[NEWS] Five Indigenous links: Cree, Attikamekw, roots workers, climate, Niviaq Korneliussen

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• With new translation facilities in place, MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette has delivered the first speech translated from the Cree delivered in the House of Commons. Global News reports.


• La Presse looks at the newly-lodged land claim of the Attikamekw to much of the Haute-Mauricie region.


• Brielle Morgan at The Discourse looks at the necessary, but neglected, role of "roots workers" in keeping indigenous children in care in British Columbia connected with their cultures.


• Tanya Talaga at the Toronto Star looks at the serious impact of climate change on many Indigenous communities, starting with the High Arctic.


• The New Yorker takes a look at the literary success of queer Greenlandic writer Niviaq Korneliussen.