A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey
Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,
the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…
“Taliaq?”
(dah-lee-ahgh)
Meaning: what’s happening?
In the News
- Indigenous food festival in Fredericton, N.B. – CTV News
- Reviving a ‘lost art:’ program brings back Mi’kmaw cedar weaving – CBC News
- ‘They are being disappeared’: Tax union backs Winnipeg landfill search – APTN News
- Group wants Cape Breton’s Kellys Mountain to revert to Mi’kmaw name – CBC News
- Sask. survivors renew calls to declare children’s home a residential school – CTV News
- Resisting landfill search sees Manitoba chiefs call for premier’s resignation – APTN News
- Mi’kmaw youth dig for artifacts, deepen the connection with their ancestors – CBC News
- Northwest Territory wildfire evacuees frustrated by lack of communication – APTN News
- Northwest Territories under threat by wildfires and lack of local news – Turtle Island News
- From swimming to darts, Mi’kmaw Summer Games nurture friendly competition – CBC News
- Hillsborough Park project agreement signed with PEI First Nations – Government of Prince Edward Island
- First Nations in B.C. and Alberta rally in the face of repeated fire, flood evacuations – The Globe and Mail
- Friendship centres offer support and a taste of home for evacuated Indigenous residents from N.W.T. – Windspeaker
- Province inks agreement with P.E.I. First Nations to provide land in Hillsborough Park development – SaltWire Network
Politics & Law
- Chiefs rejecting Saskatchewan’s revised consultation policy – APTN News
- Federal minister on priorities as wildfire evacuations continue – APTN News
- Walpole Island preparing to vote on land claim settlement – Turtle Island News
- Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs hold forum for political leaders at AGM – APTN News
- Algonquin members organize in fight for identity, land and nationhood – CBC News
- Sask. leader first to join election race for Assembly of First Nations chief – CBC News
- The political party leaders in Manitoba voice support for landfill search – APTN News
- Algonquins get green light to sue over recognition of Ontario Métis groups – CBC News
- Feds blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents – CBC News
- Saskatchewan vice chief David Pratt running for Assembly of First Nations leadership – APTN News
- Two choices for president as MNA votes for new government under new constitution – Windspeaker
- Indigenous Services Canada wants federal managers be trained to deal with media – Western Standard
- For new Grand Chief Simon Pokue, land claims are at the heart of preserving the Innu Nation’s future – CBC News
- Ontario First Nations leaders call for housing minister, chief of staff to resign over Greenbelt controversy – CBC News
- First Nations demand end to controversial plan to develop former Greenbelt lands in Hamilton, GTA – Hamilton Spectator
- Expansion of land for maple syrup producers raises questions about treaty rights, forest management – NB Media Co-op
Business, Finance & Economics
- SNC-Lavalin signs new deal with company owned by three First Nations – Windspeaker
- Federal underfunding of Indigenous housing leads to years-long wait-lists, frustration – CBC News
Education, Health & Culture
- New Indigenous health centre opens in Montreal – APTN News
- Nisg̱a’a joyful as they prepare for return of totem pole – Windspeaker
- Dogs flown in to search for unmarked graves in Cree territory – CBC News
- NB First Nations declares state of emergency over illegal drugs – Turtle Island News
- Every Child Matters book by Orange Shirt Day founder now available – Windspeaker
- ‘I can breathe,’ summer festival helps rejuvenate Neskantaga First Nation – Global News
- Sask. veterinarians are building bridges to northern Indigenous communities – CBC News
- Squamish Nation leader spearheads documentary series on Indigenous knowledge – Turtle Island News
- Alanis Obomsawin celebrated in new exhibit for determined effort over decades to tell Indigenous stories – Windspeaker
Environment, Science & Technology
- Convoys, airport lineups: Yellowknife residents leave city as fire creeps closer – APTN News
- Evacuation ordered for 20,000 residents of N.W.T. capital as wildfire approaches – APTN News
- Building walls: B.C. Indigenous youth reclaiming clam harvest heritage – Williams Lake Tribune
- Marine Atlantic names its new vessel Ala’suinu, which means ‘traveller’ in Mi’kmaw – CBC News
- B.C First Nations coalition seeks leave to join case to support salmon farm closures – Turtle Island News
- First Nations youth make their mark by cultivating ancient food systems in their territories – National Observer