August 2019 – Ku'ku'kwes News

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[ October 14, 2024 ] First Nation communities in New Brunswick fight for land rights in landmark title cases NB
[ October 9, 2024 ] Mi’kmaw First Nations in NL concerned over the cod fishery policy change News
[ September 13, 2024 ] When Magic meets Melody: Jeremy Dutcher’s journey in revitalizing Wolastoqey through music NB
[ September 6, 2024 ] Three Indigenous artists nominated at 2024 MusicNL awards News
[ August 6, 2024 ] NL Indigenous Youth learn of WWI legacy on the Trail of Caribou Pilgrimage News
[ May 3, 2024 ] Charges withdrawn against fishermen in elver eel dispute News
[ April 3, 2024 ] Mi’kmaw leaders accuse DFO of racism after fishermen were forced to walk at night without phones, shoes News
[ March 25, 2024 ] NS judge dismisses fishery obstruction charges against two Mi’kmaw men #FisheriesCourt
[ March 1, 2024 ] Fisheries Court Cases Roundup: Feb. 26-Mar. 1, 2024 #FisheriesCourt
[ February 22, 2024 ] Fisheries Court Cases Roundup: February 19-23, 2024 #FisheriesCourt

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NS Mi’kmaw fishermen say DFO seized lobster traps tagged under moderate livelihood

August 20, 2019 Maureen Googoo

Editor’s note: Updated at 10:52 p.m. Includes response from DFO. Two Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fishermen say the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are violating their treaty right to fish for a moderate livelihood by seizing […]

Former NSNWA president files human rights complaint against AFN Vice-Chair, Tripartite Forum

August 10, 2019 Maureen Googoo

The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association is taking her harassment and discrimination complaints against a regional vice-chief for the Assembly of First Nations to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Cheryl Maloney, […]