APTN News Sunday: Healing by the Sacred Fire
Meet Pepameshke Maikan who was the Sacred Fire keeper for the National MMIWG hearings in Maliotenam, Quebec and why it was so important.
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Provincial agencies and racism focus of MMIWG hearings in Maliotenam
Danielle Rochette APTN News Provincial agencies and organizations were the focus of the testimony at…
Missing mother and murder at the Maliotenam hearings
During her testimony at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), Denise Fontaine stood up and pulled a rosary out of her pocket.
Innu mother takes advantage of MMIW inquiry tour in eastern Quebec
At first, Innu mother, grandmother and residential school survivor Lise Jourdain hesitated before sharing her story with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Women and Girls.
Distraught Innu leader issues poignant plea for troubled youth after son’s death
One of Labrador’s most outspoken Indigenous leaders buried his 16-year-old son last week. Simeon Tshakapesh, deputy grand chief of the Innu Nation, says his boy, Thunderheart, took his own life May 24 after two years of treatment for solvent abuse – much of which took place far from his home in Natuashish.
Innu communities call for change over high number of kids in care
Innu communities in Labrador made headlines in recent months over the high numbers of kids in care.
28 people facing criminal charges for Labrador occupation make court appearance
Trina Roache APTN National News Land protectors in Labrador facing charges stemming from a protest…
28 people involved in protests against the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project in Labrador charged
(A group of land protectors occupy the offices of Nalcor Energy, the provincial agency in…