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P.E.I. asking Ottawa to change name of Confederation Bridge to ... (Globalnews.ca)

Epekwitk is the Mi'kmaw word for ``something lying on the water,'' and it is the traditional name the Mi'kmaq people have long used to describe the Island.

The 12.9-kilometre bridge linking P.E.I. with New Brunswick was completed in 1997 after four years of construction. “Indian agents even had the authority to rename people, if you can wrap your mind around that …. We have to remember what was taken. In the early 1990s, a committee sought public input and recommended the federal government name the bridge Abegweit Crossing, which is the anglicized, colonial term for Epekwitk. “The renaming of Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing is one way for Prince Edward Island and Canada to show a commitment to upholding the rights of Indigenous people, which are protected under the Constitution.” “If you unpack the history of the Mi’kmaq people on P.E.I. and Indigenous people across the country, you would see that they have gone through a history of watching everything be renamed,” she told the legislature. Epekwitk is the Mi’kmaw word for “something lying on the water,” and it is the traditional name the Mi’kmaq people have long used to describe the Island.

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P.E.I. to ask Ottawa to change name of Confederation Bridge to ... (CTV News Atlantic)

Members of the Prince Edward Island legislature voted unanimously Friday to ask the federal government to change the name of the Confederation Bridge to ...

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P.E.I. legislature calls for Confederation Bridge to be renamed ... (CBC.ca)

The P.E.I. legislature has voted unanimously to urge the federal government to change the name of the Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing.

And I think that when we all work together to promote it, to use it, to practice it, we can we can make it last." We have a culture that's rich and vibrant, and we want to share it," Bernard said. We look forward to further discussions on this important and worthwhile proposal," MacAulay said. "We have so much to offer to this province. The motion says it is of "utmost importance" to recognize Indigenous languages. "Our language is who we are," Francis said. "[It shows] that we are working together to advance lasting reconciliation between the Mi'kmaq and all Islanders and Canadians." "To have that spelled properly in Mi'kmaw goes a long way in telling our story of who we are, where we came from. "Our history has been taken from us. The other choices were Confederation Bridge and Northumberland Strait Bridge. When the bridge was built in the 1990s, a committee recommended it be named Abegweit Crossing based on public submissions. It's been hidden from us all these years.

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PEI asking Ottawa for Confederation Bridge to be renamed Epekwitk ... (The Globe and Mail)

Epekwitk is the Mi'kmaq word for 'something lying on the water' and the traditional name the Mi'kmaq people have long used to describe the Island.

The 12.9-kilometre bridge linking PEI with New Brunswick was completed in 1997 after four years of construction. We have to remember that ancestral names have been lost.” … We have to remember what was taken. Mr. King said the original idea for the renaming came from PEI senators Brian Francis and Percy Downe. Mr. Francis is the former chief of the Abegweit Mi’kmaq Nation and the first person of Mi’kmaq descent from PEI to serve in the Senate. “The renaming of Confederation Bridge to Epekwitk Crossing is one way for Prince Edward Island and Canada to show a commitment to upholding the rights of Indigenous people, which are protected under the Constitution.” Epekwitk is the Mi’kmaq word for “something lying on the water,” and it is the traditional name the Mi’kmaq people have long used to describe the Island.

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