This week’s edition includes class-actions, tariffs, self-governance, “mercury justice” and more.
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IN THE NEWS
National news included a class-action, the Indigenous Peoples Space, and tariffs
Survivors of abuse at Indian hospitals eligible for up to $200K in proposed settlement | CBC News
Ottawa buildings to be transformed into dedicated Indigenous space | Nunatsiaq News
Response to tariffs need Indigenous Peoples input say leaders | APTN News
In the Maritimes and the North, traditional knowledge, section 35 rights and recognition of nationhood made headlines
Sea ice is disappearing in the North. This is how Inuit are responding | CBC Radio
Mi’kmaw Chiefs send stinging rebuke to N.S. Premier Tim Houston | Halifax Examiner
Peskotomuhkati chief, 79, battles a ticking clock in fight for formal recognition | CBC News
Consultation and business development were the top stories in Quebec
Knowledge gap on mining development frustrates tallymen, Quebec Cree Nation | CBC News
Four First Nations acquire Hilton Quebec hotel | CBC News
The Métis Nation of Ontario, telecommunications, and "mercury justice” made the news in Ontario
Ontario First Nations leaders urge mining industry not to consult with Métis organization | Canada's National Observer: Climate News*
Ontario cancels $100M Starlink deal, leaving northern communities in digital limbo | CBC News
Mercury care home to be built in Grassy Narrows First Nation | APTN News
Watershed protection and justice reform led the news in Manitoba
Protecting Seal River watershed necessary as governments look north for critical minerals: Indigenous alliance | CBC News
Manitoba needs to make changes to address overrepresentation of Indigenous people in jails, experts say | CBC News
A boarding school settlement was the top story in Saskatchewan
Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school survivors reach $27M agreement with feds | CBC News
In BC and NWT, treaty rights, governance, salmon revitalization, and tariff impacts were the top stories
Federal gov't appoints B.C. lawyer to assess impacts of Giant Mine on Indigenous communities | CBC News
K'ómoks First Nation members vote overwhelmingly in favour of modern treaty | CBC News
Musqueam First Nation, Ottawa sign self-government agreement | CBC News
Okanagan fish passage, blocked for decades, set to be re-opened | IndigiNews
Indigenous people ‘feel the brunt’ of trade war as ‘B.C.’ presents 2025 budget | IndigiNews
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
I think it's really exciting to have the opportunity to get out of the Indian Act, I think that was really what I felt the most passionate about, because our ancestors didn't have that choice. It was thrust upon them.
- Chief Councillor Nicole Rempel, K'ómoks First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
In real life, unlike in history books, stories come to us not in their entirety but in bits and pieces, broken segments and partial echoes, a full sentence here, a fragment there, a clue hidden in between.
- Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees (2021)
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