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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 […]

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 […]

An interview with Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate

June 30, 2017 Maureen Googoo

When Halifax Regional Municipality named Rebecca Thomas it’s poet laureate for 2016-2018, she became the first Mi’kmaw to hold that position it was first established in 2001. Since then, the 31-year-old has written and read […]

Photo Essay: 2010 Re-enactment of Grand Chief Membertou’s baptism

June 24, 2017 Stephen Brake

On June 24, 1610, Grand Chief Membertou and 21 members of his immediate family were baptized into the Catholic religion at Port Royal, N.S. The event is important to the Mi’kmaq because it marked an […]

Grand Chief Membertou’s gourd part of exhibit on Mi’kmaq, French history

June 22, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A unique piece of Mi’kmaw history is part of a new exhibit at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History that highlights the relationship between the Mi’kmaq and the French in Mi’kma’ki during the 17th […]

Potlotek First Nation hoping to run own radio station

June 21, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Potlotek First Nation in Nova Scotia is hoping to become the latest Indigenous community in Atlantic Canada to own and operate its own radio station. According to the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission website, the […]

Halifax one of eight cities to take part in APTN’s Aboriginal Day Live show

June 20, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Tribe of One’s Rik Leaf is looking forward to performing on stage in Halifax Wednesday as part of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network’s seven-hour live show to celebrate National Aboriginal Day. It’ll be the first […]

Sanipass hopes to become first Mi’kmaw elected to NS Legislature

May 29, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Trevor Sanipass hopes to become the first Mi’kmaw elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature. “We need Indigenous representation throughout Nova Scotia so I felt that it was important (to run), Sanipass explained during an interview […]

Sipekne’katik councillor says band members not interested in Alton Gas benefits deal

May 25, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A majority of Sipekne’katik Band members who attended a community meeting have told their elected officials they’re not interested in negotiating a benefits package with Alton Gas, says one band councillor who attended the meeting. […]

University prof studying rate of malocclusions among Mi’kmaq

May 3, 2017 Samantha Calio

An anthropologist at Saint Mary’s University is conducting research on the rate and severity of dental malocclusions among Mi’kmaw people in Atlantic Canada. Tanya Peckmann, a professor in the Anthropology Department at SMU in Halifax, […]

Two journalists weigh in on TRC Call-to-Action No. 86

April 28, 2017 Samantha Calio

Oscar Baker said he received no Indigenous education while he studied journalism at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. Baker, a Mi’kmaw with the Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick, said Indigenous issues barely came up […]

NS Senator says Maritime journalism schools passively implementing TRC call-to-action

April 27, 2017 Samantha Calio

A Nova Scotia senator and Mi’kmaw activist says post-secondary journalism schools in the Maritime provinces are taking a “passive approach” in implementing the Truth and Reconciliation’s Call-to-Action to teach Indigenous history and issues to students. […]

Halifax council vote to examine Cornwallis commemoration on city properties

April 26, 2017 Samantha Calio

Halifax Regional Council voted Tuesday to create an expert panel to examine and make recommendations on the issue of commemorating Edward Cornwallis on municipal properties that bear his name. The motion, which was brought forward […]

Live Blog: Halifax Regional Council discuss name “Cornwallis” on municipal assets

April 25, 2017 Samantha Calio

Halifax Regional Council is expected to discuss today a motion regarding the name, “Cornwallis,” on municipal assets like parks and streets. The motion was made by Councillor Shawn Cleary who represents District 9: Halifax West […]

Mi’kmaw basketmaker invited back to international cultural festival in France

April 22, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A Mi’kmaw basket-making artisan from Nova Scotia has been invited once again to take part in an international cultural festival in France this summer. This time, however, Virick Francis has also been asked by festival […]