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New Brunswick elections: First Nations discuss land title with candidates
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 ...
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Brendan Mitchell new chief of Qalipu First Nation
Brendan Mitchell was elected chief of Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band Oct. 23/Photo courtesy Twitter.com/PaulAntleNL. The Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation Band in ...
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Nova Scotia Tripartite Forum holds symposium on implementing TRC calls to action
A symposium is taking place on the Membertou First Nation in Sydney, N.S. to examine ways for all levels of government to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action. The three ...
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Former NSNWA President files human rights complaint against NS Aboriginal Affairs Minister
Former NSNWA president Cheryl Maloney, right, has filed a human rights complaint against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil/Photos by Stephen Brake The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women ...
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Mi’kmaw Women Leaders Network
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 ...
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Indigenous youth conference focuses on mental health issues
Jasmine Labillois is one of two co-chairs of Mi'kmaq Maliseet Atlantic Youth Council/Photo by Stephen Brake Indigenous youth need to take their health seriously if they want to do well in their ...
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New Brunswick elections: First Nations ask parties to act on racial safety policies
New Brunswick employs the services of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to deliver security services as an alternative to provincial police./Photo by Serge Gouin, RCMP; contributed by Gazette First ...
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Month: December 2016
Mi’kmaq author Theresa Meuse has written a book aimed at teaching children about the Mi’kmaq of Atlantic Canada. The book is titled, L’nuk: The Mi’kmaq of Atlantic Canada. In it, Meuse, 58, explains ...
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Mi’kmaq Resource Guide
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 ...
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Stuart Knockwood
Stuart Knockwood joined the RCMP in the mid-1990s because he wanted to do something about the high rates of suicides in First Nation communities. In particular, Knockwood, was upset and angry that two ...
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Muskrat Singers
Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey leaders are celebrating Susan Holt’s victory in the New Brunswick provincial election on Oct. 21. After showing support during the Liberals ...
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Keith Chiasson
Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey leaders are celebrating Susan Holt’s victory in the New Brunswick provincial election on Oct. 21. After showing support during the Liberals ...