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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 26, 2020

Paqtnkek Chief Paul Prosper elected AFN Vice-Chief for NS/NL

September 7, 2020 Maureen Googoo

A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chief has been elected as a regional vice-chief for the Assembly of First Nations. Chief Paul Prosper of the Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation will represent Mi’kmaw chiefs from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland […]

Prosper seeks fourth term as Chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation

October 31, 2019 Maureen Googoo

Paul Prosper is seeking a fourth consecutive term as the chief of the Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation in Nova Scotia because he wants to continue to steer the community in several ongoing initiatives such as commercial […]