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An interview with Theresa Meuse, author of L’nu’k: The People
Mi'kmaq author Theresa Meuse has written her third book, L'nu'k: The People/Photo by Stephen Brake Mi’kmaq author Theresa Meuse has written a book aimed at teaching children about the Mi’kmaq of ...
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All documents of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution now available online
The Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution has been completely digitized and uploaded onto the Nova Scotia Public Archives website/Photo by Stephen Brake The complete archive of a ...
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“We can’t use our treaty rights to fish.” Mi’kmaw fishermen upset with fines following sentencing circle for fishery offences
A sentencing cirlcle was held for Zachery Nicholas, left, and his father, William Nicholas, in Pictou Landing First Nation, N.S. on Dec. 8, 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake Two Mi’kmaw fishermen from the ...
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Moderate livelihood treaty right at centre of fishery trial in Nova Scotia
Lawyer Michael McDonald, left, with Mi'kmaw fishermen Logan Pierro-Howe, Leon Knockwood and James Nevin outside of the courthouse in Digby, N.S., on Sept. 1, 2022/Photo by Stephen Brake A trial ...
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Mi’kmaw elder leads Earth Day events in Kjipuktuk
Mi’kmaw elder Dorene Bernard wants to raise awareness about climate change and its damaging effects to the environment. “There’s more people awakened to the urgency about climate change, of the impact ...
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Fort Folly First Nation Chief Rebecca Knockwood re-elected for second term
Rebecca Knockwood has been re-elected as chief of Fort Folly First Nation in New Brunswick. Knockwood received 43 votes while her lone opponent, Hanford Nye, received 24 votes in the band election ...
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NL Indigenous Youth learn of WWI legacy on the Trail of Caribou Pilgrimage
Indigenous students holding the flags representing their communities in the Trail of Caribou pilgrimage (from left to right: NunatuKavut Community Council, Innu Nation, Nunatsiavut Government, ...
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Protecting Mi’kmaq Petroglyphs in Bedford, Kejimkujik National Park
When Donna Morris looks at the Mi’kmaq petroglyphs at Kejimkujik National Park, she sees history. “There’s a picture of a caribou. There’s a picture of a little missionary man that goes back to the ...
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RCMP say a church fire at a Nova Scotia First Nation is suspicious
RCMP is investigating the cause of a fire at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Indian Brook First Nation, N.S. on June 30/Photo by Stephen Brake The RCMP is investigating a fire that happened at a ...
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National inquiry into murdered, missing Indigenous women and girls hold community meetings in NS this week
Terrellyn Fearn is the Director of Health with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls/Photo by Stephen Brake Debra Ginnish, who’s niece was killed in 2004, has a ...
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Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister
Former NSNWA president Cheryl Maloney, right, has filed a human rights complaint against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil/Photos by Stephen Brake The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women ...