No need of a chief for this band: Book

Supporting Aboriginal claims to self-governance

Link to Google Preview of book.

From the review of the book:

"In 1899 the Canadian government passed legislation to replace the appointment of Mi'kmaw leaders and Mi'kmaw political practices with the triennial system, a Euro-Canadian system of democratic band council elections. Officials in Ottawa assumed the federally mandated and supervised system would redefine Mi'kmaw politics. They were wrong.

"Drawing on reports and correspondence of the Department of Indian Affairs, Martha Walls details the rich life of Mi'kmaw politics between 1899 and 1951. She shows that many Mi'kmaw communities rejected, ignored, or amended federal electoral legislation, while others accepted it only sporadically, not in acquiescence to Ottawa's assimilative project but to meet specific community needs and goals. Compelling and timely, this book supports Aboriginal claims to self-governance and complicates understandings of state power by showing that the Mi'kmaw, rather than succumbing to imposed political models, retained political practices that distinguished them from their Euro-Canadian neighbours.

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Wab Kinew speaks about Indigenous inclusion

New thinking about First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples

http://youtu.be/2Dv0qTacOcg

Wab Kinew delivers an inspirational and empowering keynote speech designed to invoke new thinking within corporations about Indigenous inclusion and hope within First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples.

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Mi'kmaw Culture - Legends and Stories

The Mi'kmaw Creation Story

http://www.muiniskw.org/pgCulture3a.htm

Learn how the L'nu saw the world, its origins and the beings that created everything.

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Map maker provides pre-contact look of Canada

"We've always been here "

http://www.ammsa.com/publications/windspeaker/map-maker-provides-pre-contact-look-canada

"Aaron Carapella, who is Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma, became interested in a tribal map of the U.S. when his grandparents introduced him to his culture and the powwow circuit as a youngster. After creating a map of American First Nations, the end result of Carapella's Canadian research is the locations of 212 bands identified in their own Indigenous language. The map is also enhanced with photos of leaders and everyday people."

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A Tribe Called Mi'kmaq - traditional music

Album Sampler - "We honour the water"

http://tribalspiritmusic.com/groups/a-tribe-called-mikmaq-page

"A Tribe Called Mi'kmaq" is a Northern contemporary drum group. Their latest CD called "We Honour the Water" offers a number of word songs sung in Mi'kmaq.

Our songs are exciting, dramatic and are will get you up off your feet. Listen for our long leads...we hope you like them...

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Aboriginal Arts & Stories Competition

Tell your story - Show your talent

http://www.our-story.ca/guidelines-prizing/

"Create a writing or art piece that explores a moment or theme in Aboriginal history or culture. This year's deadline is March 31, 2014, and is open to Canadians of Aboriginal ancestry (Status, Non-Status, Inuit and Métis) between the ages of 14 - 29. (New this year: our competition is open to emerging writers and artists between the ages of 11-13!)"

A 200-400 word Artist's or Author's Statement that explains how your piece reflects or interprets the moment or theme you selected must accompany your entry into the Aboriginal Arts & Stories competition.

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Prospective members in limbo

Interview on CBC Central Morning

http://www.cbc.ca/centralmorning/episodes/2013/11/12/still-in-review/

"Thousands of people are still waiting for reviews of the applications for membership to the Qalipu Mi'kmaq band. We hear from their lawyer."

I wonder how this dispute about who "qualifies" to be Mi'kmaw reflects on the notion of aboriginal identity. And what does this mean for band members of other FN groups who move away from their traditional lands - are they to be denied? Too bad there is not room for everyone who has roots to reclaim their heritage and be proud representatives of the L'nuq to the world.

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In Flanders Fields

Maqamikek Flanders (posted by Dameion Osmond)

Na Maqamikek Flanders nikutikl wasuekl ta'n elisultiek

Miawe'k na klujjiewe'l pememkitekl.

Sisipji'jk telintu'tijik wijey na'tel musikiskituk

Je tlia' wa'qij nutuj ta'n te'sikl pe'skewe'l.

Ninen nepu'tiek mu piam sa'qe'l mimajultiekip aq

mekite'mekip te's piley na'kwek kisapniaq.

Kesalua'tiekip aq wijey mesnmekip

katu nike' eliusultiek na maqamikek flanders.

Kilew pe'l nike' wsua'tuinen ntipuninal aq

wnaqnmuinen ta'n mu pekwanmuekl.

Wla mtawekn amuj kilew koqwa'tuoq

aq nespnmoq aq mu lekepp.

Mita ta'n ninen nepu'tiek ma kisi atlasmultiwek

je tlia' wasuekl nikwek na maqamikek flanders.

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Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival | Remix. Reflect. Resonate. Remain.

VIMAF - Nov 6th - 11th

http://vimaf.com/

"The Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival (VIMAF) recognizes and affirms the Unceded Coast Salish Territories of the Skwxwú7mesh, xʷməθkʷəyəm and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.  VIMAF exists to advance critical Indigenous discourse and cross-cultural engagement on issues through innovative media arts practices. VIMAF honours Indigenous media arts by facilitating a culture of dialogue; fostering critical awareness, cultural sovereignty, and contemporary storytelling through the use of media arts."

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“Native Peoples of North America" - text

An anthropological introduction to Native peoples

http://opensuny.org/omp/index.php/SUNYOpenTextbooks/catalog/book/75

"Native Peoples of North America," written by SUNY Potsdam Professor of Anthropology Dr. Susan Stebbins is an anthropological introduction to the Native peoples of what are now the United States and Canada, focusing on presenting both historical and contemporary information from anthropological categories such as language, kinship, economic and political organization, religion and spirituality and art.

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