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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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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 […]
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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Nova Scotia judge grants temporary injunction against Mi’kmaw water protector, supporters

March 19, 2019 Maureen Googoo
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has granted the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project company a temporary injunction against a Mi’kmaw water protector and his supporters currently occupying the entrance to the company’s property in […]
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Mi’kmaw man’s lawyer wants court injunction by Alton Gas dismissed

March 13, 2019 Maureen Googoo
A Mi’kmaw man from Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia denies he is blocking employees with Alton Natural Gas Storage Project Inc. from accessing company facilities along the Shubenacadie River near Stewiake, N.S. A lawyer […]
Atlantic

Q&A with ECMA nominee City Natives

May 2, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final profile of artists nominated for an East Coast Music Award in the Indigenous Artist of the Year category. The awards show will be held in Halifax on […]
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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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University prof studying rate of malocclusions among Mi’kmaq

May 3, 2017 Samantha Calio
An anthropologist at Saint Mary’s University is conducting research on the rate and severity of dental malocclusions among Mi’kmaw people in Atlantic Canada. Tanya Peckmann, a professor in the Anthropology Department at SMU in Halifax, […]
NB

Leader of largest Mi’kmaw community calls Liberal majority “a big relief”

October 20, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Eskasoni Chief Leroy Denny called Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s victory in the federal election Monday “a big relief.” “Finally, our voices are heard and I’m proud of our First Nation for voting.” “I’m especially proud […]

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