across Canada Pledge of Conscience

November 4, 2007: With thanks and hope: A Report and Reflection by Kevin Annett/Eagle Strong Voice on my recent journey through the Eastern Nations

October 9, 2007: Sanitizing the Truth of Genocide in Canada: An Example of United Church Censorship

October 6, 2007: Media Advisory ... Urgent Action required: Government and Churches of Canada Attempt to Conceal their Own Crimes

October 4, 2007:Recent Successes by Kevin Annett and The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada

October 1, 2007: Larmes de crocodile pour nos victimes: que dissimule le mensonge de la réconciliation ?

August 30, 2007: A Program for Residential School Survivors and their Families What do We Want?

August 24, 2007: Public Announcement:To all survivors of "Indian Residential Schools" and "Indian Hospitals", and their families and descendents An Invitation to make History

August 7, 2007: Mid year Newsletter of the Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada: Update and Perspectives

July 7, 2007: On July 1, we held a gathering of native and non-native people outside "St. Andrew's Wesley United Church." Read about the gathering and print the leaflet.

June 18, 2007: Crocodile Tears for our Victims: Behind the Lie of Reconciliation

May 31, 2007: International Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada (IHRTGC)

May 30, 2007: Update from Kevin Annett and The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada

May 26, 2007: UNREPENTANT: The Award-winning Film on Genocide in Canada  Makes its Victoria Screen Debut: Saturday 7 PM June 9 2007

May 18, 2007: Friends of the Disappeared Strike Again, Occupy Anglican Church headquarters in Vancouver

May 14, 2007: Media Advisory: Native Group Calls for Mass Disruption of Government and Churches

May 11, 2007: Native People Occupy Government Office in Vancouver, Win Concessions

April 27, 2007: An Open Letter to Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs This past week, you publicly announced that you have ordered members of your Department to commence an investigation into the deaths and disappearances of aboriginal children in Indian Residential Schools across Canada ...

Thoughts on The Residential Schools Investigation Farce - It's not often that parties to a crime get to investigate themselves and determine whether the crime happened - and have the whole self-investigation passed off as just and legitimate.

Important News Update: This Week the Lid Came off the Residential School Coverup in Canada: Today, for the first time in history, the Canadian government has been publicly forced to acknowledge the deaths of children in Indian residential schools.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out Cheryl McKenzie's interview with Kevin on the Monday, April 16th DAYTIME show of Aboriginal peoples TV: You can watch it at www.aptn.ca/ streaming - click on the Monday, April 16th edition of APTN Natiional News Daytime (it's about 9 minutes in, just after the first commercial break)

Aboriginal Holocaust Remembrance Day - Sunday, April 15, 2007, 10 am

Remembering Harriet Nahanee: "One of my proudest moments with Harriett Nahanee happened on a Sunday morning in Vancouver's downtown eastside, on November 16, 2003 ..."

On our film UNREPENTANT and its Deeper Message - A Personal Note from Kevin Annett, co-producer and writer

In Memory of Harriett Nahanee - Tsebeoilt : Murdered by the colonial state in Canada

UNREPENTANT: The Award-winning Film - Premieres in Ontario and Quebec

UNREPENTANT: More information on how you can help bring this film to the world

UNREPENTANT: The Award-winning Film on Genocide in Canada - Makes its Los Angeles Screen Debut: Monday, March 5, 2007

Film Review of "UNREPENTANT: Kevin Annett and Canada's Genocide". Epoch Times International

J'Accuse! Fraud, Collusion in War, and Theft - Crimes of the United Church of Canada
A Personal and Public Letter of Notice and Demand made to Jim Sinclair, General Secretary, and Peter Short, Moderator, of the United Church of Canada

"There was only one perpetrator": United Church of Canada Breaks the Silence on its Residential School Crimes: After years of silence by the church, a senior United Church clergyman has finally commented publicly on the issue of the deaths of aboriginal children in his church's Indian residential schools...read more.

Why We Are Not Sorry for Our Crimes: The Residential Schools Settlement Farce - The perpetrators of the worst crime in Canadian history are absolving themselves of that crime...

Physical Assaults Continue against Kevin Annett - October 10, 2006 Vancouver, Canada For the third time since 2002, Helen Michel has made an unprovoked physical assault against Kevin Annett in public...

An Appeal from the Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared Residential School Children August 15, 2006 

The Subversion of the Spirit Keepers Caravan: Another Sabotage

The topic of Genocide in Canada and Kevin Annett have been removed from the agenda of the World Peace Forum in Vancouver. Why did this happen and what can you do?

