Shawn McCann

pronouns: she, her, hers, Peace and love. opinions my own. non-Indigenous white person living and working in traditional lands of Dene, Métis and Inuvialuit.

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

Happy Birthday @Unahuna !

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

@EliMcCann That will happen to a McCann baby. Be wary of putting a peaked cap on.

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

@MarriottBonvoy will try to tell you there are benefits to booking through them but I’m on the third hotel tonight because they cancelled my booking same day

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

Foothills Salted butter $8.99 in Behchoko Northern Store

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

NWT, while not a province, first had gender parity in the legislature in 2019 and retains gender parity in Cabinet.

[Premier P.J. Akeeagok @j_akeeagok]

Three Indigenous premiers together at the national conference in Halifax. What a moment in history!
@WabKinew @RJSimpson_NWT

ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᕕᒃᔪᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ Hᐊᓕᕚᒃᔅᒥ. ᐅᐊᑲᓪᓚᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᕗᑦ!

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

1. Great Slave Lake

Located in the Northwest Territories, Great Slave Lake is 614 metres deep. It is the deepest lake in North America and the ninth-deepest lake in the world.
Among the Dene, the lake is called Tu Nedhé and Tucho.

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[NNSL Online @NNSLonline]

The wildfire near Edzo is now less of a risk, but it remains out of control, according to NWT Fire.

https://t.co/jp8naEHhIF

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

@tntnaugler It really isn’t - like a dollar more than coop in Yellowknife sometimes

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

Butter at the Coop in Pond Inlet

[Caroline Wawzonek @CWawzonek]

A loss of this magnitude is impossible to comprehend, especially when it occurs in a tight-knit town like Fort Smith.
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[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

Husbands or husband-behaving friends of mine who’s wives/partners I know in yzf - I’m offering you an opportunity because it helps my hoarding tendencies - let me know by tomorrow and I will give you 2-3 things (likely sheet masks) for their stocking.

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

My dad’s convinced Shohei Ohtani should become the Aurora tourism spokesperson for NWT.

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

Western Family butter $6.49 at Medicine Hat Save-On

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

Sat down with leaders from the Northwest Territory Métis Nation today. We spoke about their priorities, our partnership, and what more we can do – together – to make life better for Métis communities and the North.

[APTN News @APTNNews]

People accused of killing Indigenous women less likely to be charged with first-degree murder: study |@DaniParadis https://t.co/3PwFpz2xfN

[Emily Blake @BlakeEmily]

A new monument in honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people, designed by artist Myrna Pokiak, was unveiled outside the NWT legislature building today.

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

@Andrew_Livi Exactly. He’s the first Indigenous Premier directly elected through a party system which is awesome and I don’t want to diminish. The language people keep using just ignores all the territorial Premiers.

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

a list of previous Indigenous Premiers in Canada:
Richard Nerysoo
Nick Sibbeston
Nellie Cournoyea
Don Morin
Goo Arlooktoo
Jim Antoine
Paul Okalik
Stephen Kakfwi
Eva Aariak
Joe Handley
Floyd Roland
Bob McLeod
Peter Taptuna
Paul Quassa
Joe Savikataaq
Caroline Cochrane
PJ Akeeagok

[Shawn McCann @junebug_16]

@GeoffyPJohnston @BobRae48 …if you ignore the territories.