Pjila'si ~ Here you will find links to history, economy, treaties, resources, politics, info, and more related to issues facing the Mi'kmaq First Nations People. In the Mi'kmaq language, *Pjila'si* is a traditional way to ask someone to *make yourself at home*. Click on the 8-point star to search for items.
The Mi'kmaq People have occupied a vast land area on the eastern coast of Turtle Island (now known as eastern canada) ~ since time immemorial. Anthropologists have found ancient artifacts which is thought to be the first eveidence of early man living in this area roughly around 8 to 12 thousand years ago. Read about it by clicking onto the links I have provided HERE, and in the following pages. TODAY the Mi'kmaq People still use and occupy their ancestral lands but are faced with extinction as the dominant society seeks title to this land.
BURNT CHURCH - Shots were fired across the waters of Miramichi Bay on Sunday night
(Courtesy of Yahoo News)
On September 16th 2001, 40 to 50 Non-Native fisherman converge on the waters surrounding Burnt Church First Nations in a flotilla of fishing boats to protest.
Christian Peacemaker Team observer reports "One large non-Aboriginal boat tried to run over the small
dory I was in. They threw beer bottles and cut buoys at us. Then we heard
automatic gunfire and retreated to shore. Someone is going to get killed
here. Please pray right now for an end to this violence."
On Saturday June 16th 2001, we held a re-union and prayer ceremony at my place for the men who went on two seperate canoe trips. Canoe-Trip 1976 held its 25th anniversary and this was a trip from Indian Island New Brunswick to the Montreal Olympics. Canoe Trip 1981 also celebrated a 20 year anniversary and this was a trip from Boston Mass. to Big Cove New Brunswick. See the Canoe Trip page for more details and please sign the GUEST BOOK to show your support to these men and culturally related projects similar to these.
This spring, DFO proposed fisheries agreements to each of the 35 bands in Atlantic Canada. The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs examined the template of the agreement and the potential implications that it could have on future court decisions on the issue of Treaty Rights and advised bands not to sign. However, DFO is offering both substantial amounts of money and benefits to bands (offers are as high as $22 million per band) and signing bonuses for the councilors who are signatories.
(read the rest of the article in the FORUM)
Can the band government sell rights if they are nothing more than an extension of the federal government? Can the band government sell rights if the Nation does not support it? (Read the rest of the article here)
Me' taleiaskig means *How are they treating you ?* in the Mi'kmaq Language.
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Coon Come out to expose 'deadly reality'
Native leader fears Canada will hide truth about racism at UN meeting
"Canada will no doubt present itself as a world leader in respect of human rights," Mr. Coon Come said. "Yet within Canada there are two realities. There is the 'reality' of a highly developed, just society that the world knows, and then there is the harsh and deadly reality which Aboriginal Peoples endure."
The Ottawa Citizen ~ web-posted Thursday August 30th 2001
Owlstar Native Americans/First Nations headline news. Links to major media stories. Canadian issues page with links to Windspeaker and other Canadian media. "Who Will Sing For Us" page with petition to Amnesty International and 13-minute RealMedia video of Department of Fisheries ramming Mi'kmaq boat, authorities beating protesters, and narration by Mi'kmaq warrior chief, Frank Thomas.
"The pictures that show, in ways no headline can, what the Canadian authorities are doing." ~ OwlStar
DFO boat ramming Mi'kmaq Fisherman ~ SEE IT on RealPlayer
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