'I'm a valuable human being, I have a place here'
"At first I was crying a lot, I was afraid of having to drop out," said Hull, who found out last summer."Then I was really angry. I still am angry. I have people to meet, art to create. I'm a valuable human being, I have a place here, I deserve a place here. It's owed to me."
Indigenous lawyer Jaimie Lickers, who has worked extensively on cases related to Qalipu Mi'kmaq membership, says Hull is not alone. Thousands of people share her story in a system Lickers describes as often discriminatory and unfair. "In our view, if you live outside of Newfoundland, the burden is so much higher. It's discriminatory and penalizes people who left for education and economic reasons," Lickers said.Hull became an official founding member of Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation around 2008 — when the federal government officially recognized the Mi'kmaq people as First Nations under the Indian Act for the first time since Newfoundland joined confederation in 1949.
"The Government of Canada continues to work consistently with the Federation of Newfoundland Indians and the Qalipu First Nation to ensure the integrity of the process, and remains committed to maintaining a meaningful nation-to-nation relationship based on the recognition of rights, respect, cooperation, and partnership," said Crown-Indigenous Relations spokesperson Stephanie Palma in an email.
Applicants receive a varying number of points for visiting Qalipu Mi'kmaq communities, communicating with members of those communities, living on the island, being members of the Mi'kmaq organization before 2008, and maintaining the Mi'kmaq"culture and way of life," according to the agreement.
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