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Diana Lewis is the program coordinator for the indigenous studies minor program at Dalhousie University./Photo by Stephen Brake A Mi’kmaq academic is in charge of a new indigenous studies minor ...
In 2018, I taught a course at Cape Breton University on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples or UNDRIP. All of the students in my class were Mi’kmaq. Throughout the ...
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 ...
Nadine Bernard is running for the Liberal party in the N.S. riding of Victoria-The Lakes/Photo by Stephen Brake Nadine Bernard hopes to make history on August 17 by becoming the first Mi’kmaw person ...
Indigenous students holding the flags representing their communities in the Trail of Caribou pilgrimage (from left to right: NunatuKavut Community Council, Innu Nation, Nunatsiavut Government, ...
Mi'kmaq lawyer Naiomi Metallic has set up a community development foundation for her band, Listuguj in Quebec./Photo by Stephen Brake A recent land claim settlement for Listuguj, Que. has inspired a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Three Indigenous groups in New Brunswick have launched separate legal actions against the provincial and federal governments. The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey First Nations are pursuing a title case and ...
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 ...