Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,
The Mi’kmaw phrase of the week is…
“Ku’ku’kwes”
🗣 (goo-goo-gwes)
Meaning: Owl 🦉
In the News
- MP Jaime Battiste drops out of Liberal Party leadership race – CBC News
- Trump’s ICE raids are reportedly ensnaring Indigenous people, too, – MSN
- Why Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste dropped out of the Liberal leadership race – St Albert Gazette
- Reconciliation can’t become second-tier issue in Grit leadership race, says Battiste – The Hill Times
- Trump’s attempt to overturn birthright citizenship uses century-old Native American case – CBC News
- Marc-André Fleury’s Native American Heritage night hockey mask now on display at history center – MPR News
- ‘Stand up with us’: Family of its namesake demands emergency meeting on state of Jordan’s Principle – Global News
Politics & Law
- Wolastoqey Nations v. New Brunswick And Canada – First Peoples Law
- Canada’s AG asks Winnipeg court to dismiss Dakota injunction – The Brandon Sun
- Arsons, Shootings and Sabotage: Inside Canada’s Fight Over Lobster – The New York Times
- Kyra Wilson wins vote to become new leader of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs – Global News
- Canada seeks to dismiss St. Anne’s residential school survivors’ fight for accountability – CBC News
- Mi’kmaw rights group, Membertou chief at odds over alleged proposed cannabis law – Cape Breton Post
- Government of Canada announces Chief Advisor to Combat Human Trafficking and expands mandate – Newswire
- Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs Work to Protect Treaty Rights by Rejecting Framework Proposed by DFO – Nation Talk
Business, Finance & Economics
- First Nation in Ontario signs $20M Ring of Fire deal – APTN News
- Tories, Liberals tussle over lucrative baby eel fight – Telegraph Journal
- Here’s the latest as Canada braces for Trump tariffs Tuesday – The Star
- Liberal leadership hopeful Carney talks child welfare, economic reconciliation – APTN News
- North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council announces Sovereign Wealth Fund, Nikutik LP – Nation Talk
- New Deloitte Canada Report Spotlights Indigenous Sovereignty as Key to Shared Prosperity – Nation Talk
- Nearly half of First Nations people off-reserve say rising prices impact ability to meet expenses – CBC News
- New report focuses on how to achieve Indigenous sovereignty and shared prosperity – Alberta Native News
Education, Health & Culture
- MacDonald’s vision wasn’t kind to Indigenous – Columbia Valley Pioneer
- Unravelling the church through beadwork: How one Indigenous artist is healing – CBC News
- Radical Stitch, a comprehensive exhibition of beadwork, stops in Atlantic Canada – APTN News
- Indigenous gamers group aims to show how to make a living while uplifting culture – CBC News
- New study highlights challenges for Indigenous students embarking on post-secondary journeys – APTN News
- Government of Canada invests more than $2.8 million in cultural infrastructure in New Brunswick – Newswire
Environment, Science & Technology
- Neskantaga marks 3 decades under boil-water advisory – APTN News
- Nova Scotia Pursues 80% Renewable Power By 2030 – The Pinnacle Gazette
- Indigenous leaders say lack of oversight on tailings spills a danger to water rights – CBC News
- Nova Scotia cleanup plan further delays the removal of toxic sludge from First Nation – CTV News
- Eagle Lake says community will be impacted by underground nuclear waste repository – APTN News
- France rejects bid to move two killer whales to proposed refuge in Nova Scotia – Winnipeg Free Press
- The Great Bear Rainforest is protected. So why is an abandoned industrial site leaching heavy metals? – The Narwhal
- Government of Canada Announces Intent to significantly expand Rouge National Urban Park – Government of Canada