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Opinions
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In 2018, I taught a course at Cape Breton University on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or UNDRIP. All of the students in my class were Mi’kmaq. Throughout the course, [...]
Photo Essays
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Photo Essay: Remembering the 215 children who lost their lives at Kamloops Indian Residential School
On May 30, 2021, more than 50 people gathered at the former site of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School to mourn the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the [...]
Recent News
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News
Fishery court cases roundup: Jan. 2-5, 2024
There were three fishery-related court cases in Nova Scotia provincial courts this week. All of them involve Mi’kmaw fishermen challenging fishery-related charges against them on constitutional grounds. The hearings this week mostly dealt with pre-trial […]
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Former Sipekne’katik Chief charged with assault in two separate cases
The former chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is facing assault charges in two separate cases. Michael Patrick Sack, 42, is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly wounding another man at or […]
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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
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 court judge […]
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List of 54 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences
Editor’s note: Several of these court cases have been updated since this list was initially published on Sept. 25, 2023. Ku’ku’kwes News has been tracking the court cases of 54 Mi’kmaw fish harvesters from Nova […]
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More than 50 Mi’kmaw fishers charged with fishery offences in Nova Scotia courts
More than 50 Mi’kmaw fish harvesters from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are currently before the courts in Nova Scotia on fishery-related offences. The charges range from fishing for lobster or elver eels without authorization, […]
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Sipekne’katik First Nation sues federal government for seizing lobster traps
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 to its band members. Sipekne’katik alleges […]
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Atlantic
Six Indigenous acts nominated for 2023 ECMA awards
Six Indigenous acts are nominated for East Coast Music Awards and a Peskotomuhkati elder is being honoured at the upcoming ECMA awards show in Halifax on May 5. The artists are excited to attend the […]
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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 to the land and […]
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NS Mi’kmaw leaders link lack of DFO control over elver eel fishery to shooting of Eskasoni man
Mi’kmaw leaders in Nova Scotia are accusing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of not doing enough to control the elver eel fishery following an alleged shooting of an Eskasoni man in Meteghan, N.S. “We […]