Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Manitoba"

Winnipeg Sun: NDP critic for Indigenous reconciliation Ian Bushie (Keewatinook) introduced Bill 236 on Wednesday at the Manitoba Legislature alongside Carson Robinson and Zaagaate Jock and their baby Atetsenhtsén:we, which is a traditional Mohawk name. “This bill is important for parents across the province who want to pass on traditional names to the next generation,”...

CBC: Province’s Vital Statistics Act restricts what accents and symbols can be used. A Manitoba Indigenous couple named their daughter Atetsenhtsén:we, which translates to “forever healing medicine” in Kanien’kéha, the Mohawk language. They were given the name through ceremony via the birth mother’s traditional longhouse in Akwesasne. According to Robinson, the colon is commonly used in Kanien’kéha orthography and...