Dan Christmas Archives – Ku'ku'kwes News

Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy remembered as kind, caring leader

December 1, 2017 Maureen Googoo

The Grand Chief of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council, or Santé Mawiomi, is being remembered as a kind, caring person who treated everyone he met with respect. Kji-Saqmaw Ben Sylliboy passed away at the Cape Breton […]

Nova Scotia Tripartite Forum holds symposium on implementing TRC calls to action

September 14, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A symposium is taking place on the Membertou First Nation in Sydney, N.S. to examine ways for all levels of government to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action. The three-day event, which […]

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. […]

Dan Christmas first Mi’kmaq appointed to Senate

October 27, 2016 Maureen Googoo

Dan Christmas, who has devoted most of his career working to better the lives of Mi’kmaw people, is the first Mi’kmaq to be appointed to the Senate. Christmas, a senior advisor with the Membertou First […]

Membertou first band in Atlantic to use online voting in upcoming referendum

April 20, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Membertou Band in Nova Scotia is the first band in Atlantic Canada trying out a new option for band members to vote in an upcoming referendum on its Family Homes Law. For the first […]

City Natives win 2016 ECMA for Aboriginal Recording of the Year

April 15, 2016 Maureen Googoo

City Natives have won their third East Coast Music award. The rap group nabbed the 2016 Aboriginal Recording of the Year during the gala show at Centre 200 in Sydney, N.S. Thursday evening. “I’m really […]