July 2015 – Ku'ku'kwes News

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Mi’kmaq culture important to Kejimkujik’s Storytelling Festival

July 22, 2015 Maureen Googoo

Ursula Johnson says incorporating traditional Mi’kmaq stories into the annual Storytelling Festival at Kejimkujik National Park was important to her. “In the first year that we created the storytelling festival, we really focussed on oral […]

Aboriginal youth learn about health sciences at Dalhousie’s Junior University camp

July 20, 2015 Maureen Googoo

Kara Paul wants to see more Aboriginal youth earning degrees in the health sciences at Dalhousie University. That’s why she started the junior university program in 2011. “We wanted to make sure students, Aboriginal children […]

Former Sipekne’katik Finance Director ordered to stand trial

July 17, 2015 Maureen Googoo

The former finance director for the Sipekne’katik Band has been committed to stand trial on fraud, theft and breach of trust charges following a preliminary inquiry July 16 in Halifax Provincial Court. Judge Michael Sherar […]

Leonard Paul shows respect for nature through painting

July 13, 2015 Maureen Googoo

Mi’kmaq artist Leonard Paul has been drawing since he was three years old. His earliest childhood memory is of his mother coming home with a colouring book for him. “I can remember being on the […]

Quillwork retreat aims to revive traditional artform

July 6, 2015 Maureen Googoo

Judy Googoo considers Mi’kmaq quillwork a beautiful but dying art form. “I think it’s important just to keep our traditional crafts alive,” the 58-year-old from Waycobah First Nation, N.S., said. “It’s just so important we […]

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