A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey
Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend,
the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…
“Nakuset”
(nah-goo-set)
Meaning: Sun
In the News
- Sto:lo Nation research finds 158 child deaths at four facilities – APTN News
- Ontario chiefs’ rally turns up the heat on Métis self-government legislation – Windspeaker
- First Nations in northern Ontario seek over $100B to honour treaty promise – APTN News
- Mi’kmaw medium Shawn Leonard trades knowledge with communities he visits – APTN News
- Assembly of First Nations endorses fight against Ontario Métis self-government bill – CBC News
- Manitoba could make history by electing first First Nations premier to lead province – Global News
- Cabot Trail Writers Festival to feature Indigenous writers in Wagmatcook First Nation – Penticton Herald
- Special Mi’kmaq garments reunited for the first time at the Canadian Museum of History – Canadian Museum of History
- Centre for Truth and Reconciliation still waiting for residential school records to be submitted, hears Senate – Windspeaker
Politics & Law
- Caldwell First Nation calls for resignation of provincial Indigenous minister – CBC News
- Nunavut RCMP charge Gill sisters, mother with fraud for claiming Inuit status – CBC News
- Former grand chief in Manitoba won’t be charged with sexual assault: lawyer – APTN News
- Indigenous Services should be spared from spending cuts, say New Democrat MPs – CBC News
- Aboriginal and Indigenous Law is complicated. A new website hopes to change that – CBC News
- Families of slain First Nations women disappointed by meeting with Anandasangaree – CTV News
- ‘Ajuinnata Ukraine’: Gov. Gen. Mary Simon inspires Zelenskyy with Inuktitut word – National Post
- Daughter of slain First Nations woman Morgan Harris walks out of meeting with minister – CBC News
- ‘HEART-WRENCHING’: Feds call for collaborative approach to potential landfill search – Winnipeg Sun
- Environmental groups, First Nations continue fight against $16B oil and gas project – Law360 Canada
- Chiefs From Treaties 6, 7 And 8 Territories Oppose Controversial Metis Nation Self-Governance Bill – Hamilton Spectator
- Barbara Kentner has been failed again, says family after Brayden Bushby gets day parole in trailer-hitch death – CBC News
Business, Finance & Economics
- Hire more Inuit and support them: NTI president – Nunatsiaq News
- Soar program aims to lift Indigenous entrepreneurs to new heights – CBC News
- Millions added to B.C. funding for rural, volunteer and First Nations firefighters – Global News
- More Indigenous people needed in sustainable development jobs conference hears – APTN News
Education, Health & Culture
- Indigenous raw talent join forces in new music – CBC News
- Two-Spirit Archives a space for reclamation and pride – APTN News
- Family returns century-old birchbark canoe to Kahnawà:ke – CBC News
- Programming announced for Toronto’s imagineNATIVE film festival – Windspeaker
- Watch the Victoria Symphony’s making-of video about the Bones of Crows score – CBC Music
- Drag in Eskasoni: Embracing identity and overcoming discrimination in Cape Breton – SaltWire
- New Prince Albert FNUC campus ready for construction pending funding approval – Penticton Herald
- ‘Before colonization, tattoos were normal.’ Traditional Inuit tattoos were almost wiped out – CBC News
- New animated film gives Lorne Cardinal another chance to use his voice for Indigenous actors – CBC News
Environment, Science & Technology
- Tr’ondëk-Klondike named Yukon’s newest UNESCO heritage site – CBC News
- First Nation in Yukon applauds rejection of proposed agricultural land application – APTN News
- Nunavut communities look to future as Meliadine mine extension hearings wrap up – CBC News
- First Nations community in northern Alberta evacuates again due to wildfire – Edmonton Journal
- Grassroots speak out against tactics of governments, corporations in climate change fight – Windspeaker
- How growing sacred medicines and traditional foods helps these Indigenous youth feel more rooted to their culture – CBC News