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In 2018, I taught a course at Cape Breton University on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or UNDRIP. All of the students in my class were Mi’kmaq. Throughout the course, [...]
Photo Essays
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Photo Essay: Remembering the 215 children who lost their lives at Kamloops Indian Residential School
On May 30, 2021, more than 50 people gathered at the former site of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School to mourn the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the [...]
Recent News

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Finding the way Forward exhibit unveiled at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre
Debbie Tucker and Ann Marie Harley with the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia wanted to find a way to raise more awareness about the impact Indian residential schools had on Indigenous people in Canada. […]

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Nova Scotia judge dismisses charges against three Mi’kmaw fishermen
A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has dismissed fishery charges against three Mi’kmaw lobster fishermen who argued they had a constitutionally protected treaty right to catch and sell fish to earn a moderate livelihood. In […]

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“It’s wild.” Sipekne’katik First Nation elects first female chief
Michelle Glasgow says she is still in shock at becoming the first woman to be elected chief of Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia. “I don’t even know how to describe it in words,” Glasgow […]

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Nova Scotia judge reserves decision in treaty fishing rights case
A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has reserved his decision in a court case that involves the treaty right to fish to earn a moderate livelihood. Leon Knockwood, 27, James Nevin, 38, and Logan Pierro-Howe, […]

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Mi’kmaw lawyer says federal government wants to limit treaty rights in Marshall decision through the courts
A lawyer who is representing several Mi’kmaw fishermen in three separate fishery trials in Nova Scotia says the federal government is using the courts to limit where his clients can practice their treaty fishing rights. […]

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Moderate livelihood treaty right at centre of fishery trial in Nova Scotia
A trial involving three Mi’kmaw fishermen who say they were exercising their treaty right to fish for a living when they were charged with fishery offences is currently underway in Digby, N.S. James Nevin, 38, […]

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Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services sues Sipekne’katik following order to leave community
An Indigenous agency that provides child protection and family support services to First Nation communities in Nova Scotia is suing the province’s second largest Mi’kmaw First Nation after it was ordered to leave one of […]

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Mi’kmaw fisherman to set date for trial on constitutional challenge in October
A Mi’kmaw fisherman who is fighting fishery charges against him on constitutional grounds will return to court in October to set a trial date. Cory Francis, 53, appeared before Judge Paul Scovil in provincial court […]

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Mi’kmaw fisherman seeks court approval to fight fishery charges on constitutional grounds
A Mi’kmaw fisherman from Nova Scotia is seeking permission from a provincial court judge to challenge fishery offences against him on constitutional grounds. Cory Francis, 53, from the Acadia First Nation near Yarmouth, N.S. argues […]