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[ May 11, 2021 ] United Nations committee seeks answers from Canada over racism, violence against Mi’kmaw fishers News
[ April 23, 2021 ] Sipekne’katik to resume lobster fishing under moderate livelihood June 1 News
[ February 5, 2021 ] Sipekne’katik sues Nova Scotia, says fish buying regulations infringe on treaty rights News
[ October 28, 2020 ] Membertou latest First Nation to leave Assembly of NS Mi’kmaw Chiefs, KMKNO News
[ October 27, 2020 ] Lawyer for Mi’kmaw fishermen says charges against them should be dismissed News
[ October 25, 2020 ] Eskasoni fisherman plans to fight fishery charges against him News
[ October 22, 2020 ] Mi’kmaw lobster harvester is pleased with court injunction against hostile protesters News
[ October 14, 2020 ] Angry mob trap Mi’kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia News
[ October 5, 2020 ] Nova Scotia chiefs rejected $87-million offer from DFO, want moderate livelihood defined News
[ September 28, 2020 ] Next step for Sipekne’katik lobster harvesters in moderate livelihood fishery is selling catch News

May 14, 2021

Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis

November 8, 2019 Maureen Googoo

Rose Basque recalls when her late husband, William Basque, wrote the poem, Sma’knis, back in 1992. She said he had trouble going to sleep one night. “He said, ‘Oh my God. My mind is going […]