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Dream come true: Woman from Sheshatshiu finishes nursing program using inspiration from family
As she graduated from Sheshatshiu Innu School in 2021, Stashin Penashue told the CBC she wanted to go into nursing. Last week that dream came true as she graduated from the College of the North Atlantic's licensed practical nursing prog...
#dream #nursing #school #family #Sheshatshiu #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sheshatshiu-woman-finishes-nursing-program-1.7543940?cmp=rss

How people in recovery are pulling together amidst a drug crisis in Sheshatshiu
We went to Sheshatshiu to shoot a documentary on drug trafficking. What we found were people with lived experience risking their own mental health and well-being to help others.
#recovery #drug #crisis #documentary #Sheshatshiu #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sheshatshiu-recovery-drug-crisis-1.7512716?cmp=rss

Province 'didn't understand who Innu people were,' says inquiry commissioner
The inquiry into the treatment of Innu children in care continued this week in Sheshatshiu, as former government employees shared testimony.
#government #inquiry #children #treatment #Sheshatshiu #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-inquiry-april-1.7508401?cmp=rss

Government social services are 'significant agent' of colonialism, N.L. inquiry hears
The inquiry into the experiences of Innu children in care has resumed in Sheshatshiu.
#government #colonialism #children #Sheshatshiu #NL #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/government-social-services-are-significant-agent-of-colonialism-n-l-inquiry-hears-1.7504600?cmp=rss

‘You can carry two cultures’: Innu school board honoured with leadership award
More than a decade after Mamu Tshishkutamashutau Innu Education took over the school system in Sheshatshiu and Natuashish, attendance numbers and graduation rates have dramatically increased. For its contribution to the community, the school board and its teachers are being honoured by the Innu Nteimun M...
#education #award #community #culture #Sheshatshiu #Natuashish
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6708794?cmp=rss

Sheshatshiu chief says Innu community will soon have its own detox centre amid drug crisis
Leaders of Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation continue to hold meetings and staff entrances into the Labrador community in an ongoing effort to prevent people from bringing in illicit drugs, and say plans are in the works to develop a detox centre inside...
#health #community #drug #Sheshatshiu #Labrador #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sheshatshiu-detox-centre-plans-1.7500833?cmp=rss

Innu-aimun concert promotes language, culture of Sheshatshiu Innu
Innu Nteimun Music Festival organizers are hoping to inspire language resilience for youth. David and Andrew Penashue created and held the festival in late March.
#music #culture #language #Sheshatshiu #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-concert-1.7499759?cmp=rss

Pair arrested for cocaine possession, trafficking in Sheshatshiu days before leaders declare drug crisis
The RCMP arrested two people at a traffic stop Thursday and found suspected cocaine, cash and “other items consistent with possession for the purpose of trafficking," police said Thursday.
#crime #drug #arrest #Sheshatshiu #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/two-arrested-for-drug-possession-1.7495218?cmp=rss

Sheshatshiu, N.L., leaders barricade town as residents discuss how to deal with flow of drugs
The central Labrador community has given community safety officers the power to deny vehicles and previously banned people from entering the reserve.
#drugs #safety #community #lawenforcement #Sheshatshiu #Labrador
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sheshatshiu-community-meetings-1.7493051?cmp=rss

Sheshatshiu leaders barricade town as residents discuss how to deal with flow of drugs
The Labrador community of Sheshatshiu has barricaded its community in an effort to curb the flow of drugs, granting community safety officers the power to deny vehicles and previously banned people from entering.
#drugs #safety #community #lawenforcement #Sheshatshiu #Labrador
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sheshatshiu-community-meetings-1.7493051?cmp=rss

Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation guarding entry to community amid drug crisis
The road to Sheshatshiu has been blocked, and safety officers are stopping all vehicles entering the First Nations community. Those officers have the power to deny entry altogether, and as the CBC’s Andrea McGuire reports, residents say loved ones are now taking desperate measures to access drugs.
#community #drug #safety #road #Sheshatshiu
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6698047?cmp=rss

The Sheshatshiu Innu School expansion includes a new Innu culture and language classroom
With two new extensions, Sheshatshiu Innu School is offering more space for cultural programming, and helping classrooms feel less crowded.
#school #culture #education #expansion #Sheshatshiu #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/sheshatshiu-school-expands-1.7452809?cmp=rss

Crown withdraws mischief charge against former MP Peter Penashue
Penashue says he was motivated by anger at alleged drug dealers in Sheshatshiu.
#law #politics #Sheshatshiu #News #Canada #NfldLabrador
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/peter-penashue-charges-dropped-1.7433499?cmp=rss

In 4 decades before #Innu took over, about 30 #students in two Innu communities in #Labrador finished #HighSchool said Kanani Davis, chief executive of #MamuTshishkutamashutau Innu #Education - the Innu #SchoolBoard . Since then, more than 150 students have #graduated from the schools in #Sheshatshiu & #Natuashish Davis said.

Their two-year #NipissingUniversity course also lets students complete their training in their own communities.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6868168

#FirstNations #Indigenous #Canada

#Sheshatshiu

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