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[ 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
[ July 20, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw fisherman using 1752 treaty, ancestry in legal battle with DFO News
[ July 18, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw Language Act proclamation takes centre stage at opening ceremony of NS Mi’kmaw Summer Games News
[ July 17, 2022 ] Countdown for the 2023 North American Indigenous Games in Halifax begins News
[ July 9, 2022 ] Former AFN vice-chief not guilty of sex assault News
[ April 26, 2022 ] Trial of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw cultural educator charged with indecent act underway News
[ April 25, 2022 ] Accuser testifies in sex assault trial of former AFN Vice-Chief Morley Googoo News
[ April 21, 2022 ] Federal government provides $326K in search for unmarked graves at Shubenacadie residential school site Maritimes
[ September 10, 2021 ] AFN National Chief calls on DFO to stop intimidating, harassing Mi’kmaw fishers News

August 15, 2022

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 […]