[NEWS] Five First Nations links: John A MacDonald in Scotland, Onondaga, Québec Innu, stat holiday

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• The legacy of John A. MacDonald is also coming into question in his native Scotland, as Scots reckon with their country's role in the business of the British empire. CBC reports.


• The Vintage News reports on the rent, in money and apparently in salt, that the Onondaga of New York receive for their lost lands.


• CBC talks about the quiet revolution brewing among the Innu of the Lower North Shore of Québec.


• This account, by Hélène Clément in Le Devoir, of a train trip through Innu country tells of a fascinating experience.


• A Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq leader thinks that the federal government's move to create a new statutory holiday commemorating the residential school system a good idea, a much-needed public recovery of memory. Global News reports.