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  • [ 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
  • [ November 8, 2019 ] Poem: Sma’knis by William Basque News
  • [ November 6, 2019 ] Band members have more questions than answers in proposed 1919 land claim deal News
  • [ October 31, 2019 ] Prosper seeks fourth term as Chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation News
  • [ October 29, 2019 ] Mi’kmaw lawyer wants Alton to stop work until court injunction is decided News
  • [ October 22, 2019 ] Two Indigenous candidates from Atlantic Canada win seats in 2019 Federal Election Atlantic
  • [ October 18, 2019 ] First Nation leaders concerned correct info on day school settlement not reaching former students Maritimes
  • [ October 13, 2019 ] All documents of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution now available online News
  • [ October 11, 2019 ] Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Mi’kmaw Chiefs remove Morley Googoo as AFN regional vice-chief News
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Journalists, writers need to be more respectful to families of MMIWG, says panel

April 26, 2018 Karli Zschogner
A panel of mostly Indigenous writers and artists challenged journalists and writers to be more respectful to grieving families of their missing and murdered. “The lives that victims lead, there is a stigma attached,” Delilah […]
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Seek permission before writing about MMIWG, panel tells creative writers, artists

April 23, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Creative writers and artists should seek permission from families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls before publishing their work, panelists told an audience in Halifax on April 18. The panel was assembled in […]
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Family of Loretta Saunders relieved poetry book that contained graphic details of her death no longer for sale

April 18, 2018 Maureen Googoo
Inuk writer Delilah Saunders is relieved a book of poetry which contained graphic details about her sister’s murder has been pulled by the publisher. Book*Hug has pulled the book, “Who Took My Sister” by Shannon […]
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Day 1 of MMIWG inquiry in Membertou hears stories of loss and resilience

October 31, 2017 Maureen Googoo
The family of slain university student Loretta Saunders and two survivors of violence and harassment gave emotional testimony during the first day of hearings into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on Monday in […]
Podcasts

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 10

May 15, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 10 Recorded on April 15, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. An update on […]
Podcasts

Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 9

May 15, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 9 Recorded on April 9, 2017 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Reporter Samantha Calio’s […]
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Live Blog: Day 1 of Victoria Henneberry appeal hearing

April 12, 2017 Samantha Calio
One of two people convicted of killing Inuk woman Loretta Saunders in Feb. 2014 is appealing her second-degree murder conviction. In April 2015, Victoria Henneberry and her then boyfriend, Blake Leggette, pleaded guilty killing the […]
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Loretta Saunders’ sister upset with killer appealing conviction

April 11, 2017 Samantha Calio
The sister of slain Inuk woman Loretta Saunders is upset that one of the killers is going ahead with appealing her murder conviction. “It’s a slap in the face,” Delilah Saunders said in a phone interview about Victoria […]

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    November 8, 2019
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