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Mi’kmaq Treaty Day celebrations being held later this week will mark the 30th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Simon hunting case and the beginning of the annual ...
Urban Paul currently transferring his drawing onto a clay tile for art project," This is What I Wish You Knew."/Photo by Stephen Brake Urban Paul says he experienced a lot of racism after he and his ...
Grand Chief Membertou gave his gourd to his godfather Charles Robin, shortly after being baptised at Port Royal, N.S. in 1610/Photo by Stephen Brake A unique piece of Mi’kmaw history is part of a new ...
The Kji-Keptin of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council says despite progress, more work still needs to be done to improve the nation-to-nation relationship between the Mi’kmaq, Canada and the Province of Nova ...
Mi'kmaw linguist Bernie Francis reads one of the recommended books in the new Mi'kmaq Resource Guide for parents of four-year-old children/Photo by Stephen Brake A new resource guide aimed at helping ...
An Honour to Veterans March took place in downtown Halifax Oct. 1 to mark the 33rd annual Mi'kmaq Treaty Day/Photo by Stephen Brake The Kji-Keptin of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council, or Santé Mawio’mi, says ...
Walking With Our Sisters is a commemoration art exhibition that remembers missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls/Photo by Stephen Brake In January, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery ...
Sipekne'katik fishermen Lance Bernard, left, and David Balfour haul lobster traps from St. Mary's Bay on Sept. 25, 2020/Photo by Stephen Brake The Sipekne’katik First Nation is suing the Nova Scotia ...
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 ...
Rose Basque recalls when her late husband, William Basque, wrote the poem, Sma’knis, back in 1992. She said he had trouble going to sleep one night. “He said, ‘Oh my God. My mind is going really fast.
Crew members aboard the boat, The Lady Carol 1, remove lobster from traps before measuring the lobster and banding their claws/Photo by Stephen Brake Terrence Augustine said his first week of lobster ...
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 ...