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[ September 10, 2021 ] AFN National Chief calls on DFO to stop intimidating, harassing Mi’kmaw fishers News
[ August 27, 2021 ] Millbrook First Nation woman charged in connection with death of Sipekne’katik man News
[ August 17, 2021 ] Sipekne’katik chief arrested, detained by DFO following launch of annual treaty lobster fishery News
[ July 29, 2021 ] Nova Scotia NDP leader says fish-buying regulations can change to accommodate moderate livelihood treaty right News
[ July 23, 2021 ] Second Mi’kmaw candidate running in Nova Scotia election News
[ July 17, 2021 ] Mi’kmaw woman hopes to make history in Nova Scotia election News
[ July 13, 2021 ] Federal government announces funding for NS language projects, COVID-19 relief for Indigenous businesses News
[ July 9, 2021 ] AFN votes to create new vice-chief position for PEI First Nations News
[ July 2, 2021 ] Mi’kmaw culture and Indigenous resiliency replace Canada Day celebrations on July 1 News
[ July 1, 2021 ] RCMP say a church fire at a Nova Scotia First Nation is suspicious News

October 27, 2021

AFN National Chief calls on DFO to stop intimidating, harassing Mi’kmaw fishers

September 10, 2021 Maureen Googoo

The National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations is calling on the federal government to stop criminalizing treaty rights and end the harassment and intimidation of Mi’kmaw fishers on the waters. “Intimidation and violence […]

Membertou latest First Nation to leave Assembly of NS Mi’kmaw Chiefs, KMKNO

October 28, 2020 Maureen Googoo

The Membertou First Nation is the latest Mi’kmaw community to withdrawn from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs and the Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office. In a news release issued on Wednesday, Membertou Chief Terry […]

Nova Scotia chiefs rejected $87-million offer from DFO, want moderate livelihood defined

October 5, 2020 Maureen Googoo

The co-chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs says negotiations with the federal government over the treaty right to earn a moderate livelihood from the fishery reached an impasse earlier this year because […]

Nova Scotia First Nation launches its own moderate livelihood fishery

September 18, 2020 Maureen Googoo

Unable to reach an agreement with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to define a moderate livelihood, one Nova Scotia First Nation has instead launched its own rights-based lobster fishery. The Sipekne’katik First Nation rolled […]

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