Episode 29: Mi'kmaw Assertion of Self-Determination

Wósdéé Podcast

In this episode I speak with Mercedes Peters.with Mercedes Peters. She is a Mi’kmaw history Ph.d student at UBC. We talk about the current situation in Saulnierville in Digby County in Novia Scotia. Mi’kmaw fishers established a lobster fishery with 350 traps, smaller than commercial fishing, to provide for their families and community. Settler fishers have been assaulting and harassing Mi’kmaw fishers. This is part of a longer history of Mi’kmaw assertions of self-determination. We discuss the Burnt Church crisis which occurred twenty years ago revolving the same issues. We discuss the conservation argument of settlers, the department of fisheries and Oceans, and the correct framework to understand the situation.

I have provided a link to donate money to the fishers to replace their equipment that was broken by settlers. I would like to thank Mercedes for talking to me. Thank you for listening. This is the Wosdee podcast.

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