Photo Essay Archives – Ku'ku'kwes News

Latest 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
[ September 15, 2020 ] Mi’kmaw harvesters confront protesters at wharf in southwestern Nova Scotia News
[ September 15, 2020 ] Sipekne’katik Chief calls on NS Premier, DFO, RCMP to protect Mi’kmaw harvesters’ treaty rights News
[ September 7, 2020 ] Paqtnkek Chief Paul Prosper elected AFN Vice-Chief for NS/NL News
[ September 4, 2020 ] Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters feeling harassed for practising moderate livelihood fishery News
[ September 1, 2020 ] Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw lobster harvester to file an injunction against DFO for seizing traps News
[ August 22, 2020 ] Missing teen found safe after search in wooded area in Cape Breton Maritimes
[ November 18, 2019 ] Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister News
[ November 8, 2019 ] Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis News

September 25, 2020

2017: A Year in Photos

December 31, 2017 Stephen Brake

Walking With Our Sisters Art Exhibit at MSVU In January, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery opened an exhibit to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The exhibit, created by Metis artist Christi […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]