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All documents of the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution now available online
The Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution has been completely digitized and uploaded onto the Nova Scotia Public Archives website/Photo by Stephen Brake The complete archive of a ...
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RCMP say a church fire at a Nova Scotia First Nation is suspicious
RCMP is investigating the cause of a fire at St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Indian Brook First Nation, N.S. on June 30/Photo by Stephen Brake The RCMP is investigating a fire that happened at a ...
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Band members have more questions than answers in proposed 1919 land claim deal
Jennifer Denny, left, and Teresa Marshall examine land in Sambro, N.S. that's part of the 1919 land claim deal/Photo by Stephen Brake Several members of the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia have ...
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Potlotek band member says band denying her right to vote for not sending mail-in ballot
Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, a lawyer and associate professor living and working Halifax, says her band, Potlotek, is denying her right to vote in Aug. 5 band election because she didn't receive a mail-in ...
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Fort Folly First Nation Chief Rebecca Knockwood re-elected for second term
Rebecca Knockwood has been re-elected as chief of Fort Folly First Nation in New Brunswick. Knockwood received 43 votes while her lone opponent, Hanford Nye, received 24 votes in the band election ...
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An interview with Danielle Cyr, co-author of book about history of Gespe’gewa’gi Mi’gmaq
Danielle Cyr is a co-author of Nta'tugwaqanminen - Our Story: Evolution of the Gespe'gewa'gi Mi'kmaq/Photo by Stephen Brake Danielle Cyr, a specialist in Algonquian languages and comparative ...
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Passamaquoddy Nation moving closer to status in Canada
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 ...
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Mi’kmaq culture important to Kejimkujik’s Storytelling Festival
Ursula Johnson, Interpreter at Kejimkujik National Park, creates a puppet based on Mi'kmaq legend about Jipijka'm, the Great-Horned Serpent. Ursula Johnson says incorporating traditional Mi’kmaq ...
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Millbrook First Nation woman charged in connection with death of Sipekne’katik man
A woman from the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia has been charged in connection with the death of a man from the Sipekne’katik First Nation. Adria Gloade, 37, is charged with being accessory ...
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“We can’t use our treaty rights to fish.” Mi’kmaw fishermen upset with fines following sentencing circle for fishery offences
A sentencing cirlcle was held for Zachery Nicholas, left, and his father, William Nicholas, in Pictou Landing First Nation, N.S. on Dec. 8, 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake Two Mi’kmaw fishermen from the ...
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Parent upset Mi’kmaw students separated at high school after son was assaulted
The mother of a Mi’kmaw teen who was assaulted at a high school in Milford, N.S. is upset that school officials separated Mi’kmaw students from the rest of the student body following the incident on ...
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Moderate livelihood treaty right at centre of fishery trial in Nova Scotia
Lawyer Michael McDonald, left, with Mi'kmaw fishermen Logan Pierro-Howe, Leon Knockwood and James Nevin outside of the courthouse in Digby, N.S., on Sept. 1, 2022/Photo by Stephen Brake A trial ...