A Canadian Indigenous News Update from L’nuey
Kwe’ nitap – Hello friend, the Mi’kmaq word of the week is…
“Wikewiku’s”
(wig-gay-we-goos)
Meaning: Animal-fattening moon (October)
In the News
- Treaty Day ceremony held in Charlottetown – SaltWire
- Kids on P.E.I. explore Mi’kmaw art and engineering – CBC News
- Province celebrates Treaty Day – Government of Prince Edward Island
- How forgiveness helped a Mi’kmaw elder on her journey of healing – CBC News
- Probing the past: residential school secrets and archival challenges – APTN News
- Chief’s Treaty Day promise to Mi’kmaw youth: ‘We will protect them’ – CBC News
- 15 ‘potential’ gravesites found near former Yukon residential school – Global News
- Mi’kmaw culture shines at first-ever Treaty Day Mawio’mi in Charlottetown – SaltWire
- Recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Government of Prince Edward Island
- P.E.I. lowers flags, gives experiential history lesson on Truth and Reconciliation Day – CTV News
- Canada marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with events across country – APTN News
- P.E.I. premier, Indigenous leaders commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – SaltWire
- Truth and Reconciliation Day about letting history be a teacher, says Native Council of P.E.I. – CBC News
- ‘Introduction to some of the harder conversations’: UPEI marks a week of Truth and Reconciliation – CTV News
- ‘The best thing you can do is learn’: Chief Darlene Bernard reflects on Truth and Reconciliation Day – CBC News
- Senator digging into delay of residential school records says there’s a ‘disconnect’ between witnesses – Windspeaker
Politics & Law
- Pope repudiates the Doctrine of Discovery: What Happens Now? – APTN News
- Solid NDP win cements Kinew as 1st First Nations premier in Manitoba history – CBC News
- Sandmaier to take helm of new Otipemisiwak Métis Government in Alberta – Windspeaker
- Hajdu says ‘co developed’ First Nations water legislation to be tabled this fall – APTN News
- First Nation wants reasons for Trans Mountain ruling; says it’s entitled to appeal – CBC News
- First Nation tells Alberta energy regulator to ‘lawyer up’ after third-party report – APTN News
- First Nations lawyer says new bail legislation unfairly targets Indigenous women – APTN News
- B.C. court rejects challenge to huge Squamish Nation housing project in Vancouver – APTN News
- Ottawa poised to make decision on search of Manitoba landfill for human remains: minister – CBC News
- Thousands gather to protest mining activity on Anishnaabe territory in northwestern Ontario – CBC News
- Court rules B.C.’s mining claims system does not comply with duty to consult Indigenous groups – CBC News
- Federal government needs to counter rise in residential school denialism says Kimberly Murray – APTN News
- B.C. court orders province to change mineral staking regime to include early consultation with First Nations – Windspeaker
- Indigenous communities say they’ll enforce their jurisdiction over child welfare no matter Supreme Court decides – APTN News
Business, Finance & Economics
Education, Health & Culture
- 30 Years of Mi’kmaw History Month – Global News
- Take a trip into the vault where treaties are kept – CBC News
- Halifax commemorates start of Mi’kmaq History Month – CBC News
- BONES OF CROWS film is now also a five-part mini-series – Windspeaker
- New film focuses on intergenerational impacts of residential schools – Windspeaker
- For Inuit by Inuit: Isuarsivik expands to include families, more land-based care – APTN New
- Survivor remembers excitement of going to residential school – until he arrived – APTN News
- Residential schools tried to eradicate Mi’kmaw. The language needs help to survive – CBC News
- VIDEO: A new generation is learning Mi’kmaw. Here’s why their teacher says it’s important – CBC News
- Manitoba founded by Métis but oppressive history soon made Indigenous premiership impossible – CBC News
- Protest song from Willie Dunn gets a contemporary remake with archival footage in new video – Windspeaker
- ‘Love your children, feel blessed when they come home’: Truth and Reconciliation events held in Yarmouth – SaltWire
Environment, Science & Technology
- 3D printing technology building transitional housing for Siksika Nation – Windspeaker
- Mi’kmaw trail in Debert to be restored, reopened after damage from Fiona – CBC News
- U of A engineering student develops a device to help predict algae blooms – CBC News
- Squamish Nation asks for Mount Garibaldi to be officially renamed Nch’ḵay̓ – CBC News
- B.C. Ombudsperson says the province needs Indigenous-led disaster relief services – APTN News
- Caribou recovery program at Jasper National Park aims to boost herd numbers in Alberta – CBC News
- How a First Nations school in Thunder Bay, Ont., combines traditional and land-based learning – CBC News
- Skeetchestn wants limits on hunting mule deer after wildfire destroys habitat, reduces numbers – Windspeaker