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[ May 1, 2023 ] Six Indigenous acts nominated for 2023 ECMA awards Atlantic
[ April 25, 2023 ] Mi’kmaw elder leads Earth Day events in Kjipuktuk News
[ April 8, 2023 ] NS Mi’kmaw leaders link lack of DFO control over elver eel fishery to shooting of Eskasoni man News
[ March 11, 2023 ] Indigenous play part of Neptune Theatre’s upcoming season News
[ March 6, 2023 ] Elver eel fishery trials set for Mi’kmaw fishermen in Dartmouth Court News
[ February 3, 2023 ] Finding the way Forward exhibit unveiled at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre News
[ 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

May 31, 2023

Photo Essay: Remembering the 215 children who lost their lives at Kamloops Indian Residential School

June 1, 2021 Stephen Brake

On May 30, 2021, more than 50 people gathered at the former site of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School to mourn the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the […]

2017: A Year in Photos

December 31, 2017 Stephen Brake

Walking With Our Sisters Art Exhibit at MSVU In January, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery opened an exhibit to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The exhibit, created by Metis artist Christi […]

Photo Essay: Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance leads 30th Annual Halifax Pride Parade

July 23, 2017 Stephen Brake

For the first time, an Indigenous-themed float led the 30th annual Halifax Pride Parade on July 22.The float was submitted by the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance, an organization that represents Indigenous LGBTQ and Two-Spirits in Atlantic […]

Photo Essay: Old photos of Mi’kmaq appear on Moncton property on Canada Day

July 2, 2017 Maureen Googoo

Residents in Moncton, N.B. woke up on Canada Day to find several posters of old photographs of Mi’kmaw people glued to city property. Patty Musgrave, who lives and works in Moncton, says she noticed the […]

Photo Essay: 2010 Re-enactment of Grand Chief Membertou’s baptism

June 24, 2017 Stephen Brake

On June 24, 1610, Grand Chief Membertou and 21 members of his immediate family were baptized into the Catholic religion at Port Royal, N.S. The event is important to the Mi’kmaq because it marked an […]