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  • [ 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
  • [ September 9, 2022 ] Moderate livelihood treaty right at centre of fishery trial in Nova Scotia News
  • [ August 29, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services sues Sipekne’katik following order to leave community News
  • [ August 23, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw fisherman to set date for trial on constitutional challenge in October News
  • [ August 22, 2022 ] Mi’kmaw fisherman seeks court approval to fight fishery charges on constitutional grounds News
  • [ 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
January 28, 2023

Membertou

News

Membertou latest First Nation to leave Assembly of NS Mi’kmaw Chiefs, KMKNO

October 28, 2020 Maureen Googoo
The Membertou First Nation is the latest Mi’kmaw community to withdrawn from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs and the Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office. In a news release issued on Wednesday, Membertou Chief Terry […]
News

Nova Scotia chiefs rejected $87-million offer from DFO, want moderate livelihood defined

October 5, 2020 Maureen Googoo
The co-chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs says negotiations with the federal government over the treaty right to earn a moderate livelihood from the fishery reached an impasse earlier this year because […]
Maritimes

Defining a ‘Moderate Livelihood’: Part 1

May 13, 2019 Olivia Blackmore
Editor’s Note: This news story is the first in a two-part series examining the issue of defining ‘moderate livelihood’ as the 20th anniversary of the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Donald Marshall, […]
Atlantic

Team Atlantic hoping for win at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Membertou

May 9, 2018 Maureen Googoo
Erin Denny is hoping to lead her hockey team to victory this week in Membertou. Denny, 16, is the captain for Team Atlantic in the female division at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships. “This is […]
#MMIWG

Family seeking justice in Mi’kmaw woman’s death testify in Day 2 of MMIWG hearings in Membertou

November 1, 2017 Maureen Googoo
More stories of pain, survival and seeking justice were heard on Day 2 of public hearings with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Membertou, N.S. Tuesday. Family members and […]
#MMIWG

Day 1 of MMIWG inquiry in Membertou hears stories of loss and resilience

October 31, 2017 Maureen Googoo
The family of slain university student Loretta Saunders and two survivors of violence and harassment gave emotional testimony during the first day of hearings into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on Monday in […]
#MMIWG

Membertou welcomes the MMIWG Inquiry

October 30, 2017 Maureen Googoo
More than hundred people gathered in Membertou First Nation, N.S. Sunday afternoon to welcome family members taking part in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls this week. Drummers and dancers […]
#MMIWG

MMIWG Inquiry to hold hearing in Membertou First Nation

October 27, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Agnes Gould is looking forward to sharing her sister’s story to commissioners with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, or MMIWG, next week in Membertou, N.S. “I want to humanize […]
#MMIWG

National inquiry into murdered, missing Indigenous women and girls hold community meetings in NS this week

August 16, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Debra Ginnish, who’s niece was killed in 2004, has a list of questions to ask staff with the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls when they arrive in Membertou First Nation […]
News

Candidates for Sydney-Victoria riding take part in Unama’ki First Nation Roundtable

October 9, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Jobs, housing and the issue of missing and murdered indigenous girls and women in Canada dominated the Unama’ki First Nation Roundtable discussion on First Nation issues held in Membertou October 8. Approximately 30 people attended […]
News

Mi’kmaq youth create new music at Aboriginal Youth Songwriting Camp

September 28, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Hip-hop artist Wally Bernard says his older brother encouraged him to take part in the 2015 Aboriginal Youth Songwriting Camp last weekend. “It’s something you should do,” Bernard recalls. “Try it out, right, because songwriting […]

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