Podcasts about mi'kmaw

A warning to our listeners: this week's episode talks about residential schools, trauma, and violence against Indigenous peoples. Please listen with care. This week, we speak with Mary Ann Nui, Deputy Grand Chief of the Innu Nation, about the impact on her and her community after the discovery of a mass grave of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of what was once the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Later in the show, Karen Pictou of the Nova Scotia Native Women's Association tells us about the fight to stop the proposed Goldboro LNG plant on Nova Scotia's eastern shore, which would include a 5,000-person camp largely made up of men, and the dangers it could pose to Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people. RESOURCES If you or someone you know needs someone to talk to, you can contact the Indian Residential School Survivors Society for counselling support available at 1-800-721-0066, or a national 24/7 Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419. Read the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls here: https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/ Read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's final report here: http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.html

Cathy Martin, a band councillor of Listuguj First Nation, offers a new vision for the Indigenous advocacy organization while recognizing her long political odds.

This week, Cathy LeBlanc and Dave Chapman of Mi'kmaw Moons speak about the Mi'kmaw moon of spring, named after the maple sap that our ancestors collected to make sweet water.

In Episode 84, I share a presentation that I gave at Listuguj – one of the Mi’kmaw First Nations in Quebec - which is only minutes from my own First Nation – Eel River Bar. I was so honoured to be part of this larger event with Listuguj grades 7 & 8 students, teaching staff, elected leaders of Listuguj Mi'gmag Government, Mi'kmaw Grand Council members and Listuguj community members. This keynote was part of a two-day forum called "Honouring our Land: Mawiomi" held on March 21-23, 2019. Here is the link to the original YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xBOHHrPCPo Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence - don't forget to use the code warrior30 for 30% discount for a short time: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life Warrior Life book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3lAleUk Please note: Nothing in this podcast/video advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Please also note: The information contained in this podcast/video should not be misconstrued as legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. This podcast/video represents fair political comment. If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at: https://www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work and help keep it independent, here is the link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/join/2144345 NEW WARRIOR LIFE PODCAST MERCH: https://www.teespring.com/stores/warrior-life-2 (Audio, video & pic used with permission of Listuguj)

In Episode 79, we talked to Brandon Maloney, a Mi'kmaw warrior, fisher, leader and family man from Sipekne'katik formerly known as Indian Brook First Nation in Mi'kma'ki. He joined us to share what has been happening on the ground in Mi'kma'ki where non-native commercial fisherman are engaged in racist acts of violence, threats, property damage and attempts to stop Mi'kmaw peoples from fishing. He also talks about his community's governance plan for the fishery and how it came from the people. Here is a link to Sipekne'katik website so you can find out more about this Mi'kmaw community: https://www.sipeknekatik.ca/ Sipekne'katik Governance Initiative 2020 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCTmXOesYI&t=1s For those who wish to support the Mi'kmaw fishers, donations can be sent directly to Sipekne'katik via e-transfer or paypal via Monica Beckett, Director of Finance for Sipekne'katik at the following email: monicah@sipeknekatik.ca Here is a link to my recent YouTube video giving a brief overview of the situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Y8P9MZWds Please note: Nothing in this podcast advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Please also note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at https://www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work, here is the link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/pampalmater My new book: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing is available https;//www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life Amazon users can buy the book here: amzn.to/3lAleUk (Picture of Brandon Maloney used with his permission)

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Traditional leader Gary Mettalic Sr. of Listuguj First Nation calls for Mi'kmaq to assert Aboriginal title for the rest of Mi'kma'ki not included in Elsipogtog claim. And we hear from lawyer David Rosenfeld on who's in and out of Qalipu enrolment class action case.

In Episode 69, we talked to Cheryl Maloney, a Mi'kmaw mother, leader, educator and warrior from Sipekne'katik - formerly known as Indian Brook First Nation. She joined us to share what is happening on the ground in Mi'kma'ki where non-native commercial fisherman are engaged in racist acts of violence, threats, property damage and attempts to stop Mi'kmaw peoples from fishing. Here is the YouTube video of this podcast in case you prefer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flnm3L4ylTU&t=1s Here is a link to Sipekne'katik website so you can find out more about this Mi'kmaw community: http://www.sipeknekatik.ca/ This is the link to the Sipekne'katik Governance Initiative 2020 video referenced by Cheryl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCTmXOesYI&t=1s The link to the Declaration of the State of Emergency called by the Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs: http://mikmaqrights.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Media-Release_Assembly-Declares-a-State-of-Emergency_18Sept2020-1-2.pdf Link to sign petition to support Mi'kmaw: https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-help-nova-scotia-natives-keep-their-right-to-fish Mi'kmaw link to resources for allies and supporters: https://www.drive.google.com/file/d/1u_LF_bCFBbSijzqJgHNh4-MfpYz0hfdv/view?fbclid=IwAR1uaRjMpzQkF-10qYaYnx5POqRB_kQdWFweGTVNox086r1k7Zoct_R92Vo Here is a link to my recent YouTube video giving a brief overview of the situation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Y8P9MZWds Please note: Nothing in this podcast advocates for violence on Indigenous territories. Please also note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such. If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at https://www.pampalmater.com If you would like to support my work, here is the link to my Patreon account: https://www.patreon.com/pampalmater My new book: Warrior Life: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence by Fernwood Publishing is available for pre-order with a 10% discount for podcast listeners by using code warrior10 https;//www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/warrior-life Amazon users can buy the book here: amzn.to/3lAleUk (Picture of Cheryl Maloney used with her permission)

Hilding Neilson, an assistant professor in the department of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Toronto, wanted to incorporate Two-Eyed Seeing—a combination of Western science and traditional knowledge—into his course material. But he found that some academics dismissed Indigenous ways of knowing, comparing it to pseudo science.

