October 2016 – Ku'ku'kwes News

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[ November 6, 2022 ] “It’s wild.” Sipekne’katik First Nation elects first female chief News
[ October 19, 2022 ] Nova Scotia judge reserves decision in treaty fishing rights case News
[ September 15, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw lawyer says federal government wants to limit treaty rights in Marshall decision through the courts News
[ September 9, 2022 ] Moderate livelihood treaty right at centre of fishery trial in Nova Scotia News
[ August 29, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services sues Sipekne’katik following order to leave community News
[ August 23, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw fisherman to set date for trial on constitutional challenge in October News
[ August 22, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw fisherman seeks court approval to fight fishery charges on constitutional grounds News
[ August 11, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw play, KOQM, describes colonialism in Nova Scotia from a Mi’kmaw woman’s perspective News
[ August 1, 2022 ] Resiliency Centre a dream come true for Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association News
[ July 20, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw fisherman using 1752 treaty, ancestry in legal battle with DFO News

December 9, 2022

Former Sipekne’katik finance director gets 2 years in prison for fraud, theft

October 28, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The former Director of Finance for the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for stealing more than $340,000 from the band coffers. Justice John Murphy also ordered Jeffrey […]

Dan Christmas first Mi’kmaq appointed to Senate

October 27, 2016 Maureen Googoo

Dan Christmas, who has devoted most of his career working to better the lives of Mi’kmaw people, is the first Mi’kmaq to be appointed to the Senate. Christmas, a senior advisor with the Membertou First […]

Caribou Legs’ cross-country run to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

October 19, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A Gwich’in runner from Vancouver has brought his cross-country campaign to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to Atlantic Canada. Brad Firth, also known as Caribou Legs, has been running across […]

Mi’kmaq Elder Doug Knockwood receives Order of Nova Scotia

October 12, 2016 Maureen Googoo

A respected Mi’kmaw elder who overcame adversity in his life so he could help and empower others was one of five people who received the 2016 Order of Nova Scotia on Wednesday. Freeman Douglas Knockwood, […]

Pardon announced for late Grand Chief Sylliboy during Treaty Day celebrations

October 3, 2016 Maureen Googoo

The Nova Scotia government plans to grant a pardon to the late Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy for his 1929 conviction for hunting muskrat out of season. Deputy Premier Diana Whelan made the announcement during […]

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