A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey
Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…
“Aklasie’w”
(ahg-la-see-aoh)
Meaning: English, Briton, english person
In The News
- Lawyers told to take ‘the truth’ back to Ottawa – APTN News
- Islanders come together to raise awareness about MMIWG – CBC News
- Whitecap Dakota First Nation signs historic treaty with Canada – CBC News
- Roddy Gould Jr. wins another term as Abegweit First Nation’s chief – CBC News
- Two Mi’kmaw fishers in court facing charges for harvesting baby eels – APTN News
- It’s time for ‘pretendians’ to return the grant funding and honorary degrees – CBC News
- First Nations communities evacuated or on notice as wildfires take hold in B.C., Alberta – APTN News
- ‘The violence pandemic continues’: MPs declare MMIWG2S a national emergency – National Observer
- On Red Dress Day, Indigenous voices urge timely introduction of proposed public alert system – CBC News
- National Indigenous leaders hope to renew relationship with Crown after meeting King Charles – CBC News
- IN PHOTOS: Red Dress Day in P.E.I. remembers missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls – SaltWire
Politics & Law
- Lawsuit alleges RCMP failures in shooting death of Rodney Levi – CBC News
- What will King Charles mean for the Crown-Indigenous relationship – CBC News
- Obed, Archibald and Caron meet with King Charles ahead of coronation – APTN News
- Relationship with RCMP sour before discrimination complaint: Survivors – APTN News
- Cape Breton MP says fight isn’t over on proposed electoral boundary changes – CBC News
- Mi’kmaw MP says legal challenges likely over commission boundary changes – APTN News
- Indigenous cannabis shop that was focus of Vernon raids sues the province of BC – Castanet
- ‘An existential threat:’ First Nations challenge Ontario Métis self-government deal – CBC News
- Human rights tribunal into complaint against RCMP underway in Burns Lake, B.C. – APTN News
- Whitecap Dakota First Nation signs self-government treaty with Canada – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
- Opposition from First Nations mounts over Métis Nation of Ontario self-government deal – CBC News
- Dozens of mineral claims made in First Nation territory as it fights to stop them in court – The Narwhal
- McLeod Lake Indian Band, BC Government sign agreements to protect treaty rights – My Prince George Now
- Métis National Council maps disputed transfer of veterans money to Manitoba Métis Federation – CBC News
- MPs call for national emergency declaration on violence against Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit people – CBC News
- Gov. Gen. Mary Simon reflects on the King’s coronation and whether Charles could apologize for colonialism – CTV News
Business, Economics & Finance
- First Nations Mean Business – BC Business
- Indigenous-owned businesses celebrated during Tourism Week – APTN News
- Madawaska First Nation implements own tax law in response to N.B. cancelling agreements – CBC News
- New equity funding soon available for Indigenous ownership stake in infrastructure projects – Windspeaker
- ’60s Scoop survivor calls for point-of-sale tax exemption for all First Nations shoppers in Quebec – CBC News
Education, Health & Culture
- Housing crisis in Canada demands a radical change – Windspeaker
- Ceremony held to honour N.B. river amid name controversy – CBC News
- Mi’kmaq women reflect on the importance of Red Dress Day – CBC News
- Cape Breton communities to celebrate 2023 NAIG Canoe Relay – SaltWire
- Downloaded from the spirit world: The dreamy art of Brian Francis – CBC News
- Elsipogtog First Nation looks to fund ballfield repairs with Jays Care grant – CBC News
- Ottawa announces $103M for new Indigenous shelters and transitional housing – APTN News
- Authenticity and authority over Indigenous storytelling key for imagineNATIVE’S new director – CBC News
- ‘Overdue’: B.C. First Nations welcome Pope’s hint that Vatican will return Indigenous artifacts – Global News
- Royal family to return Indigenous artifacts taken from B.C. during Crown visit in 1939: council member – City News
Environment, Science & Technology
- Alberta asks feds for help to battle wildfires – APTN News
- Chief expects his First Nation will hit 30 years under boil water advisory – APTN News
- B.C announces $30M to help First Nations transition away from diesel power – APTN News
- First Nations communities evacuated or on notice as wildfires take hold in B.C., Alberta – APTN News
- Canada opens formal investigation into Imperial’s oilsands tailings leak in northern Alberta – CBC News
- Environment Canada announces investigation into leak at Imperial Oil’s Kearl tarsands site – APTN News
- Climate change solutions becoming a ‘new way of colonizing’ Indigenous peoples, Inuit rep says – Windspeaker
- ‘We wanna be involved’: Indigenous groups collaborate with researchers to grow wildlife monitoring in N.W.T. – CBC News