The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans should be replaced by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs (CIRNA) in any future talks with the Mi’kmaq on treaty rights, including discussion on implementing a moderate livelihood fishery, says the P.E.I. Mi’kmaq rights group L’nuey.
P.E.I. is moving forward with a new initiative to educate Islanders about the Peace and Friendship Treaties.
The chiefs of P.E.I.’s two First Nations, Abegweit and Lennox Island, say they are in the first phases of community consultation over what launching a moderate livelihood fishery in the province may look like — regardless of whether they reach an agreement with Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
A new podcast designed to reach P.E.I. Mi’kmaq about important issues in their community is also an opportunity for all listeners to learn more about local Indigenous concerns.
‘Ultimately it is having power and control of our destiny’ The first executive director of the Mi’kmaq initiative L’nuey says the … Read more
Prince Edward Island is officially recognizing Treaty Day on Tuesday.
‘This is an expression of our capacity’ At their first nationhood gathering Saturday in Charlottetown, Mi’kmaq leaders introduced L’Nuey, a … Read more
Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island) is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw People. The Epekwitnewaq Mi’kmaq have occupied this Island for over 12,000 years. We honour the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which recognize Mi’kmaw rights and establish an ongoing relationship between nations, past, present and future. We are all Treaty People.