Dean Simon left Flat Bay and crossed the water to live in Eskasoni so he could hear Mi'kmaw whenever he walks down the road. He says you, too, can take back your language—if you want it enough.

A quarter century after he finished his Master's thesis, Jerry Wetzel's paper remains a powerful statement on the history of the island of Newfoundland as told from a Mi'kmaw perspective, rather the European view that has colonized minds for hundreds of years. This week, we speak with Wetzel about his thesis.

In part two of our mini-series highlighting indigenous voices, Amy sits down with Mi'kmaw artist and astrologer Amanda Amour Lynx and community organizer and artisan Michelle Beausejour to talk about the stars, healing our collective wound and the role that storytelling plays in both. Plus Amanda explains ethnobotany and explains her performance piece "Decolonial Soup" PLUS Michelle shares some healing music!

Bryson Syliboy is Mi'kmaw and Two Spirited. An outspoken advocate for both the Indigenous and LGBTQ communities on social media, he humerously refers to himself as "Bryson The Gaytive", and despite facing his fair share of detractors and haters, remains undetered. In this episode we discuss the challenges of being Two Spirited, the negative effects of residential school on culture, revitalization of the Mi'kmaw language, cultural appropriation, the use of racist symbols and more. Bryson's current Twitter handle is @ArnallLabrador.

In Episode 40, I share an address that I gave at a Mi'kmaw Nationhood gathering in PEI. It is about Mi'kmaw sovereignty and nationhood and what it means for all our citizens. Whether we call it sovereignty, nationhood, peoplehood, self-determination or self-governance, Mi'kmaw nationhood refers to our strength and power as a collective with our own defined and defended territories. We need to identify current threats to our nationhood, but also need to identity the opportunities we have to strengthen our nationhood and revitalize it. Here is the link to my Youtube video about Mi'kmaw Nationhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCBeQq4nEeA&t=37s I also have several chapters in my book, Indigenous Nationhood: Empowering Grassroots Citizens, on various political, legal and economic threats to our sovereignty as Nations, which can be found here: https://amzn.to/2m0cyfY I've also written about the importance of native identity and belonging in my book: Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity, which can be found here: https://amzn.to/2mFSEHf To stay up to date on my work, my website link is here: https://pampalmater.com/ You can also follow me on Facebook as Pam Palmater Media, on LinkedIn as Pam Palmater, and on Twitter and Instagram as Pam_Palmater. My blog, Indigenous Nationhood can be found at this link: https://indigenousnationhood.blogspot.com/ If you would like to help me keep my content independent, please consider supporting my work at Patreon: www.patreon.com/join/2144345 If you would like more information about these issues, you can check out my website at: www.pampalmater.com Note: The information contained in this podcast is not legal, financial or medical advice, nor should it be relied on as such.

Episode two is an in-depth discussion about Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site and the collaborative archaeology projects with the Mi'kmaw and our history here.

Articulating Desire: Writing by Queer Women UPDATE: Event will now be held Friday, March 29 https://www.facebook.com/events/945595152497067/ Lise Weil’s memoir In Search of Pure Lust (Inanna, 2018) takes us back to a moment in the ‘70s and ‘80s when lesbian desire was the pulsing center of an entire way of life, a culture, a movement. The memoir also traverses a series of torrid but ultimately failed relationships—until a dive into Zen practice begins to turn things around. Lise is also editor of Dark Matter: Women Witnessing an online journal publishing writing and artwork created in response to a time of massive species loss and ecological collapse. Jacqueline Dumas’ novel The Heart Begins Here takes place in a western Canadian city following the 9-11 attacks in 2001. The novel is inspired by Dumas’s many years’ experience as a bookseller, including Montreal in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The characters deal with the realities of life in a feminist bookstore – intrigue among the bookshelves, disastrous poetry readings, disastrous relationships, financial woes… Clementine Morrigan writes the zine Fucking Magic and is the author of three books, You Can’t Own the Fucking Stars, The Size of a Bird, and Rupture. Their work explores the experience of desire in the context of trauma. She writes about sexuality, queerness, love, relationships, and relentless hope. Tara McGowan-Ross is an urban Mi'kmaw multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her first book, a collection of protest poetry called Girth, was released in 2016 by Insomniac Press. She is mostly made of earth. www.liseweil.com

Trevor Gould is an experienced powwow dancer and singer, who has been performing for more than 20 years. He has spoken to audiences about Mi'kmaw culture. He is also known for singing, dancing and drumming. He was in the musical "DRUM!" for ten years. He presently sings with the Eastern Eagle Singers from Indian Brook, Nova Scotia.When Trevor Gould saw the call for submission for AFCOOP's Languages of Nova Scotia, he submitted his film, Apija’simk. An idea he shared with his friend has now been made into a film that has been screened all over Nova Scotia. Apija’simk is now being submitted to festivals and with the rich subject matter and characters, the film is sure to screen in many with awards to boot.Check Trevor out @trevg23

With so few fluent Mi'kmaw speakers in rural Kespukwitk, it is a long road to reclaiming our Indigenous language. In this episode host shalan joudry speaks with neighbour Rose Meuse and her daughter Cedar.

