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New Brunswick elections: First Nations ask parties to act on racial safety policies

October 20, 2024 Rodrigo Huerta Aguirre
First Nations in New Brunswick are calling out parties in the general election to address racial discrimination within the justice system once elected. Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomukati chiefs have emphasized the need for a full […]
NB

New Brunswick elections: First Nations discuss land title with candidates

October 18, 2024 Rodrigo Huerta Aguirre
With just a few days left to determine the tight provincial elections race in New Brunswick, First Nations communities cast their ballots with one common demand: a government open to dialogue. As promises on health […]
Maritimes

DFO negotiator meeting with Maritime First Nations to define “moderate livelihood”

July 9, 2018 Maureen Googoo
A federal negotiator for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been meeting with First Nation leaders in the Maritimes and the Gaspé region of Quebec for the past seven months to determine what a […]
Atlantic

Ku’ku’kwes News Top 10 Popular News Stories of 2017

December 29, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Alton Natural Gas Storage Project Opposition against the Alton Gas Natural Storage Project near Stewiake, N.S. continued into 2017. Alton Gas wants to create underground storage caverns by flushing out the salt deposits using water […]
ME

Passamaquoddy Nation moving closer to status in Canada

October 19, 2017 Maureen Googoo
The leader that represents the Passamaquoddy people in Canada says they’re moving closer to receiving status by the Canadian government. “Well it seems like it is coming to fruition,” Chief Hugh Akagi said in a […]
ME

Wabanaki Confederacy 2017 gathering held at Kejimkujik National Park

August 24, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Hugh Akagi thought about the future of the Wabanaki Confederacy while the partial eclipse was happening Monday afternoon. The chief of the Passamaquoddy people in Canada had travelled from his home in St. Andrews, N.B. […]
NB

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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