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A new resource guide aimed at helping Mi’kmaq families promote cultural and learning activities with their young children was released in Halifax Thursday. Karen Gatien, Deputy Minister for the Nova ...
When Donna Morris looks at the Mi’kmaq petroglyphs at Kejimkujik National Park, she sees history. “There’s a picture of a caribou. There’s a picture of a little missionary man that goes back to the ...
Sipekne'katik First Nation fishermen drop lobster traps in St. Mary's Bay near Saulnierville, N.S. in Sept. 2020/Photo by Stephen Brake The Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is suing the ...
The fishery trial for Jordan Chasse, George Denny, Nathan Toney and Jonathan Johnson in Digby Provincial Court was adjourned on Jan. 15 due to technical difficulties connecting all parties via ...
Matthew Cope with the Millbrook First Nation, N.S. plans to file an injunction against DFO for seizing his lobster traps on Aug. 29, 2020/Photos contributed.
Natoaganeg (Eel Ground) First Nation is one of five Indigenous communities that signed new funding agreements with the province after the termination of a 29-year-old deal./Government of New Brunswick ...
The former chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is facing assault charges in two separate cases. Michael Patrick Sack, 42, is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly wounding ...
Mi’kmaw communities in Newfoundland and Labrador are disappointed by the recent announcement made by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to end the cod moratorium. The federal government introduced the ...
A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fisherman says he has a constitutionally protected treaty right to catch and sell fish because he is a direct descendant of the Mi’kmaw Grand Chief who signed one of the Peace ...
That's it for our reporting of the New Brunswick election. Special thanks to Aswin Nair and Rodrigo Aguirre. They've been working with Ku'ku'kwes News through a fellowship with Journalists for Human ...
A woman who has accused a well-known Mi’kmaw cultural educator from Nova Scotia of committing an indecent act in front of her testified in court that she feared for her safety when the alleged ...
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 ...