WAYS TO SUPPORT MI’KMAQ RIGHTS AND LIVELIHOOD FISHERIES

DONATE E-TRANSFER (2021 Update):

FRONTLINES:  shyfrancis175@gmail.com 

(Previous EMT was closed by the bank)

Security Question: Treaty

Answer: 1752

SIPEKNE’KATIK FIRST NATION: monicah@sipeknekatik.ca (paypal also)

DROP-OFF SUPPLIES TO THE FRONTLINES (60 SAUNERVILLE WHARF) - UPDATED MARCH 14, 2021

  • blankets
  • pillows
  • propane stove
  • propane
  • chairs
  • lights (no electricity yet, so solar if possible)
  • kindle/firewood
  • lighters & matchers

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SHARE AND AMPLIFY MI’KMAW VOICES. HERE ARE ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW:

Facebook:

Sipe’kne’katik Moderate Livelihood Fishery 

Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs

Assembly of First Nations

Instagram:

@justicegruben

@sabredam

@junnygirldecolonized

@onecraftymikmaq

@alexa.metallic

@taralouie83

@MikmaqAngel

@brookewillisss

@kukuwes_news

@killaatencio

@hannahmaltay

@jennifer.l.denny

@reclaimingourrootsns

@amberblueskye

@devannmarie

@lil.pharroh

@kirsten_the_worsten

@sl.francis

@savvyunltd

@everydayindigenousresurgence

@pam_palmater

@decolonizemyself

@indigenousclimateaction

@chey_i_g

@labillois13

@ceyonce_

@camrynsock

@amber.solomon

Twitter:

@Mikmaq_Star

@Pam_Palmater

@Mikmaq_star

@AndreaPLFN

@TrinaRoache 

@PhillipProsper

@BarbaraXLow

@mgoogoo

@Kukukwes

@TheAgentNDN

@Mikmaq_Michelle 

@amberblueskye

@KaraSPaul1

@PhillipProsper

@perrybellegarde 

@mb2law 

@nicmeloney

@TSanipass

@BrianFrancisPEI 

@angelharksen

RESOURCES TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY

ASSEMBLY OF NOVA SCOTIA MI’KMAW CHIEFS

        LETTER FROM THE 13 MI’KMAW CHIEFS OF NOVA SCOTIA TO BERNADETTE JORDAN

www.facebook.com/AssemblyNSChiefs/photos/pcb.1133371477181512/1133370643848262/ 

        

Canada continues to fail their legal responsibilities

        www.facebook.com/AssemblyNSChiefs/photos/a.200481517137184/1138493633335963/ 

        DFO relying on third-party information to make decisions

        www.facebook.com/AssemblyNSChiefs/photos/a.200481517137184/1138487516669908/ 

'Moderate livelihood' fishermen must operate during commercial season, DFO says

www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5934146

ANGRY MOB TRAP MI’KMAW FISHERMEN AT A LOBSTER POUND

http://kukukwes.com/ 

“ALL EYES ON MI’KMA’KI”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7u7aKTyUZU 

APTN, THE FACTS BEHIND MI’KMAW FISHING RIGHTS

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/the-facts-behind-mikmaw-fishing-rights/ 

TREATY EDUCATION NOVA SCOTIA

“We Are All Treaty People”

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2317846505114696&extid=8FJwyLtT54gg0xyY 

How to be a Treaty Person

https://www.facebook.com/TreatyEducationNS/photos/pcb.3646659418698091/3646659232031443 

PAM PALMATER  

MI’KMAW STATE OF EMERGENCY:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Y8P9MZWds&t=23s 

WARRIOR LIFE, CHERYL MALONEY ON MI’KMAW RIGHT TO GOVERN FISHERY

https://soundcloud.com/pampalmater/cheryl-maloney-on-mikmaw-right-to-govern-fishery 

MI’KMAW TREATY RIGHTS, RECONCILIATION, AND ‘THE RULE OF LAW’

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/mikmaw-treaty-rights-reconciliation-and-the-rule-of-law 

PAMPHLET ON MI’KMAW RIGHT TO A MODERATE LIVELIHOOD

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lZH0LiefsZGHcT3IMU9E5qA_TfQIEfpT/view?usp=sharing 

Commercial Fishing under Aboriginal and Treaty Rights: Supreme Court of Canada Decisions

https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/201840E#a3-1 

PEACE & FRIENDSHIP TREATIES

https://mikmaqrights.com/negotiations/treaties/?fbclid=IwAR06KwQTzM7MItg8WZ6tdwEQaYu6e2Zuu1Ia6XLQnZoXVOHA2qWMA4pNsR0 

SECTION 35, CANADIAN CONSTITUTION

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-16.html 

THE MARSHALL DECISION:

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/marshall-case 

SHERRY PICTOU

Mi’kmaq and the Recognition and Implementation of Rights Framework https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2018/06/05/mikmaq-rights-framework/ 

What is Decolonization? Mi’kmaw Ancestral Relational Understandings and Anthropological Perspectives on Treaty Relations (Chapter 1)

https://bit.ly/3cisdwY 

ABORIGINAL LAND AND RIGHTS

https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/land__rights/ 

FILM: IS THE CROWN AT WAR WITH US?

https://www.nfb.ca/film/is_the_crown_at_war_with_us/ 

UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

https://www.afn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/UN-Declaration-on-the-Rights-of-Indigenous-Peoples-Coalition-Handbook.pdf 

“Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support a Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Canadian Fisheries” by Douglas Harris & Peter Millerd

https://commons.allard.ubc.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1176&context=fac_pubs 

AMBER BERNARD, “MODERATE LIVELIHOOD IS NOT AN ILLEGAL FISHERY”:

https://nsadvocate.org/2020/09/22/moderate-livelihood-is-not-an-illegal-fishery-mikmaq-fishermen-question-if-reconciliation-is-real/ 

CBC, MI’KMAW JOURNALIST ASSESS MEDIA COVERAGE OF MI’KMAW FISHERY DISPUTE:

https://bit.ly/35NKmBv 

NOVA SCOTIA ADVOCATE, AFTER 21 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT INACTION MI’KMAW ASSERT THEIR RIGHT TO FISH:

https://bit.ly/3ccehV6 

‘TERRORIZING OUR PEOPLE’: N.S. MI’KMAW FISHERS HAVE THEIR PROPERTY VANDALIZED, LOBSTERS DESTROYED

https://bit.ly/351Ibbc 

VEHICLE TORCHED, LOBSTER POUNDS STORING MI’KMAW CATCHES TRASHED DURING NIGHT OF UNREST IN NS

https://bit.ly/2GQN2Es 

TEMPERS IGNITE IN LOBSTER FISHERY DISPUTE

https://bit.ly/33Ws9QQ