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May 18, 2025

Articles by Maureen Googoo

About Maureen Googoo
Maureen Googoo is an award-winning journalist from Indian Brook First Nation (Sipekne'katik) in Nova Scotia. She has worked in news more than 30 years for media outlets such as CBC Radio, the Chronicle-Herald and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. Maureen has an arts degree in political science from Saint Mary's University in Halifax, a journalism degree from Ryerson University in Toronto and a Masters degree in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.
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Treaty Day celebrations mark 30th anniversary of Simon hunting court decision

September 29, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Mi’kmaq Treaty Day celebrations being held later this week will mark the 30th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Simon hunting case and the beginning of the annual gathering in […]
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Mi’kmaq youth create new music at Aboriginal Youth Songwriting Camp

September 28, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Hip-hop artist Wally Bernard says his older brother encouraged him to take part in the 2015 Aboriginal Youth Songwriting Camp last weekend. “It’s something you should do,” Bernard recalls. “Try it out, right, because songwriting […]
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APC urges Atlantic Chiefs to encourage band members to vote during federal election

September 24, 2015 Maureen Googoo
The executive director of the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs is urging all chiefs and councillors in Atlantic Canada to encourage their band members to vote in the upcoming federal election to make […]
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“North Mountain” by Aboriginal filmmaker to premiere at 35th Atlantic Film Festival

September 22, 2015 Maureen Googoo
A film written and directed by a Nova Scotia Aboriginal filmmaker will debut at the 35th Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax on Wednesday evening. The film, called North Mountain, is the first feature film for […]
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Dalhousie University launches new indigenous studies program

September 16, 2015 Maureen Googoo
A Mi’kmaq academic is in charge of a new indigenous studies minor program at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Diana Lewis, originally from Indian Brook First Nation, N.S., began her position as the program coordinator of […]
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Songwriting Camp for NS Aboriginal Youth to be held Sept. 25 – 27

September 14, 2015 Maureen Googoo
A video production company, in collaboration with the Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, is organizing an Aboriginal youth songwriters camp for the last weekend in September. The company, Blue Dory Productions, will hold the […]
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Fraud trial of former Sipekne’katik Finance Director set to begin May 2016

September 10, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Five weeks have been set aside in May and June 2016 for the trial of a Halifax man accused of defrauding the Sipekne’katik Band. The jury trial for Jeffery Cecil Hayes, 60, is set to […]
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Listuguj woman sets up community development foundation to help band members

September 9, 2015 Maureen Googoo
A recent land claim settlement for Listuguj, Que. has inspired a band member to set up a community development foundation aimed at helping her community. Mi’kmaq lawyer Naiomi Metallic says the foundation is called “Listuguj […]
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Nine First Nations in Atlantic Canada miss deadline to post audits, salaries online

September 3, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Nine First Nations in Atlantic Canada have missed the July 31 deadline to post online yearly financial audits and salaries for their chiefs and councils as required under the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. According […]
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Mi’kmaq woman organizing walk for missing persons Sept. 5 in Shelburne, N.S.

September 1, 2015 Maureen Googoo
A Mi’kmaq women with the Acadia First Nation in Nova Scotia is organizing a walk to raise awareness for all missing persons, including Aboriginal women, in Canada. The walk is scheduled to take place September […]
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Patricia Bernard re-elected Chief of Madawaska Maliseet First Nation

August 31, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Patricia Bernard has been re-elected as chief of the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation. Bernard received 210 votes while her only challenger, David Pelletier received 62 votes. Councillors Donna Wallace-Bourgeault and Diane Pelletier were also re-elected as councillors. […]
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Protecting Mi’kmaq Petroglyphs in Bedford, Kejimkujik National Park

August 26, 2015 Maureen Googoo
When Donna Morris looks at the Mi’kmaq petroglyphs at Kejimkujik National Park, she sees history. “There’s a picture of a caribou. There’s a picture of a little missionary man that goes back to the French era […]
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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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Hayes back in court Sept. 10 to set date for trial

August 6, 2015 Maureen Googoo
A Halifax man accused of defrauding the Sipekne’katik Band will be back in court September 10 to set a date for trial. The lawyer for Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, 60, appeared on behalf of his client […]
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Mi’kmaq culture important to Kejimkujik’s Storytelling Festival

July 22, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Ursula Johnson says incorporating traditional Mi’kmaq stories into the annual Storytelling Festival at Kejimkujik National Park was important to her. “In the first year that we created the storytelling festival, we really focussed on oral […]

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