Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,
The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…
“Kamlamun”
🗣 (gum-mul-la-moon)
Meaning: heart ❤️
In the News
- What changes are coming for Jordan’s Principle? – APTN News
- AFN national chief on meeting with tribal leaders in the U.S. – APTN News
- Mi’kmaw activist being honoured by Nova Scotia on Heritage Day – CBC News
- Quebec First Nations demand ongoing consultation on U.S. tariff response – CBC News
- Canada, the 51st state? ‘Over our dead bodies,’ say Indigenous leaders – Ricochet Media
- Theresa Meuse appointed Special Advisor on Indigenous Affairs at MSVU – Education News
- Thousands march in Vancouver for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls – CBC News
- Statement on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials – Nation Talk
Politics & Law
- Canada recognizes Aboriginal title over Haida Gwaii in historic agreement – CBC News
- Quebec to invest almost $900K for Indigenous victims of domestic violence – CTV News
- Law professions seek to expand internship program for Indigenous, Black students – APTN News
- COO says Ontario can’t move ahead on Ring of Fire without First Nations consent – APTN News
- Feds’ argument over $5 treaty payments ‘disgraceful’ tactic to delay lawsuit: plaintiffs – CBC News
- Ottawa ends funding for national advisory committee on unmarked residential school graves – CBC News
- Eligible Claimants Encouraged to Get Ready to Apply for Share of Historic $23 Billion Settlement Acknowledging Discrimination of First Nations Child Welfare System – Assembly of First Nations
Business, Finance & Economics
- Rising costs push back opening of Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre by another year – CBC News
- Indigenous Services routinely fails to spend millions approved for children’s programs, document shows – CBC News
- Jordan’s Principle claims soar 367% and ‘not within the spirit’ of why it was created: Indigenous Services minister – Global News
Education, Health & Culture
- The evolution of Mi’kmaw regalia – APTN News
- Mi’kmaw elder tells her story through memoir – Nation Talk
- Sussex art gallery hosts Indigenous group show – Telegraph-Journal
- Heritage Day 2025: What’s open, what’s closed in the Halifax area – Chronical Herald
- Minister Fisher and AFN National Chief reaffirm partnership to support First Nations Veterans – Nation Talk
- Indigenous schools across Canada: obtain a grant to grow, harvest and pass on food knowledge to students! – Equiterre
- Canoe journey strengthens understanding, connections between urban Indigenous people and health service providers – SFU
- Protecting and promoting Indigenous creators: Mikmawitasik: Mi’kmaq-Made Mark initiative authenticates creators – Cape Breton Post
Environment, Science & Technology
- Province Seeks Indigenous Input to Preserve Caribou and Cultural Ties – VOCM Local News
- First Nations unite on the Peninsula to talk herring population restoration – Sooke News Mirror
- ‘Historical moment’: 11 Yellowstone bison transferred to Sask First Nations – Meadowlake Now
- First Nation calls on Alaskan fishery to stop intercepting vulnerable salmon – The Hamilton Spectator
- W̱SÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs ‘deeply frustrated’ as feds boost commercial herring catch – The Narwhal
- ‘Everyone deserves this type of medicine’: Membertou youth attend culture camp at Caribou Marsh – Penticton Herald
- Aamjiwnaang has been fighting environmental racism for decades. Now, the First Nation has an agreement to address it – The Narwhal