Jaime Battiste

Jaime Battiste (born 1979) is a Mi’kmaq writer, researcher, historian and activist from Potlotek First Nation. A published author and researcher of Mi'kmaq law, he has worked on numerous boards for Mi'kmaq advancement, served on the National Executive Council of the Assembly of First Nations, taught as an Assistant Professor of Mi’kmaq Studies at Cape Breton University, and worked as legal adviser to the Mi’kmaq Grand Council. Battiste has published law review articles about Mi’kmaq law and Aboriginal and treaty rights.[1] He has been interviewed and referenced by Maclean's[2] Herald News,[3] The Cape Breton Post,[4]Aboriginal Peoples Television Network,[5] and The Canadian Press.[6] He is currently a citizenship coordinator for the Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative. In 2004, he was honored as a National Role Model by the National Aboriginal Health Organization.[7]

Jaime Battiste
Born 1979 (age 36)
Occupation Lawyer, Author
Ethnicity Mi'kmaq, English
Education Cape Breton University, Dalhousie Law School

Early life and Education

While born at Potlotek in 1979, Jaime Battiste and his family hail from Eskasoni First Nation, Nova Scotia. He is the son of Mi’kmaq professor Marie Battiste and Chickasaw legal scholar James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson. He studied Mi’kmaq Studies at Cape Breton University, graduating in 2000 and graduated the Dalhousie Law School in 2004.[8][9]

Career

Battiste is active in the Mi'kmaq political sphere, serving as the Interim Regional Chief for Nova Scotia/Newfoundland in the First Nations council. He is currently a citizenship coordinator at the Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative. He was a senior advisor for the Eskasoni First Nation Community and a former professor at Cape Breton University where he taught Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Mi'kmaq History. He has written numerous legal articles for law journals.[8][9] He works to promote the rights and education of the Mi'kmaq people. Battiste was named interim chief during the 35th First Nations council for Nova Scotia/Newfoundland where he worked to improve educational funds for the First Nations people.[10] Battise also recently helped launch Tepi’ketuek, the Mi’kmaq Archive, used to as way to communicate the history and culture of the Mi'kmaq for both the past and present.[4]

Publications

References:

  1. ↑ Battiste, Jaime (2008). "Understanding the progression of Mi'kmaq law". Dalhousie Law Journal 31 (2): 311–350. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Rennie, Steve (July 16, 2014). "First Nations seek common ground on education reform". Maclean's. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Bennet, Paul. "Grassroots models best hope for native education reforms". The Chronicle Herald. The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Patterson, Elizabeth (June 21, 2013). "Mi'kmaq website archive uses present technology to preserve past". Transcontinental Medai. Transcontinental Media. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Roache, Trina (July 14, 2014). "Chiefs set to talk education during Halifax AFN meeting". Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Steve, Rennie (Jul 16, 2014). "Can First Nations salvage education funding?". Black Press Community News. Canadian Press. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Jaime Battiste - 2004". The National Aboriginal Health Organization. The National Aboriginal Health Organization. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Jaime Battiste, BA, LL.B. – Citizenship Coordinator". Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative. Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Canadian Museum for Human Rights Holding Cross-Canada Public Input Sessions". Canadian Injured Workers Society. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Assembly of First Nations to Announce 35th Annual General Assembly – Halifax". Assembly of First Nations (AFN). Assembly of First Nations (AFN). Retrieved 16 April 2015.