Removing local oversight
"Federal changes to the Indian Studies Support Program has left 40 First Nations adult learning centres and post-secondary institutes without federal funding for the upcoming 2013/14 school year.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Celebrating Mi’kmaq history
White Point Resort Celebrations
"The Acadia First Nation prepares to mark 10,000 years of Mi'kmaq history. Judy Boutilier tells us about the cultural celebration happening at White Point Resort on June 22 and 23.
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A Mattie Mitchell Story Trailer on Vimeo
World premiere of a short film about Mattie Mitchell
I am proud to say Mattie is my twice-great grandfather. (My mother's great grandfather)
"The College of the North Atlantic Film and Video program is proud to announce the world premiere of a short film about famous Newfoundland frontiersman Mattie Mitchell.
"The film stars Mattie's own great-grandson, Alonzo Rumbolt, in the title role. The short film chronicles Mitchell's expedition as a hunting guide to Worcester, a down-and-out American reverend. When disaster strikes in the heart of the forest, Worcester's fate falls on Mattie's shoulders.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Qalipu watchdogs Has a New Name
The Watchdogs have incorporated and are now being called the Mi'kmaq First Nations Assembly of Newfoundland.
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Mi'gmaq Language Protection & Revitalization
A video on the importance of language for preserving culture
A collection of video responses on the importance of language to keeping and revitalizing the Mi'kmaw culture.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Mi'kmaq Honour Song
"My people let us gather"
Kepmite'tmnej ta'n teli l'nuwulti'kw
Nikma'jtut mawita'nej
Kepmite'tmnej ta'n wettapeksulti'k
Nikma'jtut apoqnmatultinej
Apoqnmatultinej ta'n Kisu'lkw teli ika'luksi'kw
Wla wskitqamu eya eya
I like the first version - easier to hear the words.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
FirstVoices: Mi'kmaw Phrase Books
Mi'kmaw words, songs and stories
FirstVoices is a group of web-based tools and services designed to support Aboriginal people engaged in language archiving, language teaching & culture revitalization. Visit this page to see vocabuary related to the following:
- Aboriginal Culture
- Animals, Birds, Plants
- Around the House
- Family
- Food, Drink, Cooking
- Greetings, Goodbyes, Thanks
- Health and Wellness
- Recreational Activities
- School
- Shopping
- Time & Place
- Travel
- Weather & Seasons
- Work
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Monday, June 3, 2013
Much ado about being Mi’kmaq | TheIndependent.ca
The federal government has pulled a U-turn
Great article!
"It's ... a new sort of model for aboriginal/First Nations recognition. No longer based on percentages of "blood" (a positive step, say some), now applicants merely have to prove – more flexibly – that they are of "Canadian Indian ancestry".
"From many perspectives this is a sensible approach: there was a curious colonial irony in the notion that Canadian courts ought to have the ability to decide indigenous identity. A sensible approach too given the racism and discrimination which led generations of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to hide their Aboriginal family connections. [...] First came the recognition…and then came the catch. The federal government expected around 10,000 people to apply. Thus far, around 10 times that number – about 100,000 – have applied.
"Oops. Too successful
"Yet, instead of celebrating this as the positive moment it could be, the federal government has pulled a U-turn which threatens to disrupt any positive progress it has made, and questions the integrity of its dedication to open and fair dealing.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Mi’kmaq recognition
The government has suddenly disowned the process
"Gerry Byrne, Liberal MP for the Newfoundland riding of Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte, has introduced a motion in parliament calling on the agreement to be extended and remaining applicants to be assessed under current criteria.
"Byrne, who has applied for Indian status under the deal, notes the committee assessing applications has always included two federal government representatives. After four years of enforcing the agreement's enrolment criteria, the government has suddenly disowned the process and tried to paint applicants as frauds, Byrne charges.
"Instead of saying, 'We didn't know what we were doing and we signed something we regret,' the government is now saying, 'It's the applicant's fault,'" Byrne says in an interview.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
New Mi’kmaq book of traditional stories released
Stories recollected from our grandmothers
[LINK]
"This book features the words of local Mi'kmaq grandmothers Murdena Marshall, Diana Denny, Flo Young and Susie Marshall on the topics of pregnancy, birth, and raising children, as well as a number of stories they have recollected from their own grandmothers. Assisted by researchers Prune Harris and Cheryl Bartlett, "Our Grandmothers' Words" shares knowledge and wisdom from teachings passed down from women to women, over the generations.
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