[NEWS] Five #indigenous links: Nunavut, Haisla, Ken Hill, McGill Redmen, New Richmond
- This MacLean’s feature examines how, twenty years after the formation of Nunavut, some Inuit are considering new ways to make governance work in their interests.
- This National Observer article looks at how one Haisla band government sees hope in the construction of a pipeline, one that would provide the community with needed revenue.
- This Toronto Life feature by Michael Lista looks at the struggle by Six Nations-based businessman Ken Hill to avoid paying child support, using Indigenous sovereignty as a barrier.
- This National Observer article looks at the successful campaign, led by student Tomas Jirousek, to get McGill University to drop the name McGill Redmen for their sports team.
- CBC Montreal looks at the efforts to improve Indigenous representation on school curricula in the Gaspésie community of New Richmond.
Written by Randy McDonald
April 21, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Economics, Politics, Popular Culture, Social Sciences
Tagged with arctic canada, british columbia, canada, economics, education, first nations, gaspésie, haisla, iroquois, ken hill, links, mcgill university, mi'kmaq, montréal, nunavut, oil, ontario, politics, québec, six nations