A Weekly Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey
Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,
the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…
“Kewji”
(gehw-jee)
Meaning: I am cold 🥶
In the News
- JOCELYNE LLOYD: Expanding the ‘Anne of Green Gables’ experience – SaltWire
- Calls for justice, accountability mount at annual march for MMIWG2S – CBC News
- Nova Scotia judge approves Mi’kmaw class action against physicians – APTN News
- Mi’kmaw commercial fisher faces missing traps and damage to his boat – APTN News
- P.E.I. sports leaders urged to find ways to bring Indigenous youth into the game – CBC News
- New Brunswick judge stays charges against Indigenous lobster fisherman – National Observer
- Manitoba premier says he’s confident landfill search for remains will start this year – Global News
- New 10-year plan for Green Gables includes sharing stories of Indigenous, marginalized groups – CBC News
- Mi’kmaw author’s first book showcases traditional practice of sweetgrass picking — through her cat – CBC News
- Federal housing advocate says Indigenous people grossly overrepresented in Canada’s homeless population – APTN News
- First Indigenous equity loan from Canada Infrastructure Bank supports Mi’kmaw investment in green energy – Windspeaker
Politics & Law
- MPs flog DFO brass over alleged elver mismanagement – SaltWire
- The impact of not having missing persons legislations – APTN News
- Ottawa wants billions more for debt, defence, Indigenous kids – Global News
- What does the duty to consult First Nations, Inuit and Métis mean? – CBC News
- Canada proposes shutdown of troubled Maritime elver fishery in 2024 – CBC News
- PM dismisses Algonquin concerns over Chalk River nuclear waste dump – CBC News
- Haida Nation recognition Bill making its way through the Senate first – Windspeaker
- First Nations, Jim Balsillie slam government over lack of consultation on AI bill – CTV News
- Algonquin chiefs file judicial review over nuclear disposal site outside Ottawa – APTN News
- B.C. regional chief decries ‘fear mongering’ over proposed changes to Land Act – CBC News
- ‘She was the best’: Wolastoqey chiefs praise Dunn, despite tensions with Higgs – CBC News
- Supreme Court kills Bill C-92 constitutional challenge – what does this mean? – APTN News
- Standing committee studies how to integrate Indigenous knowledge into government policy – APTN News
- ‘We are not Oji-Cree’: 22 First Nations across Manitoba, Ontario clear the air on distinct identity – CBC News
- ‘These sites are not protected’: The push to legislate the protection of Indigenous remains, artifacts – CTV News
- AFN National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak calls for full implementation of National Encampments Response Plan recommendations – Assembly of First Nations
Business, Finance & Economics
- Federal, provincial government to spend $21.4 million on P.E.I. roads – CTV News
- Recovering from years of federal intervention, Kehewin First Nation rebuilds – Windspeaker
- Sask. Indigenous newspaper on hiatus after Meta ban tanks ad sales: editor-in-chief – CBC News
- New chief of Peguis First Nation questions flip of desirable Wellington Crescent land – CBC News
- Alberta investing $4M to redevelop Indigenous-led homeless shelter in Lethbridge – APTN News
- ‘Economic reconciliation’: Mi’kmaw communities invest in Nova Scotia battery plants – Northeast Now
- Province announces more than $370,000 for Green Projects in Antigonish and Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation – 989 XFM
Education, Health & Culture
- Inuk designer showcases fashion on the world stage in New York – CBC News
- Andy Warhol or Marcus Gosse? Combining pop art and Mi’kmaw tradition – CBC News
- Prime minister and Manitoba premier announce $633M in health funding – APTN News
- ‘Representation is critical,’ experts say in bid for more Indigenous teachers – Global News
- Drew Hayden Taylor’s latest novel brings Indigenous folklore into modern day – APTN News
- Recovering from years of federal intervention, Kehewin First Nation rebuilds – Windspeaker
- ‘Correcting history’: Louis Riel’s portrait as Manitoba’s honorary 1st premier unveiled – CBC News
- James Smith inquest boosts Indigenous prison programs. Grassroots groups say their work is more effective – CBC News
- Canada’s first Indigenous woman with a PhD in astrophysics guest stars at Indigenous Storytelling Month event – Regina Leader-Post
- This man fell into a hole and uncovered ancient remains. It raised questions about how Toronto builds on Indigenous lands – Toronto Star
Environment, Science & Technology
- Canadian First Nation opposes Obsidian Energy drilling plans – Offshore Technology
- First Nation challenges LNG project over climate, salmon concerns – Penticton Herald
- Alberta First Nations seek answers on carbon capture and storage plans – Global News
- First Nation warns of ‘ecocide’ as spring melt poses risk to tailings pond at Yukon mine site – CBC News
- First Nation land defender camp at Hollow Water First Nation upset at approval of silica mine – APTN News
- T’Sou-ke, Pacheedaht, Malahat First Nations develop clean-energy projects – Government of British Columbia
- Grassy Narrows chief calls out feds amid ‘ridiculous’ delays to mercury treatment centre construction – CBC News