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New 'social contracts' on Indigenous sovereignty required internationally, say UN panellists

Panellistssaidgovernments need to reconsider the"social contracts"they are a part ofand their impact onIndigenous Peoples at an event marking the United Nations International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Monday.

Shubenacadie residential school survivors await next steps after apology letter from Catholic nuns

Some former students of the Shubenacadieresidential schoolsay there's still a lot of work to doby theSisters of Charity, aftertheHalifax-based organization of Catholic nunsposted aletteron its website this weekapologizing for its role in the school.
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Mtis dancers gather for backyard jig as Manitoba pandemic restrictions ease

After a year of separation due to measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, a fewMtis dancers from Portage la Prairie, Man., gatheredwith family recently to celebrate the easing of restrictions in the province with some jigging and jamming.
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Onion Lake powwow returns to huge crowd after pandemic measures lifted

After provincial pandemic restrictions were lifted in Saskatchewan earlier this month, the 2021 powwow at Onion Lake Cree Nation returned in a big way last weekend.

Attawapiskat musician builds recording studio in shipping container

With no access to a recording studio over the course of the pandemic, Cree musician Adrian Sutherland transformed an old shipping container into SeaCan Studio.
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Mi'kmaw Blackbird singer honours missing and murdered Indigenous people in new video

Students and staff from a Mi'kmaw high school in Nova Scotiaare honouring the stories of missing and murdered Indigenous people in Canada with a song and music video.
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Here's how some communities celebrated National Indigenous Peoples Day 2021

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and difficult reminders of Indigenous histories in Canada, Inuit, First Nations and Mtis communities celebrated their distinct cultures and each other on the 25th anniversary of National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21.

Mi'kmaw leaders considering MMIWG safety concerns tied to N.S. energy project

Mi'kmaw leaders in Nova Scotia say the safety of their communitiesis a "fundamental concern,"but are not saying how they expect the developers of aproposed$13-billionnatural gasprojectto ensure safety forMi'kmaqbeyond the boundaries of the work site.

'Man camp' threat to Mi'kmaw women unchanged since MMIWG inquiry, say advocates

Mi'kmawadvocates for Indigenous women and girls are concerned thatresource extraction projectsstill pose the same threats as those outlined two years agoin thefinal reportof the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
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Mi'kmaw artist picks iconic fracking protest photo for newest stone carving

Mi'kmaw stone carver Steve Lawton says he's wanted to create a stone representation of a photo taken during a 2013 New Brunswick anti-shale gas fracking protest since he first saw it.