Two Mi’kmaw fishermen from the Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia are upset with the amount of fines they received following a sentencing circle for lobster fishing out of season. A provincial ...

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A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fisherman says he has a constitutionally protected treaty right to catch and sell fish because he is a direct descendant of the Mi’kmaw Grand Chief who signed one of the Peace ...

The Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is suing the federal government over treaty right infringement after officers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans seized lobster traps belonging ...

Jan. 15: Jordan Chasse, George Denny, Nathan Toney and Jonathan Johnson Digby Provincial Court/Photo by Stephen Brake The fishery trial for Jordan Chasse, George Denny, Nathan Toney and Jonathan ...

More than 1,400 Mi’kmaq and Maliseet athletes from across New Brunswick are in Eel Ground First Nation near Miramichi, N.B., this week to compete in the 2016 New Brunswick Indian Summer Games.

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A Halifax-based archaeologist is researching the trading relationship between the Mi’kmaq and the French in the 1600s by digging up artifacts at Fort St. Louis National Historic Site in Port La Tour, ...

Nadine Bernard hopes to make history on August 17 by becoming the first Mi’kmaw person to be elected to the Nova Scotia legislature. The Mi’kmaw woman is the provincial Liberal Party candidate for the ...

Catherine Benton is the first Mi’kmaw woman judge in Nova Scotia. Benton, a lawyer with Nova Scotia Legal Aid, was appointed to the provincial and family court on January 23. She is the second Mi’kmaq ...