Mental Health Day Land Acknowledgement with Josie Spalla

This petition can be signed to help bring attention to the lack of rights given to Mi’kmaw fisheries in Nova Scotia: https://www.change.org/p/justin-trudeau-help-nova-scotia-natives-keep-their-right-to-fish 

For more information on the conflict in Nova Scotia: https://globalnews.ca/news/7403001/nova-scotia-lobster-explained/ 

This website outlines all the ways you can help the Mi’kmaq, as well as lists important articles, activists, and petitions: https://whoacanada.wordpress.com/2020/10/15/how-to-support-mikmaq-fishers-asserting-treaty-rights-in-nova-scotia/ 

Indigenous organizations in the Maritimes that you can support: 

The Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative: http://mikmaqrights.com/ 

Reconciliation Canada:https://reconciliationcanada.ca/ 

First Light is located in what many call Newfoundland, and is a registered non-profit organization that serves the urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous community alike by providing programs and services rooted in the revitalization, strengthening and celebration of Indigenous cultures and languages in the spirit of trust, respect, and friendship in Atlantic Canada: https://firstlightnl.ca/ 

The Indigenous Women of The Wabanaki Territories (IWWT) operate in unceded Wolostoqey/Mi’kmak’ki territory of the Wolostoqey/Mi’kmaq peoples, in what many call New Brunswick. The group provides spirituality and wellness programs, as well as educational and workplace skills:https://iwwt.ca/ 

The Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance works across the Wabanaki Territory (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland/Labrador, Gaspé region of Quebec, and Maine (northern areas in Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Tribal territories), to represent the emotional, spiritual, mental and physical well-being and interests of Two Spirit and Indigenous LGBTQ+ individuals:  http://w2sa.ca/