Our top story this week was what happened at a peewee hockey game in Neepawa, Man., last weekend. Things turned ugly when fans in the stands started hurling racist taunts at the visiting team, the Waywayseecappo Wolverines.
The story generated a lot of conversation on social media and ex-NHLer Jordin Tootoo weighed in on Twitter.
We as Indigenous people can not control what others say to do towards us. We can only show strength,pride and resilience of who we are and where we come from. To my fellow people’s be proud of who you are. Uneducated people will only disrespect our heritage and beliefs. <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/native?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#native</a>
—@Jtootoo22
‘Overwhelmed’
Michael Slipperjack, and his daughter Kenidi Waswa, 2, on the left, and son Conway Waswa, 3, on the right. (Jorge Barrera/CBC)
Earlier this month, Jorge Barrera headed to Eabametoong First Nation in northern Ontario. He found resource development in the touted ‘Ring of Fire’ was not a high priority for residents in the grip of a housing crisis and an ongoing battle against addictions in the community.
Teaching math with cedar weaving
Tammy Saigeon (centre) sits with her Indigenous education colleagues at the cedar weaving math workshop, holding up the faux-cedar fish they created. (Chantelle Bellrichard/CBC)
As more schools work on making Indigenous ways of knowing part of their curriculum, lots of teachers are wondering how to incorporate Indigenous culture in teaching math.
Educators with the Prince Rupert district’s Aboriginal Education Department have come up with a way to use traditional cedar weaving to help teach complex math concepts like algebra and algorithms.
Talking self-government
Ovide Mercredi at the First Nations Self Government Summit HALIFAX Nov 2018 (First Nations Self Government Summit)
At the First Nations Self Government Summit this week in Halifax, Ovide Mercredi suggested a new treaty could be the best way for Atlantic region First Nations to achieve self-determination.
After lobbying by relatives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, a talking circle on MMIWG was a last-minute addition to the summit’s agenda.
Moose calf mortality concerns researchers
Pictures here is an example of a “ghost moose” infested with ticks the moose’s fur loses colour and falls out. (Dan Bergeron/ N.H. Fish and Game Dept)
Winter tick infestations are killing moose calves in the northeastern U.S. and researchers say climate change is to blame. They say the problem could spread north as the climate continues to warm.
In Brief
The descendant of a Mohawk ironworker who left Kahnawake for work is looking to be accepted for membership in the community.
The St.Regis Mohawk police arrested and charged an Akwesasne man following an online sting operation where two police officers posed as a 16-year-old girl.
A B.C. man reached Montreal this week in his walk to honour his aunt, who went missing near Smithers while harvesting mushrooms.