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MMIW Series: Hilary Bonnell
Pamela Marie Fillier says she would ask her daughter what she wanted to do when she grew up, and Hilary would say, “I don’t know, mom. I’m still a kid.” Hilary Bonnell was a “regular […]
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Caribou Legs’ cross-country run to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
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 […]
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Pardon announced for late Grand Chief Sylliboy during Treaty Day celebrations
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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Indigenous youth conference focuses on mental health issues
Indigenous youth need to take their health seriously if they want to do well in their studies. That was the message of the Mi’kmaq Maliseet Atlantic Youth Council conference that was held August 5-7 in […]
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Details announced for inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls
After more than a decade of lobbying by Indigenous women’s groups across Canada, the federal government announced Wednesday the details for a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. […]
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Daughter of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash upset with Halifax MMIW pre-inquiry meeting
The daughter of a Mi’kmaw activist who was murdered on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in 1975 is criticizing the way the pre-inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women was organized in Halifax. […]
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Meeting with families of missing and murdered indigenous women raw, emotional
Federal ministers Carolyn Bennett and Patty Hadju described the stories they heard from families and loved ones of missing and murdered indigenous women as raw, emotional and difficult. “I mean, people are telling their stories […]
