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Events: 2019 Powwow Season in Atlantic Canada

May 31, 2019 Maureen Googoo

*Note: If you would like to have your event included in this list, please send an email to news@kukukwes.com. June 2019: Pictou Landing Traditional Powwow Date: June 1-2, 2019 Where: Michael Wayne Gymnasium, 43 Maple […]

Defining a Moderate Livelihood: Part 2

May 15, 2019 Olivia Blackmore

Editor’s Note: This news story is the last in a two-part series examining the issue of defining ‘moderate livelihood’ as the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Donald Marshall, […]

Defining a ‘Moderate Livelihood’: Part 1

May 13, 2019 Olivia Blackmore

Editor’s Note: This news story is the first in a two-part series examining the issue of defining ‘moderate livelihood’ as the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Donald Marshall, […]

Polaris Music Prize nominee headlines at annual Sappyfest in NB

August 7, 2018 Maureen Googoo

Wolastoq opera singer and Polaris Music Prize nominee Jeremy Dutcher welcomed the invitation to return to his home province of New Brunswick and perform at this year’s Sappyfest in Sackville, N.B. “I’m always drawn to […]

APTN to increase news coverage in Atlantic Canada if CRTC grants fee increase in license renewal

July 18, 2018 Maureen Googoo

The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network has pledged to increase its news coverage in Atlantic Canada in its license renewal application to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission. APTN’s Chief Executive Officer Jean LaRose says if […]

DFO negotiator meeting with Maritime First Nations to define “moderate livelihood”

July 9, 2018 Maureen Googoo

A federal negotiator for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been meeting with First Nation leaders in the Maritimes and the Gaspé region of Quebec for the past seven months to determine what a […]

Ulnooweg launches Atlantic Indigenous charitable foundation

June 8, 2018 Maureen Googoo

An Atlantic organization that offers loans and financial support to Indigenous-owned businesses in the region has launched a charitable foundation aimed at funding First Nation community initiatives. Ulnooweg Development Corporation announced the formation of the […]

Team Atlantic hoping for win at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Membertou

May 9, 2018 Maureen Googoo

Erin Denny is hoping to lead her hockey team to victory this week in Membertou. Denny, 16, is the captain for Team Atlantic in the female division at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships. “This is […]

City Natives wins fourth ECMA Indigenous Artist of the Year award

May 4, 2018 Karli Zschogner

It was a big night for Rap/Hip-Hop group City Natives at the East Coast Music Awards gala show in Halifax Thursday evening. The group won the Indigenous Artist of the Year award for the fourth […]

ECMA Indigenous Stage a chance for musical artists to shine

May 3, 2018 Maureen Googoo

Gary Sappier considers the Indigenous Stage at the East Coast Music Awards Festival a high-class event where musicians like himself can network with industry representatives. “This is like a high profile event and you have […]

Q&A with ECMA nominee City Natives

May 2, 2018 Karli Zschogner

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final profile of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in Halifax on […]

Q&A with ECMA nominee Shelby Sappier aka Beaatz

May 1, 2018 Karli Zschogner

Editor’s Note: This is the third profile of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in Halifax on May 3. […]

Indigenous leaders in Maritimes to decide on creating own water authority

March 22, 2018 Maureen Googoo

Indigenous leaders in the Maritimes will decide in April whether it will move forward with a plan to create an Atlantic First Nations Water Authority. The Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs has been […]

P.E.I. Mi’kmaw woman seeks answers in mother’s death 40 years ago

February 14, 2018 Maureen Googoo

Barbara Bernard wants to know what happened to her mother when she was found dead in Charlottetown, P.E.I. over 40 years ago. “Nobody every really told me anything that happened to my mom and I […]

Canada needs tougher laws for sex offenders, mother of slain teen tells MMIWG inquiry

February 13, 2018 Maureen Googoo

The family of a New Brunswick Mi’kmaw teen who was raped and murdered by her cousin in 2009 wants tougher laws in Canada for sex offenders. “He shouldn’t have the opportunity for parole,” Pam Fillier, […]