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  • [ February 5, 2021 ] Sipekne’katik sues Nova Scotia, says fish buying regulations infringe on treaty rights News
  • [ October 28, 2020 ] Membertou latest First Nation to leave Assembly of NS Mi’kmaw Chiefs, KMKNO News
  • [ October 27, 2020 ] Lawyer for Mi’kmaw fishermen says charges against them should be dismissed News
  • [ October 25, 2020 ] Eskasoni fisherman plans to fight fishery charges against him News
  • [ October 22, 2020 ] Mi’kmaw lobster harvester is pleased with court injunction against hostile protesters News
  • [ October 14, 2020 ] Angry mob trap Mi’kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia News
  • [ October 5, 2020 ] Nova Scotia chiefs rejected $87-million offer from DFO, want moderate livelihood defined News
  • [ September 28, 2020 ] Next step for Sipekne’katik lobster harvesters in moderate livelihood fishery is selling catch News
  • [ September 21, 2020 ] Sipekne’katik Chief says Mi’kmaw lobster traps vandalized in St. Mary’s Bay over the weekend News
  • [ September 18, 2020 ] Nova Scotia First Nation launches its own moderate livelihood fishery News
April 16, 2021

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Missing teen found safe after search in wooded area in Cape Breton

August 22, 2020 Maureen Googoo
A 14-year-old girl from We’koqma’q First Nation in Nova Scotia who was missing for more than a week has been found safe. According to a news release, RCMP Air Services reported a fire in an […]
News

Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister

November 18, 2019 Maureen Googoo
The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association has filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, who is also the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs. […]
News

Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis

November 8, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Rose Basque recalls when her late husband, William Basque, wrote the poem, Sma’knis, back in 1992. She said he had trouble going to sleep one night. “He said, ‘Oh my God. My mind is going […]
News

Poem: Sma’knis by William Basque

November 8, 2019 Kukukwes.com Staff
Editor’s note: The poem, Sma’knis, was written by Mi’kmaw veteran William Basque in 1992. Basque, who lived in Eskasoni First Nation, N.S., passed away in 1998.  I have always kept returning ever since the day I […]
News

Band members have more questions than answers in proposed 1919 land claim deal

November 6, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Several members of the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia have more questions than answers after examining one of the three parcels of land in Halifax County that’s part of a $49-million land claim. On […]
News

Prosper seeks fourth term as Chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation

October 31, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Paul Prosper is seeking a fourth consecutive term as the chief of the Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation in Nova Scotia because he wants to continue to steer the community in several ongoing initiatives such as commercial […]
News

Mi’kmaw lawyer wants Alton to stop work until court injunction is decided

October 29, 2019 Maureen Googoo
The lawyer (from this site) representing three Mi’kmaw women challenging a proposed permanent court injunction filed by the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project wants all current work at the site to stop while the issue […]
Atlantic

Two Indigenous candidates from Atlantic Canada win seats in 2019 Federal Election

October 22, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Two Indigenous candidates from Atlantic Canada are heading to the House of Commons following Monday’s federal election. In Nova Scotia, Liberal party candidate Jaime Battiste was elected to represent the riding of Sydney-Victoria. Battiste received […]
Atlantic

Live Blog: Federal Election 2019

October 21, 2019 Maureen Googoo
News

All documents of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution now available online

October 13, 2019 Maureen Googoo
The complete archive of a 1990 royal commission report that examined how systemic racism in played a role in the wrongful murder conviction of a Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw man in 1971 is now available online. […]
News

Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Mi’kmaw Chiefs remove Morley Googoo as AFN regional vice-chief

October 11, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Morley Googoo has been removed as the Assembly of First Nations regional vice-chief for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. In a news release issued on Friday afternoon, Mi’kmaw chiefs in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland announced its […]
News

Sipekne’katik harvesters sell lobster on Digby wharf to show solidarity for treaty rights

October 4, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Harvesters with the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia dropped lobster traps in waters in the Annapolis Basin and sold their catch on the wharf in Digby Thursday to make a point they have a […]
News

Mi’kmaq Treaty Day 2019 message: More political action needed to protect treaty rights – Kji-Keptin Antle Denny

October 2, 2019 Maureen Googoo
The Kji-Keptin of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council, or Santé Mawio’mi, says Mi’kmaw families and communities need to become more politically active and speak out in order to protect the Mi’kmaw Nation’s Aboriginal and treaty rights. […]
News

A Mi’kmaw fisherman is fighting the same fishery charges his father faced 20 years ago

September 24, 2019 Maureen Googoo
A young Mi’kmaw man from Nova Scotia is vowing to fight fishery charges against him like his father did 20 years ago. Leon Knockwood, who is from Sipekne’katik First Nation, N.S. has been charged with […]
Atlantic

Meet the 3 Indigenous candidates in Atlantic Canada running in the Oct. 21 federal election

September 16, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Three Indigenous people in Atlantic Canada are running in the Oct. 21 federal election. One candidate is seeking re-election while the other two are running for the first time. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Liberal candidate […]

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