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[ 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 23, 2020

Indigenous cultures celebrated at Celtic Colours International Festival

October 13, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt said it was a dream come true when her band, Iva, was invited to perform at this year’s Celtic Colours International Festival in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Merritt, who is from Rankin […]

New Brunswick Mi’kmaw leader wants physician to apologize for ‘racist’ note

June 16, 2017 Maureen Googoo

A Mi’kmaw leader in New Brunswick wants an apology from a doctor in Miramichi who posted a sign at his office for “Native People” not to “ask for tranquillizers or pain medications.” George Ginnish, Chief […]