[BNS_members] Suggest Names for the New BNS Publication- Prize for the Winner!

[Celes Davar]

This feels right. Come up with whatever total is appropriate, and then give space to provide an acknowledgement to Mi’Kmaqi and the Mi’Kmaq historic connections to Nature in settler words as a Society is a first step. Resources to learn more, digital place names maps, and apps that provide words and phrases about Nature in the Mi’kmaw language could be referenced as well. Maybe there could be a permanent map of the Acadian Forest region and one of Mi’Kmaqi in every edition??

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> On May 6, 2022, at 5:27 AM, Melissa McDonald <nuthatch at teksavvy.com> wrote:
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> New suggestion
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> Our Natural World
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> And, rather than have a Mi’kmaq translation of the title on the cover, how about a land acknowledgment on the inside cover that includes acknowledgment of the Mi’kmaq connection to nature.
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> Shooting down my initial suggestion—a Mi’kmaq word in the title might be seen as inappropriate  - it’s not a Mi’kmaq publication and presumably the contents will always be in English. A tailored land   acknowledgment, however, could be meaningful and appropriate.
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> Subject: Re: [BNS_members] Suggest Names for the New BNS Publication- Prize for the Winner!
> From: "Celes Davar" <celes.davar at gmail.com>
> To: "Melissa McDonald" <nuthatch at teksavvy.com>
> Date:  05:27:18pm
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> A reference I go back to, to try to get some context for Mi’Kmaq place names.https://placenames.mapdev.ca/
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> Zoom in, to get place names….This is to help give context to our discussion, not a suggestion for a name.
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> Celes
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> On May 5, 2022, at 6:24 PM, Melissa McDonald <nuthatch at teksavvy.com> wrote:
> An addition to the below - The explanation of the word would also include an explanation as to why BNS was naming its newsletter with a Mi’kmaq word. Also, the addition of the Mi’kmaq word would distinguish it from that other journal called “Nature” 🙂!
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> Subject: Re[2]: [BNS_members] Suggest Names for the New BNS Publication- Prize for the Winner!
> From: "Melissa McDonald" <nuthatch at teksavvy.com>
> To: "Celes Davar" <celes.davar at gmail.com>, "Terry Hennigar" <terryhennigar at gmail.com>, "Alan Warner" <alan.h.warner at gmail.com>
> Date:  05:11:04pm
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> Responding to Celes’s ask:
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>                Nature—Netukulimk
> The Blomidon Naturalists Society’s Periodical
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> I am no expert in the Mi’kmaq language but I. googled and found this word “Netukulimk”. According to one site, it is Mi'kmaq, for a spiritual understanding of the natural world. If something like this is desirable, we would have to check with someone who has first-hand knowledge of the language. There would then have to be an explanation of what the word means - perhaps on the inside cover.
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> Melissa McDonald
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> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: [BNS_members] Suggest Names for the New BNS Publication- Prize for the Winner!
> From: "Celes Davar" <celes.davar at gmail.com>
> To: "Terry Hennigar" <terryhennigar at gmail.com>, "Alan Warner" <alan.h.warner at gmail.com>
> Date:  02:31:50pm
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> I like that this suggestion goes broader than “Naturalist”. I think it offers inclusiveness and access to a broader group of people to learn about the environment…
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> I am comfortable with Blomidon Environment Society. But wonder how we might be inclusive of Two-Eyed Seeing perspectives about the natural world, as a step towards reconciliation between settler conservationists and indigenous wisdom as a nature-based, conservation focused, and contemporary organization…
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAjSj9tDq1E
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> Thank you for this conversation.
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> Cheers
> Celes
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> On May 5, 2022, at 2:33 PM, Terry Hennigar <terryhennigar at gmail.com> wrote:
> How about BLOMIDON ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY TODAY (BEST)
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> A thought to consider...
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> Cheers
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> Terry W Hennigar, P.Eng., FCSCE, FEC.
> Senior Engineer & Hydrogeologist
> WATER Consulting
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> On Thu, May 5, 2022 at 10:12 AM Alan Warner <alan.h.warner at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi All
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> I am really excited to be the new editor and kick off the naming contest for the Blomidon Naturalists nature/environmental publication to be produced twice a year. But what to call it? it is going to be an informative, engaging and stimulating publication with lots of colour perspectives and reach. Please pitch me some suggestions and the winner gets a free BNS wildflower or Fungi workshop!!! Time is short, the deadline for suggestions if Friday, May 20.
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> AND, if anyone has an idea for an article or contribution to the new publication, or wants to write something, please reach out to me and let's chat.
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> Cheers
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> Alan Warner
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