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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 […]
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Band members have more questions than answers in proposed 1919 land claim deal

November 6, 2019 Maureen Googoo
Several members of the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia have more questions than answers after examining one of the three parcels of land in Halifax County that’s part of a $49-million land claim. On […]
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Halifax vying to host North American Indigenous Games in 2020

April 13, 2018 Karli Zschogner
Members of a Nova Scotia committee hoping to bring the North American Indigenous Games to Halifax in 2020 got a chance this week to show the selection team what the city can offer if chosen. […]
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Millbrook First Nation honours Mi’kmaw veterans on Remembrance Day

November 11, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Former United States Marine Corps Sergeant Mike Stephens described Saturday’s Remembrance Day service in Millbrook First Nation, N.S. as humbling. “My grandfathers were WWI and WWII veterans. To be even remotely considered in the same […]
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Family seeking justice in Mi’kmaw woman’s death testify in Day 2 of MMIWG hearings in Membertou

November 1, 2017 Maureen Googoo
More stories of pain, survival and seeking justice were heard on Day 2 of public hearings with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Membertou, N.S. Tuesday. Family members and […]
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Photo Essay: Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance leads 30th Annual Halifax Pride Parade

July 23, 2017 Stephen Brake
For the first time, an Indigenous-themed float led the 30th annual Halifax Pride Parade on July 22.The float was submitted by the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance, an organization that represents Indigenous LGBTQ and Two-Spirits in Atlantic […]
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Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 3

May 13, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 3 Recorded on October 15, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Respected Mi’kmaw elder, […]
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2015 Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games end with crowds “in the thousands”

August 24, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Fans filled all of the bleachers at the Millbrook First Nation ball field to watch the final softball game before the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games came to a close on Sunday. The senior “A” […]

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    November 8, 2019
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