Sunday, January 15, 2017

Gathering Song - transcription

A gathering is happening
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Wejkwita
​'​
jik Ni
​'​
kmaq
Wla tett nike
​'​
a
Mawio
​'​
mi weskewa
​'​
sik
Welta
​'​
sualtultimk tett nike
​'​ ...


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Friday, December 30, 2016

In Nova Scotia, a Mi’kmaw Model for First Nation Education


​A​ possible model for First Nation education in Canada


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With support from Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey, an education authority that provides central services, local Mi'kmaw schools deliver language immersion courses, culturally-appropriate teaching pedagogy and other initiatives to promote student success. In 2010-11, Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey reported a high school student graduation rate of 75 per cent for students in the system, twice the Canadian average. The self-governance arrangement is drawing attention as a possible model for First Nation education in Canada.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

NewJourneys / Meet the artist behind the Mi'kmaq New Journeys theme

Lo​
ok
​ing​
to Mi'kmaq petroglyph tradition


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​"​
Alan Syliboy is the artist behind the Mi'kmaq New Journeys design.
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 Syliboy looks to the Indigenous Mi'kmaq petroglyph tradition for inspiration and develops his own artistic vocabulary out of those forms.
​He
 incorporated traditional Mi'kmaq petroglyph themes into the New Journeys design: "I believe the Fiddlehead was where the Mi'kmaq double curve design originated. The double curve has many meanings. To some the curves represent plants which have the protective and curing powers of medicinal herbs. The mirror image of the double curve, reminds us to keep balance in our lives. Many curves together can symbolize community standing side by side, together in a special union.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Mi'kmaq wind farm projects

​T​
he power of Mi'kmaq participation in the energy sector.

"Mi'
kmaq communities in Nova Scotia are completing a four-stage project that will see them put more energy into the grid than they collectively use.
​ ​
Delegates at the Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Energy and Innovation Summit held this week in Membertou heard the final project in Amherst will soon come online.
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"With projects completed and planned, Mi'kmaq wind projects ‎would be producing more electricity than they use in their communities," Murray Coolican, deputy minister for energy, told CBC News.
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Monday, October 3, 2016

Nova Scotia working on posthumous pardon for Mi'kmaq grand chief

​A​
n apology is forthcoming
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/treaty-rights-grand-chief-gabriel-sylliboy-pardon-posthumous-1.3789395?cmp=rss



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Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy was arrested in 1929 and convicted for hunting out of season after being found with muskrat pelts. While Sylliboy attempted to use treaty rights as his defence, it wasn't until the 1980s that those rights were recognized by the courts. Sylliboy died in 1963.
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Provincial Justice Minister Diana Whalen says an apology is forthcoming for the arrest and conviction of Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy. (CBC)

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

N.L. Mi'kmaq artist's eBay fashion collaboration a sellout success

Mi'kmaq designs
​in
 the mainstream fashion world
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"​A​
cclaimed visual artist Jordan Bennett's first foray into the fashion world has been a sellout success within a matter of hours, and no one is more surprised than Bennett himself.
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"It's pretty amazing, a bit overwhelming, and exciting to see these Mi'kmaq designs go into the mainstream fashion world," Bennett said of the whirlwind launch of his two scarves, a collaborative project between the Stephenville Crossing artist and online giant eBay. 

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Monday, September 19, 2016

Sharing Circle: Mi'kmaq beliefs and heritage

First Nations culture and spirituality practices



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Sharing Circle includes seven children's stories about First Nations culture and spirituality practices. All seven stories, The Eagle Feather, The Dream Catcher, The Sacred Herbs, The Talking Circle, The Medicine Wheel, The Drum, and The Medicine Pouch explore First Nations cultural practices and teach children about Mi'kmaq beliefs and heritage. Researched and written by Mi'kmaw children's author Theresa Meuse and beautifully illustrated by Mi'kmaw illustrator Arthur Stevens, this book will engage and inform children of all ages.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Mi'kmaq lexicon

​A handy word list​

S
​tuck​ for a word? Want to look up a particular term? This lexicon (searchable in the PDF) will help you find your way.

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Friday, August 26, 2016

Mrs. Universe speaks to First Nations youth in Membertou

Embrace your culture
http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2016-08-19/article-4620081/Mrs.-Universe-tells-First-Nations-youth-in-Membertou-to-embrace-their-culture/
 "The 2015 winner of the Mrs. Universe pageant, Ashley Callingbull, was a surprise guest of the Mi'kmaw Summer Games in Membertou this week where she served as a co-host for Thursday's princess pageant activities. The 25-year-old actress from Enoch Cree First Nation also gave a motivational speech and spent a portion of her Friday offering tips to the young participants to take through the pageant and their lives."

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

A place called 'heaven' by Mi'kmaq

Partridge Island protected for generations to come 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/partridge-island-bay-of-fundy-protected-nova-scotia-nature-trust-1.3730905

The stories and teachings are about real places:
"A Mi'kmaq storyteller is celebrating the preservation of Partridge Island in the Bay of Fundy near Parrsboro, N.S. — called Wa'so'q, or heaven, in Mi'kmaq — saying the Nova Scotia Nature Trust has helped protect an area of cultural significance.

Gerald Gloade, with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq, said the island is known as Glooscap's grandmother's traditional campsite. According to Mi'kmaq legend, Glooscap was the first human, created out of a bolt of lightning in the sand."

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