Mi'kmaq Matters

The fate of 10,000 people who lost their status rests on the Abbott case decision. Jaimie Lickers, lawyer for the Mi'kmaq First Nations Assembly of Newfoundland, tells us what to expect in federal court this week. Later in the show, we take a look at Yellow Vests Canada, a group that includes Indigenous people while promoting anti-Indigenous racism.

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This week, Russ Diabo, policy analyst and publisher of the First Nations Strategic Bulletin, joins us to discuss the Jody Wilson-Raybould affair. He says that Perry Bellegarde, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), seems to have a different opinion than most Indigenous communities regarding the Wilson-Raybould resignation. And later, Dave Wells discusses how the Mi'kmaq First Nations Assembly of Newfoundland (MFNAN) could become a non-status band.

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It's too soon to say whether Beothuk are really extinct, says Chief Misel Joe, and DNA research is still needed to show if there's a Mi'kmaq connection. Later in the show, Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band’s cultural resource co-ordinator, Nicole Travers, tells us about an ongoing project to expand an interactive map that centres traditional Mi'kmaq language with collected stories.

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The remains of two Beothuk people, Demasduit and Nonosabasut, are to be returned to Newfoundland in the near future. But where is an appropriate resting place: a museum, or their traditional territory near the Exploits River? MP Scott Simms discusses the process of returning the remains and the complicated decisions still to be made.

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Russ Diabo, policy analyst and publisher of the First Nations Strategic Bulletin, says that when Judy Wilson-Raybould ran afoul of the bureaucracy and Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sided with Bennett. Later, Greg Janes discusses the promotion of Seamus O'Regan to Indigenous Services from Veterans Affairs, where his performance got an F from vets.

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After intense discussion at a council meeting on Saturday, Qalipu decides to risk the wrath of anti-hunt protesters and get into the seal business with its own brand of seal oil capsules.

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When Joanne Miles takes over from Liz Lasaga at the end of the month, she will be in charge of managing a difficult relationship with the Qalipu First Nation and preparing for a long-awaited summit of the two bands.

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Enrolment was the Qalipu story of 2018, and Chief Brendan Mitchell gives us his take on the process which began last week in a meeting with the feds to resolve some of the outstanding issues.

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In Gros Morne, there is no official Mi'kmaq involvement in terms of moose harvest. Across the water in Unima'ki (Cape Breton), though, Mi'kmaq people carry out the harvest in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in our traditional way and distribute the meat across the province. Clifford Paul of the Unima'ki Institute of Natural Resources tells us about it.

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How to define a Mi'kmaq nation and how does Qalipu fit in? This week: reflections on the self-government summit from Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Roger Augustine and Qalipu councillor Brian Dicks.

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