Hello and welcome to the MAW-LUKUTINEJ PODCAST. Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means let's work together.  Series three of this podcast is a discussion that focuses primarily on a recent article by Justin Brake, exploring the ethics of Indigenous ancestry and claiming Indigenous identity. 

In this episode, Justin, Ivan J, and I discuss the persistence of the Mi’kmaw mercenary myth, the Indian Act, and the Qalipu enrollment process.

Thanks for listening. 

Hello and welcome to the MAW-LUKUTINEJ PODCAST. Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means let's work together.  Series three of this podcast is a discussion that focuses primarily on a recent article by Justin Brake, exploring the ethics of Indigenous ancestry and claiming Indigenous identity. 

In this episode, we discuss consultation, Indigenous lens, and the history of government relations with Indigenous Peoples.

Thanks for listening. 

Hello and welcome to the MAW-LUKUTINEJ PODCAST. Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means let's work together.  Series three of this podcast is a discussion that focuses primarily on a recent article by Justin Brake, exploring the ethics of Indigenous ancestry and claiming Indigenous identity. 

In this episode, Justin Brake, Ivan J White, and Kelly Anne Butler introduce ourselves.  We ask Justin to tell us a bit about how he came to write the article.

Thanks for listening. 

Hello and welcome to the MAW-LUKUTINEJ PODCAST. Maw-lukutinej is a Mi'kmaw phrase that means let's work together.  Series three of this podcast is a discussion that focuses primarily on a recent article by Justin Brake, exploring the ethics of Indigenous ancestry and claiming Indigenous identity. 

In this episode, we share our respective positionality within the context of the federal enrolment process, and discuss individual versus collective identity.

Thanks for listening. 

Learning of his Mi’kmaw ancestry came as a surprise to Justin Brake, who always considered himself a Newfoundlander. What might it mean, he asks, to ethically explore the question of his identity?

Kelly Anne Butler and Ivan J White sit down with Justin Brake to discuss his article, titled KTAQMKUK, published in ISSUE 80 of Maisonneuve.

Read it HERE
Justin Brake is an independent journalist from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk (Bay of Islands, Newfoundland) who currently lives and works on unceded Algonquin territory in Ottawa. A settler with Mi’kmaw ancestry, he centres his work on Indigenous rights and liberation, social justice, climate action and decolonization.

In this episode, we return to the conversation with myself, Arlene White, Kelly Vodden and Brady Reid to end this series. We discuss engaged research, who benefits, in what ways, and why it’s important to understand that a community has a choice to participate in ways that are in line with their own priorities and context.

In this episode, we return to the conversation with Dr. Thomas, Ivan White Sr., Ivan White Jr., and Brady Reid who continues to share Maw-lukutinej in practice.

In this episode, we meet dr. Raymond Thomas, an associate professor in the school of science and the environment at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University. Dr. Thomas is joined by Mi’kmaw guide Ivan White Sr., Ivan J. White Jr., and Brady Reid to discuss Maw-lukutinej in practice. Dr. Thomas and Ivan White Sr. collaborated to study lipids in the meat and antlers of locally-hunted caribou and moose.

In this episode, we continue to hear from Hilding and his insights as an interdisciplinary Mi’kmaw scientist.

In this episode, we meet Dr. Hilding Neilson, an interdisciplinary Mi’kmaw scientist working on astrophysics at the intersection of science, astronomy, and Indigenous knowledge.