“The Sipekne'katik First Nation does not accept federal government authority to regulate the treaty right to fish for a moderate living. The treaty right was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada, which also gave final responsibility to the minister of Fisheries and Oceans to manage fish stocks.”
#mikmaki #mikmaq #lnu #novascotia #nspoli #cdnpoli #dfo #fisheries #lobster
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/shouts-scuffles-arrests-indigenous-lobster-fishing-1.6962894

Don’t get me wrong the weather has had me on high alert all year BUT it is too early to tell for #HurricaneLee right now wrt impacting #Mikmaki/#NovaScotia

That being said, I am taking stock of our situation and preparing as best I can for the season ahead as well as thinking longer term.

What kind of #hurricane prep have you learned/what we can share both knowledge wise and materially? So much of the scarce advice/info is about individual shelf stocking & consumerism.

“Higgs is misrepresenting the law concerning Aboriginal title, Pamela Palmater, a lawyer, professor and member of the Eel River Bar First Nation, said in an interview broadcast Tuesday on Information Morning.”
#mikmaki #landback #SettlerColonialism
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/aboriginal-title-request-palmater-1.6949963

"It's pretty incredible for the young ones to be finding that stuff and to really be the first people to hold it in up to thousands of years, potentially,"

Not going to lie, that makes me mist up a bit.

#mikmaki #novascotia #kejimkujik
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaw-youth-archaeology-camp-parks-canada-kejimkujik-1.6940436

“Mi’kmaw has a treaty right to earn a moderate livelihood from the fishery. It’s a right that was enforced by the Supreme Court of Canada. But Canada hasn’t moved to protect those rights – or fishers from benefiting from them.”
#Mikmaki #nspoli #novascotia #lobster #cdnpoli #landback
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/mikmaw-nation-lobster-harvesters-suing-feds-for-treaty-violations/

“The Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is suing the federal government over treaty right infringement after officers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans seized lobster traps belonging to its band members.”
#mikmaki #nspoli #cdnpoli #dfo #fisheries #lobster
http://kukukwes.com/2023/07/28/sipeknekatik-first-nation-sues-federal-government-for-seizing-lobster-traps/

“in 1492, the Mi’kmaq probably had one of the highest standards of living in the world. And it was a totally democratic society, where people had the control of their political lives and the Chief served at the pleasure of the people not at their own pleasure. It was a democratic society that was very well established and had been for thousands of years prior to the European invasion.” #mikmaki #novascotia
https://springmag.ca/we-were-not-the-savages-an-interview-with-the-late-danny-paul

« Originaire de Shediac au Nouveau-Brunswick, Xavier Gould nous partage des extraits de son tout premier livre des fleurs comme moi, un recueil de poésie témoignant de son vécu en tant que jeune personne queer en Acadie. »
https://overcast.fm/+718UzjnfA
#Acadie #Mikmaki #Queer

Alright #Mikmaki (#NovaScotia) queers and allies: listen up! Rural #NorthShore #2SLGBTQ+ people need community and support in these perilous times. My pal is organising a market and drag event for April 1st and we need to pack the house with vendors and performers. I have a very small reach, so please if you’re in NS or have followers in NS, boost this post. And if you know of any announcements groups or bulletin boards that we could share this on, please let me know!

Summer in #Mikmaki. Thank you James Hobson 🐕.

RT @Mel7Labrador@twitter.com

Flare-ups suck. But when I'm busy working towards a future for our #children & the next generations I remind myself why I am here on this journey. 🌊🐬🐳😍
#motherearth #ocean #marine #conservation #indigenousled #futuregenerations #mikmaki #kespukwitk #ancestors #lnu #mikmaq

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Mel7Labrador/status/1601037033270480896

Just a few things I’m looking at…

Collaborative Indigenous Research Digital Garden:
https://www.oise.utoronto.ca/collaborativeindigenousresearch/

#Pottery in #Mikmaki reviving traditions - Atlantic News.
https://atlanticbusinessmagazine.ca/web-exclusives/pottery-in-mikmaki-reviving-traditions/

Indigenous Making and Sharing: Claywork in an STEAM Program.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325278303_Indigenous_Making_and_Sharing_Claywork_in_an_Indigenous_STEAM_Program

#geoscience #clay