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[ November 18, 2019 ] Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister News
[ November 8, 2019 ] Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis News
[ November 8, 2019 ] Poem: Sma’knis by William Basque News
[ November 6, 2019 ] Band members have more questions than answers in proposed 1919 land claim deal News
[ October 31, 2019 ] Prosper seeks fourth term as Chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation News
[ October 29, 2019 ] Mi’kmaw lawyer wants Alton to stop work until court injunction is decided News
[ October 22, 2019 ] Two Indigenous candidates from Atlantic Canada win seats in 2019 Federal Election Atlantic
[ October 18, 2019 ] First Nation leaders concerned correct info on day school settlement not reaching former students Maritimes
[ October 13, 2019 ] All documents of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution now available online News
[ October 11, 2019 ] Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Mi’kmaw Chiefs remove Morley Googoo as AFN regional vice-chief News

August 15, 2020

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 […]