Russell, a candidate for chief of the Qalipu First Nation, says, like many other band members, he doesn't know much about Mi'kmaw culture but will learn on the job.

"We are all Treaty people". It's a phrase we're hearing more often these days. But what does it really mean, here in Mi'kma'ki? And what does it have to do with environmental justice? Most settlers don't think about the Treaties much. Even here in unceded Mi'kmaq territory, many of us imagine them as one-time transactions in the deep past. However, as we'll hear in this episodes of Shades of Green, many Mi'kmaq rights holders understand the Peace and Friendship Treaties as sacred, living agreements. As Sipekne’katik District Warrior Chief Jim Maloney puts it: “I agree that we are a treaty people, and I have heard the Premier say that. His Treaty is on paper. My Treaty is on land. My tracks on my ground: that’s my signature, not on a piece of paper.”   In this episode of Shades of Green, we spend time with frontline Water Protectors resisting the Alton Gas project at the Truckhouse and Treaty Camp along the banks of the Sipekne'katik River. Alton Gas is proposing to dump massive quantities of mined salt waste into the river, which would pose serious risks to the river ecosystem along with the health, livelihoods and rights of Mi’kmaw communities. Water Protector and Treaty Scholar Michelle Paul sums up what has brought folks to the front lines:  "There is no recipe for water. It is that simple. When water is gone that's it. From water is life, and without water there is no life." This Mi'kmaw-led resistance has asserted the Peace and Friendship Treaties in ways that are at once spiritual, political, and deeply practical. As Kukuwes Wowkis describes, "Last year when we built the Truckhouse seven of us from seven different districts threw our eel traps in the water. So right there, Alton Gas had to stop what they were doing with the brine because in our treaties, it’s our right to hunt and fish wherever we feel we can do that on Mi’kmaw territory.” We hope you’ll tune into episode three of our Shades of Green podcast series, “Peace, Friendship and Environmental Justice."  Join us at the treaty camp to get a taste of what it's like on the front lines of a movement that is so much bigger than stopping a single project. Let's listen and reflect on what what stopping a natural gas storage project has to do with Indigenous self-determination, how the Peace and Friendship Treaties might help us understand how to build just relationships with the land and each other, and what it means to be a Treaty person. Note: explicit language Featured Voices: Michelle Paul Kukuwes Wowkis (Madonna Bernard) Giju Muin (Paula Isaac) Catherine Martin Jim Maloney Quotes have been condensed here for clarity and brevity. Huge thanks to every one of the ears and voices that made this episode possible, and particularly the Water Protectors holding down the Truckhouse and Treaty Camp against Alton Gas. You can support this Mi'kmaw-led resistance here. Further thanks to Erica Butler and Peter Lane. Our theme was composed by the incredible Nick Durado. We are also grateful to Jeremy Dutcher for his rendition of the Honour Song.  Kepmite'tmnej, the Mi'kmaw Honour Song, was received in a sweatlodge by singer-songwriter George Paul in the 1980s.  This project has been supported by Ecology Action Centre and the Community Conservation Research Network Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, or Feedburner.  And follow us on Twitter! Further resources available at: https://shadesofgreenweb.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/peace-friendship-and-environmental-justice/

Download Episode! The list has been checked twice and y'all are just too nice! I'd like to share this gift with you and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Trish, who's sharp mind is eminently beyond compare, helped me discover the Swelling Fringe Clicker. Other notable discoveries include: ecosystem services, Hugh Jackman's back, and travelling alone as a single woman. Most egregious error: I talk about the "Mi'kmaw", which is how you pronounce Mi'kmaq, but I did not realize it at the time. So I was saying the correct word, but I was using it as though it was some other tribe. It's not. I was referring to Mi'kmaq which is properly pronounced meeg mah. Sorry for my ignorance, but this mistake has led me to more discoveries! Did you know that "ni'kmaq" actually means "my friends"? Early europeans misheard and misunderstood and then named the l'nuk people mi'kmaq. All sort of other neat history can be found here: http://www.muiniskw.org/pgCulture0.htm Science level: very high! Trish is so dang smart that she kept asking great, on topic questions.

Renowned Indigenous artist Alan Syliboy talks about using his art for social change. Syliboy is the 2016 Coady Chair in Social Justice at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He is the first Indigenous person to hold the annual chair. Syliboy grew up in the Mi'kmaw community of Millbrook First Nation. This audio was recorded during his public presentation 'Art and Social Justice', on October 12, 2016.