October 2017 – Ku'ku'kwes News

Passamaquoddy Nation moving closer to status in Canada

October 19, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The leader that represents the Passamaquoddy people in Canada says they’re moving closer to receiving status by the Canadian government. “Well it seems like it is coming to fruition,” Chief Hugh Akagi said in a […]

Indigenous cultures celebrated at Celtic Colours International Festival

October 13, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt said it was a dream come true when her band, Iva, was invited to perform at this year’s Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Merritt, who is from Rankin […]

Former Sipekne’katik Band Chief charged with drug trafficking

October 12, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia has been charged with drug trafficking following an RCMP traffic stop. Jerry Francis Sack, 55, of Indian Brook First Nation has been charged with four […]

Parent upset Mi’kmaw students separated at high school after son was assaulted

October 6, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The mother of a Mi’kmaw teen who was assaulted at a high school in Milford, N.S. is upset that school officials separated Mi’kmaw students from the rest of the student body following the incident on […]

Mi’kmaw poet says committee to examine Cornwallis commemoration “good first step”

October 6, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The Mi’kmaw poet who sparked Halifax Regional Council to rethink how the city commemorates its controversial founder is pleased a committee has been struck to examine the issue in the coming months. “I like it. […]

More work needed on nation-to-nation relationship, Kji-Keptin says in Treaty Day address

October 3, 2017 Maureen Googoo

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 Scotia. In his annual […]