Podcasting about L'nuk
A weekly podcast about the Qalipu and our world.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Friday, February 2, 2018
The joy of finding relatives in print!
"Teach us with culture..."
Just reading the latest https://www.canoekids.com/
about the Mi'kmaq of Ktaqamkuk and came across a pic of my Mom's g-granddad, Mattie Mitchell.
Wela'lioq for that!
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
Mi'kmaq Creation Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQvup95nhvk
From the Stephen Augustine collection.
Narrated in Lnuisi, but overdubbed in English.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
"I Lost my Talk" - Rita Joe
Turning a painful past into poetry
https://vimeo.com/170262207
"Rita Joe was a Mi'kmaq woman from Cape Breton and used her writing to teach others about her culture and people. Years after her death, her words are still fighting. A newly commissioned show at Ottawa's National Arts Centre has taken one of Joe's poems and re-imagined it as a visual experience. Her most poignant piece of work, I Lost My Talk, published in 1978, recounts her years at a residential school in Halifax. Rita Joe would publish seven books in total. She was awarded the Order of Canada, appointed to the Queen's Privy Council and has been called the Mi'kmaq poet laureate. Her poem I Lost My Talk was also included in Canada's final Truth and Reconciliation Report, addressing the legacy of the residential school system. She is called the Gentle Warrior."
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Leonard Paul - Mi'kmaw artist
Art is inspired
by ancestors and traditions, and
everything around us.
ArtsHalifax.com recently talked with
Mi'kmaw artist
Leonard Paul to catch up with some of his latest projects.
Leonard considers himself fortunate for being from
Mi'kmaq First Nation.
(see also:
https://www.leonardpaul.com/)
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Eskasoni chief promoting Mi’kmaq as an official language in Nova Scotia
Supporting
traditional language
http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1534144-eskasoni-chief-promoting-mi%E2%80%99kmaq-as-an-official-language-in-nova-scotia
"The chief of the largest First Nations community east of Montreal is leading an initiative aimed at gaining official language status for Mi'kmaq in the province of Nova Scotia. Eskasoni Chief Leroy Denny said in an interview he has already discussed the idea with Premier Stephen McNeil and members of his cabinet during a meeting the province's chiefs had with them prior to Christmas and they seemed receptive to the concept. Denny said he expects to have a meeting this month with Education Minister Zach Churchill. As part of the process, Denny said they intend to review legislation that is in place in other parts of Canada."
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Student-built wigwam a central piece of Mount Stewart Consolidated
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popular and central place to learn, talk and reflect.
"A wigwam at Mount Stewart Consolidated School has become a popular and central place for students to learn, talk and reflect. ...Junior Peter-Paul, of Abegweit First Nation, showed and helped students build the wigwam earlier this fall as part of a Canada 150 project and it's been a central piece to the school grounds ever since. ... The area has become a sort of outdoor classroom at times, but it mostly serves as a spot for students to talk and relax."
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Monday, December 18, 2017
APTN Show - Wabanaagig
T
V show in Mi'kmaw (subtitled in English)
"WABANAAGIG, Land of the Rising Sun, goes beyond words to encapsulate the strong emotions of the Wabanaki, a people who have emerged from centuries of oppression, occupation of their lands, and obliteration of their languages. Each week the important stories about the past, and the present of this proud people from Eastern Canada are told."
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Monday, December 11, 2017
Mi'kmaq artist's work on display in New York City
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n exhibition at the Smithsonian and the National Museum of the American Indian
"A Newfoundland artist has landed on the world stage, thanks to some photographs in the archives of the Smithsonian Institute in New York City. Jordan Bennett is Mi'kmaq, originally from Stephenville Crossing on Newfoundland's west coast, and is multi-disciplinary visual artist. Bennett was asked to be part of an exhibition at the Smithsonian and the National Museum of the American Indian, and for part of his research delved into the archives."
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Friday, December 8, 2017
Mi'kmaq Study Sets and Flashcards
Vocab, facts and more
U
se this web app to learn basic vocabulary and some important facts about the Mi'kmaq people.
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