Mi'kmaq Grand Keptin Antle Denny speaking at Mi'kmaq Treaty Day in Halifax Oct. 3. Denny is the great-great grandson of Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy. /Photo by Stephen Brake
Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 2
Recorded on October 8, 2016
Host: Maureen Googoo
Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast:
1. More than 600 people gathered in Halifax on October 3rd to mark the 30th anniversary of Mi’kmaq Treaty Day. Hear the highlights of the annual ceremony.
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Maureen Googoo is an award-winning journalist from Indian Brook First Nation (Sipekne'katik) in Nova Scotia. She has worked in news more than 30 years for media outlets such as CBC Radio, the Chronicle-Herald and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
Maureen has an arts degree in political science from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, a journalism degree from Ryerson University in Toronto and a Masters degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
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