Daniel Paul - Mi'kmaw speaker

A bit of a history lesson...

http://vimeo.com/10879328

Hear Daniel Paul talk about the experience of Mi'kmaq over the years.

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Quirks and Quarks - Clovis Child is Native American

The ancestor of all modern North and South American First Peoples

http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/episode/2014/03/01/march-1-2014/#1

"After genetically sequencing the DNA from the remains of an infant Clovis boy discovered in Montana forty years ago, Dr Sarah Anzick worked with ancient DNA specialists in Denmark to discover that this Clovis child was related to all modern North and South American native peoples."

Related Links included on this site:

• Paper in "Nature"
• Nature News article
• Science Magazine news article
• As It Happens interview with Dr. Anzick's colleague
  

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Wikipedia - in the Mi'kmaw language

"Na tmg"

http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mic/Ktaqamkuk

Wikipedia has many different language versions - and now there's a project to create a Mi'kmaw version. Native speakers are encouraged to add articles in our language!

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FNESC Resources: K-7 and K-3

Two great teaching resources from FNESC:

• Authentic First Peoples Resources for use in K-7 Classrooms 
•  In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom,

which include lesson plans, curriculum connections, assessment resources and suggested texts.

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Aboriginal Education and Culture - Ontario

Aboriginal Education - The Past and Present

http://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL811E874C0A685D1E&desktop_uri=%2Fplaylist%3Flist%3DPL811E874C0A685D1E

From 2009 - first broadcast on TVO

"This is the first of a two-part series that looks at the historical context and present-day challenges of education for aboriginal children in northern Ontario. Brought to you from the Fort William First Nation, a panel of experts will discuss the achievement gap among aboriginal students, what is the legacy of the past, and how some overcome the challenges and succeed, while others don't. Do they fail the system - or does the system fail them?"

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Beat Nation: Hip-Hop's Aboriginal Connection

Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/04/259428743/hip-hops-aboriginal-connection

"Beat Nation: Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture has become something of an art sensation in Canada. Featuring more than two dozen artists using beats, graffiti, humor and politics to challenge stereotypes, the exhibit coincides with the growth of Idle No More, an indigenous political movement in Canada. "Aboriginal culture isn't a monolithic, single, static entity. It's always changing, always takes from other cultures," he says."

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"Proud To Be"

"What American Indians call themselves..."

http://youtu.be/mR-tbOxlhvE

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Blackfoot Digital Library

Ensuring that knowledge is carried to future generations

http://blackfootdigitallibrary.org/

A nice example of how technology can preserve and enhance the teachings and stories of elders, allowing them to touch the whole community. This is a wonderful initiative by the Blackfoot.

"The Blackfoot Digital Library is a venue for sharing our families and our communities stories, past and present. Most certainly it is intended to be an educational resource for all those now living in kitawahsinnoon. But above all, The Blackfoot Digital Library is meant to honor akaitapii, and their desire to speak through a variety of recording media to the grandchildren they never had a chance to meet, thereby ensuring that their knowledge is carried through to future generations."

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Much ado about being Mi’kmaq | TheIndependent.ca

The federal government has pulled a U-turn

http://theindependent.ca/2013/05/21/much-ado-about-being-mikmaq/

This article provides a good overview of the situation in which we many non-status Newfoundland Mi'kmaq find ourselves!

"A recent headline in the Toronto Star perhaps said it best: "In Newfoundland, too many want recognition as Mi'kmaq Indians, federal government says". The situation is one we in Newfoundland and Labrador are probably already much more familiar with than the national press, which is newly a-Twitter over it. Or perhaps not."

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Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature - CODE

Celebrating FN, M and I literature

http://www.codecan.org/burt-award-canada

The first winners of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature were announced on October 2nd, 2013.

They are:

• 1st place: Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese (published by Douglas and McIntyre)
• 2nd place: As I Remember It, by Tara Lee Morin (published by Theytus Books)
• 3rd place: As Long as the Rivers Flow, by James Bartleman (published by Random House of Canada Ltd.)
  

Congratulations to all winners and finalists!

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