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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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History of the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games
Robert Bernard, 3rd from left in back row, was the pitcher for the Whycocomagh Warriors when his team won 1st place at the 1985 Nova Scotia Indian Summer Games/Photo by Micmac News archives Robert ...
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Mi’kmaq leaders, Nova Scotia Government commit to long-term plan to treaty education
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil, Eskasoni Chief Leroy Denny and Millbrook Chief Bob Gloade sign MOU on treaty education/Photo by Stephen Brake The Nova Scotia government has signed a memorandum of ...
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Canada needs tougher laws for sex offenders, mother of slain teen tells MMIWG inquiry
Pam Fillier talks about her daughter, Hilary Bonnell, at the MMIWG Inquiry in Moncton, N.B. The family of a New Brunswick Mi’kmaw teen who was raped and murdered by her cousin in 2009 wants tougher ...
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Countdown for the 2023 North American Indigenous Games in Halifax begins
The official year-long countdown to the North American Indigenous Games in Halifax in July 2023 has begun. The NAIG 2023 organizing committee launched the countdown at an event along the Halifax ...
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Memorial set up to mourn discovery of remains of 215 children who attended B.C. residential school
Orange ribbons and teddy bears tied to a guardrail near the former site of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School/Photo by Stephen Brake Teddy bears, flowers and orange ribbons were tied to the ...
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Mi’kmaw lawyer says federal government wants to limit treaty rights in Marshall decision through the courts
Mi'kmaw fisherman Leon Knockwood from Sipekne'katik First Nation, at the wharf in Weymouth, N.S. in Sept. 2019. Knockwood is one of several Mi'kmaw fishermen charged illegally fishing for ...
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Protecting Mi’kmaq Petroglyphs in Bedford, Kejimkujik National Park
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 ...
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Millbrook First Nation Chief Bob Gloade seeks third term in Feb. 26 election
Millbrook First Nation Chief Bob Gloade, left, is seeking re-election Feb. 26. His challenger is Barry Gloade, right/Photo by Stephen Brake Millbrook First Nation Chief Bob Gloade has only one person ...
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Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy publishes book, The Thundermaker
Mi’kmaq multimedia artist Alan Syliboy can now add published author to his list of many talents. Syliboy, from the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia, has written and illustrated his first book ...
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Photo Essay: 2010 Re-enactment of Grand Chief Membertou’s baptism
On June 24, 1610, Grand Chief Membertou and 21 members of his immediate family were baptized into the Catholic religion at Port Royal, N.S. The event is important to the Mi’kmaq because it marked an ...