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  • [ January 10, 2023 ] Nova Scotia judge dismisses charges against three Mi’kmaw fishermen News
  • [ 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
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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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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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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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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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Aboriginal youth learn about health sciences at Dalhousie’s Junior University camp

July 20, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Kara Paul wants to see more Aboriginal youth earning degrees in the health sciences at Dalhousie University. That’s why she started the junior university program in 2011. “We wanted to make sure students, Aboriginal children […]
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Former Sipekne’katik Finance Director ordered to stand trial

July 17, 2015 Maureen Googoo
The former finance director for the Sipekne’katik Band has been committed to stand trial on fraud, theft and breach of trust charges following a preliminary inquiry July 16 in Halifax Provincial Court. Judge Michael Sherar […]
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Leonard Paul shows respect for nature through painting

July 13, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Mi’kmaq artist Leonard Paul has been drawing since he was three years old. His earliest childhood memory is of his mother coming home with a colouring book for him. “I can remember being on the […]
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Quillwork retreat aims to revive traditional artform

July 6, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Judy Googoo considers Mi’kmaq quillwork a beautiful but dying art form. “I think it’s important just to keep our traditional crafts alive,” the 58-year-old from Waycobah First Nation, N.S., said. “It’s just so important we […]

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