Memorandum on the Suppression of Academic Freedom and the Censorship of Kevin Annett at the University of British Columbia

Protest at Christ Church  in Vancouver April 2006Details & Photos: from the Second Annual Aboriginal Holocaust Remembrance Day in Vancouver, April 14-16, 2006:

Media Advisory: Letter of Demand to Officials of Canadian Churches - sent April 14, 2006


Czech translation of an article by Kevin Annett on the Canadian Holocaust, from Nexus Magazine
(in MS Word format)

awetrListen to an interview with Kevin Annett concerning the work of the Truth Commission, done recently on public radio in Guelph, Ontario



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Eyewitness to Murder

Irene Favel, survivor of Muscowequan Catholic residential school in Lestock, Saskatchewan, describes seeing a newborn baby thrown alive into a furnace at that school by a priest in 1944.
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Irene Favel interview

Feature length documentary film: "UNREPENTANT: Kevin Annett and Canada's Genocide" (January 2007).

Promotional Trailer

View the Promotional Trailer (2:36, 7 MB)

 
Louie Lawless for Best Director of an International Documentary, New York Independent Film and Video Festival, New York, November 2006

Best International Documentary (Feature),  NY Independent Film Festival, Los Angeles, March 2007

Film Reviews: Epoch Times International,   Briarpatch Magazine

Full Length Film on
Google Video

View the Full Length Film

Unrepentant Video

To order this film, write to: hiddenfromhistory@yahoo.ca

 


Video: US government sterilization program against native women in the 1970's (YouTube Link)

Video: Deliver Us From Evil   Academy Award Nominee

Video: Aboriginal Peoples Television Network coverage of January 13, 2008 Church Protest

Video: February 8, 2008 Protest at United Church of Canada Offices in Toronto

Video: March 16, 2008 Fifty people occupied Holy Rosary Catholic Church in downtown Vancouver


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RADIO: HIDDEN FROM HISTORY live on CFRO Radio, 102.7 FM in Vancouver

Kevin Annett is Live on Vancouver Co-op Radio: Every Monday from 1:00 - 2:00 PM (PST) on 102.7 FM, CFRO in Vancouver, Canada. Tune in to Kevin's lively public affairs program "Hidden from History".

Guests include activists from the West Coast native community, anti-poverty movements, and ordinary men and women battling injustice, police brutality and globalization on the ground.The program also features regular updates from The Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada, and the mounting evidence of crimes against humanity committed in Christian Residential Schools.

Recent Broadcast:

 August 27, 2007: Hypocrisy and murder: is it synonomous with organized Christianity? Thoughts from church refugees and native survivors of genocide.

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CBC Radio Interview

listen icon CBC Radio - As It Happens: May 28, 2007: In a national prime time interview on "As It Happens", Kevin Annett accuses the government and churches of Canada of genocide, and challenges them to publicly disclose the fate and buried remains of children who died in Indian residential schools. Kevin is preceded in this interview by government spokesperson Bob Watts.


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Books
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Book Cover- Hidden From History: The Canadian Holocaust

New BOOK:
Hidden From History:
The Canadian Holocaust

The expanded second edition of Hidden From History is now available. To purchase the book, please send a cheque or money order for $50 (Canadian) and your mailing address to:
Kevin Annett, 260 Kennedy Street, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada V9R 2H8
This reference book is over 500 pages long and contains recent evidence of genocide in Canada. view book cover

You can also pay for this book with PayPal. If you do, please send an email with your mailing address to: hiddenfromhistory@yahoo.ca

Spanish Translation -En Español: MS Word (large file - please be patient)

REVISED French Translation: view web page or PDF Document


Love and Death in the Valley

BOOK: Love and Death in the Valley

"Kevin is more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than many  who have received it in the past."
Dr. Noam Chomsky , Institute Professor Emeritus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Love and Death in the Valley is Reverend Kevin Annett's biographical work, which recounts his gradual uncovering of the evidence of genocide and mass murder in his Church's "Indian Residential Schools" on Canada's West Coast.

Love and Death in the Valley can be obtained from First Books Online

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Truth Commission
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Eviction Demonstration at the Holy Rosary Church in Vancouver
Eyewitness to Murder: Irene Favel, survivor of Muscowequan Catholic residential school in Lestock, Saskatchewan, describes seeing a newborn baby thrown alive into a furnace at that school by a priest in 1944.
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Lecture Series
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Lecture Series

"Unbelievers deserve not only to be separated from the Church, but also...  to be exterminated from the World by death." - Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologica, 1271). Christian civilization, by virtue of its exclusivist heresy and monotheism, became the self-justifying destroyer of all non-Christian culture. 

5 part lecture series, delivered in New Westminster, BC, based on two books written by K. Annett, Hidden From History: The Canadian Genocide and Love and Death in the Valley

Click on lecture links below to listen.

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