July 2017 – Ku'ku'kwes News

Photo Essay: Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance leads 30th Annual Halifax Pride Parade

July 23, 2017 Stephen Brake

For the first time, an Indigenous-themed float led the 30th annual Halifax Pride Parade on July 22.The float was submitted by the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance, an organization that represents Indigenous LGBTQ and Two-Spirits in Atlantic […]

Mi’kmaw-Indigenous float to lead Halifax Pride parade

July 20, 2017 Maureen Googoo

For the first time, a Mi’kmaw-Indigenous float will lead the 30th annual Halifax Pride Parade on July 22. John R. Sylliboy, co-founder of the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance that submitted the float, was informed of the […]

Crowd cheers as Cornwallis statue “symbolically” removed during rally in Halifax

July 16, 2017 Maureen Googoo

More than 200 people who gathered at a small park in Halifax Saturday cheered as municipal workers, using a boom truck, draped a black tarp over the statue of the city’s founder who issued a […]

Miawpukek chief leads effort to have Beothuk skulls returned from Scottish museum

July 13, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A Mi’kmaw chief in Newfoundland and Labrador is leading an effort to bring home the skulls of two Beothuk individuals currently being stored at a Scottish museum. Mi’sel Joe, chief of Miawpukek First Nation, N.L., […]

Indigenous Youth to create photo exhibit for 100th anniversary of Halifax explosion

July 10, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A group of Indigenous youth living in Halifax are collaborating on a photography art exhibit that marks the 100th anniversary of the Halifax explosion. The exhibit is called Kepe’kek which means “from the narrow of […]

Photo Essay: Old photos of Mi’kmaq appear on Moncton property on Canada Day

July 2, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Residents in Moncton, N.B. woke up on Canada Day to find several posters of old photographs of Mi’kmaw people glued to city property. Patty Musgrave, who lives and works in Moncton, says she noticed the […]