[NEWS] Five indigenous links: Innu, Kahnawake, Cree, genetics, Andes

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• CTV News reports on how Kahnawake, a Mohawk reserve near Montréal, is trying to learn from mistakes with tobacco in legalizing marijuana sales.


• La Presse reports on a case lodged before the Surpeme Court of Canada by an Innu group regarding their homeland on the Québec-Labrador border.


• CBC reports on efforts to preserve the Cree language as a vibrant community language in northern Québec.


• Enlisting indigenous groups in studies of their genetic history is becoming imperative for scientists active in the field. CBC reports.


• Scienceblog reports on a study of DNA from indigenous populations in the Andes that reveals not only how they adapted to the extreme environments of the area but resisted Eurasian diseases better than other groups in South America.