A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey
Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…
“Wli Kesikewiku’s!”
(well-ee ges-sig-gay-we-goos)
Meaning: “Happy December!”
In the News
- Residential school survivors want concrete plan to result from Vatican visit – CBC News
- Expectations of apology high as Indigenous leaders prepare to visit Vatican – CTV News
- New Brunswick premier says Wolastoqey Nation’s title claim lacks ‘clarity’ – APTN News
- Gidimt’en Access Point vows to continue resistance after latest RCMP raid – APTN News
- Jaime Battiste named parliamentary secretary for Crown-Indigenous relations – APTN News
- New Brunswick premier says First Nations title claim is serious and far-reaching – CTV News
- Long Plain First Nation and Canada settle 100-year-old land sales dispute for $32M – CBC News
- Nearly $700 million predicted shortfall investment for First Nations’ water over 5 years – APTN News
- Mi’kmaw quill artist working to renew art form to share with future generations in P.E.I. – SaltWire Network
- Campaign launched to educate N.S. businesses about sales-tax exemption for First Nations people – CBC News
- Federal government falling short on funding to help First Nations operate water systems, PBO says – CBC News
Politics & Law
- OPP commissioner receives rare Indigenous honour – CTV News
- Bills to uphold Indigenous rights given royal assent in BC – Toronto Star
- As Canada’s coat of arms turns 100, is it time for an overhaul? – CBC News
- Joanna Bernard becomes Assembly of First Nations regional chief – CBC News
- B.C. greenlit more Mounties on Wet’suwet’en territory before 3rd raid – APTN News
- ‘Extraordinary’ motion at chiefs gathering removes Poitras as regional chief – CTV News
- ‘This is long overdue’: Land acknowledgement recited in Manitoba legislature – CTV News
- Lawyer questions coverage of First Nations water settlement as deal to be ratified – Richmond News
- Industrial Corporations Named in New Wolastoqey Title Claim – Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick
- Neskantaga First Nation taking Ontario to court over ‘inadequate’ consultation on Ring of Fire – CBC News
- Plaintiff in Sixties Scoop class action wants to give Métis and non-status Indian survivors a ‘voice of pride’ – CBC News
- First Nations Leadership Council Says BC Needs to Take More Action on Declaration Act Two Years In – CFNR Network
- Niagara Centre MP Vance Badawey now parliamentary secretary to minister of Indigenous services – Welland Tribune
- Indigenous Services Canada receives the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s report on clean water for First Nations – Indigenous Services Canada
Business, Finance & Economics
- Bank of Canada promises Indigenous economic reconciliation – iPolitics
- Recovery of Indigenous tourism in Ontario a couple of years away – Toronto Star
- Sask. First Nation ‘kicking up the dust’ with flare gas-to-power facility – CTV News
- Tribe Network And Emera Launch $375,000 Fellowship for BIPOC Entrepreneurs – Huddle
- Christmas comes early with funding for new homes in Wagmatcook First Nation – SaltWire Network
- There’s a story in every number as Indigenous people contribute to Alberta’s economy – Toronto Star
- Quebec First Nations want to be full partners in sustainable economic development – Turtle Island News
Education, Health & Culture
- Indigenous creators get a boost from TikTok accelerator program – CBC News
- First Nations leaders in Saskatchewan grappling with opioid crisis – APTN News
- Forgotten First Nations art found in basement of Yukon Friendship Centre – CBC News
- Monument marking Inuit RCMP contribution in Nunavut unveiled in Iqaluit – APTN News
- NB Indigenous social work students hope to deliver culturally-sensitive services – CBC News
- The Yukon’s first ever creative and cultural industries strategy released – Government of Yukon
- COIVID 19 cases drop again in First Nations communities from coast to coast – Turtle Island News
- Quebec to include Indigenous perspectives in education review, add Indigenous content – Global News
- Universities across Canada addressing Indigenous identity fraud in wake of Carrie Bourassa investigation – CBC News
- 1 year after review of anti-Indigenous racism in B.C. health care, author says little progress has been made – CBC News
Environment, Science & Technology
- First Nations gather to reframe land use as land relationships – Yukon News
- First Nations Want Overhaul of Emergency Planning and Response – The Tyee
- Six safety and survival tips from Mi’kmaw survival expert Sakej Ward – APTN News
- Canada’s First Nations Score Two Environmental Victories – Environmental News Service
- First Nations firefighters in the Yukon head to B.C. to help with flood recovery – APTN News
- Muskrat Falls: Poor communication led to missed deadline to limit contamination – APTN News
- ‘Our Mother Earth is crying’: First Nations urge new approach to B.C.’s old growth forests – CTV News
- Coastal First Nation declares protected area to preserve salmon and grizzly bear populations – CBC News
- Assembly of Mi’kmaw Chiefs Assess Future of Owls Head Provincial Park – Save Owl’s Head Provincial Park
- Vancouver Island First Nation approves 96 per cent of proposed old-growth deferrals on its land – CTV News
- Conservation group warns an area 4 times the size of Vancouver may be logged, despite planned deferrals – CTV News