Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,
The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…
“Tekitpa’q”
🗣 (deh-kit-baaq)
Meaning: Cold night 🥶
In the News
- Jaime Battiste first Indigenous candidate to join Liberal leadership race – City News
- Elder from Whitefish River First Nation hoping for return of stolen regalia – CBC News
- Grassy Narrows First Nation erects checkpoint against human trafficking – APTN News
- Indigenous leaders, barred from premiers meeting, want in on Canada-U.S. talks – CTV News
- This northern Ontario artist designed Leafs logo for Indigenous celebration game – CBC News
- Mi’kmaw MP Jaime Battiste wants to become Canada’s first Indigenous prime minister – National Post
- Players heartbroken as Team Atlantic bows out of National Aboriginal Hockey Tournament – CBC News
- Caring society files motion to force Canada back to negotiating table on child welfare reform – APTN News
- Government of Canada honours Indigenous veterans with new monument at Place George-V – Government of Canada
- National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Meets with Prime Minister Trudeau on Canada-U.S. Trade Relations – Assembly of First Nations
- “All of these women are healing’: Cape Breton’s Elizabeth Fry Society to hold powwow for Indigenous women in justice system – Cape Breton Post – Nation Talk
Politics & Law
- Bill C-92 legislation hits five-year anniversary – Penticton Herald
- Trudeau asks Indigenous leaders in Canada for help standing up to Trump – CBC News
- Liberals, NDP spar over who caused demise of First Nations Clean Water Act – APTN News
- Schulich Law 1L Student Wins Nikanus Red Dress Leadership Award – Dalhousie University
- Victoria police use-of-force data show Indigenous ’overrepresentation’ – The Vancouver Sun
- Human rights hearing called for by Indigenous police chiefs of Ontario is delayed – CBC News
- Columbia River Treaty talks continue amid tense border rhetoric: ‘I’m always optimistic’ – IndigiNews
- First Nations in Ontario say they don’t have to consult with anyone on child welfare deal – APTN News
- National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Urges Justice for St. Anne’s Survivors Ahead of Court Hearing – Assembly of First Nations
Business, Finance & Economics
- ‘Milestone’ deal reached with 15 First Nations on Ring of Fire mining development – Ricochet
- Indigenous leaders, barred from premiers meeting, want in on Canada-U.S. talks – Times Colonist
- First Nations entrepreneur testifies in Parliament on Indigenous procurement – Williams Lake Tribune
- First Nations leaders urge Canada to renew national talks on $47.8B child welfare reform settlement – CBC News
- Former Blueberry River First Nation’s Chief discusses permit delays and their impact on economic prosperity – CJDC TV
- First Nations outside Prairies likely to see housing money shrink once new formula negotiated: documents – APTN News
Education, Health & Culture
- Opinion: Humour is in the eye of the beholder – Anishinabek News
- MMF gets $15M from Canada to boost Michif language – APTN News
- Family Literacy Day in Truro fosters learning together as a family – Truro News
- Meet the couple quietly helping Fredericton’s homeless community – CBC News
- Mi’kmaw woman says drug epidemic is devastating her community – APTN News
- Shoot for the moon: A Sask. Indigenous artist’s music is headed to space – CTV News
- Advocates hope a new national registry will reveal extent of Indigenous sterilization – CBC News
- Doctor dismissed First Nation man’s abdominal pain as ‘hangover’, according to lawsuit – APTN News
- Call for proposals: Strengthening health and cultural support services for First Nations communities – Nation Talk
- Nova Scotia Health’s Mi’kmaw Indigenous Patient Navigators focus on building relationships to ensure timely, culturally safe care – Nova Scotia Health
Environment, Science & Technology
- Weaving Indigenous science into the classroom – Waterloo News
- First Nations around Ontario’s Lake Nipigon come together to protect their waters – The Narwhal
- Land defenders remain at Winnipeg’s Lemay Forest access point despite injunction – APTN News
- New research explores impact of Ring of Fire mining on First Nations in northern Ontario – CBC News
- Fish weirs are still banned under the Fisheries Act. This First Nation wants to build a new one – Narwhal
- Prorogation puts Indigenous water bill at risk of being left in ‘legislative wasteland’: experts – Barrie Today
- Appeals court finds N.W.T.’s tag and quota system not the only way to manage caribou in Sahtu – CBC News
- Indigenous climate advocates say tailings spills study confirms what they already know – Alberta Native News
- Nunavut researchers say more should be done to understand how climate is changing access to country food – CBC News
- Williams Lake First Nation Chief Speaks on Importance of Indigenous Economies at Natural Resource Forum – My Prince Geroge Now
- Government of Canada designates Nova Scotia’s Country Island, Isle Haute, and St. Paul Island as Canada’s newest National Wildlife Areas – Nation Talk