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The Loretta Saunders Community Scholarship Fund

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A scholarship fund to support indigenous women in their chosen field of study About the Loretta Saunders Community Scholarship Fund Loretta Saunders was an Inuk Continue Reading →

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‘I just want to serve my community’

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Aboriginal pre-cadet program gives Eskasoni man bird’s-eye view of policing Eskasoni – Gerard Francis has always intended to will pursue a career with the RCMP. Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Pabineau Pow wow July 2014

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To the right are photos of the Pabineau Pow Wow on Sunday July 6, 2014. Held outdoors on a sunny day. The wind kept the Continue Reading →

Community

Si Denny Gathering 2014

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“Si’aq Mawiomi – Si Denny Gathering was a HUGE SUCCESS to help create awareness! The weather was cooperating with us but it was the food, Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Engaging community members to improve housing policy and operations

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When people get together in First Nation communities, the topic of housing often comes up. In the Elsipogtog First Nation, a Mi’kmaw community and the Continue Reading →

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Free Entrance to National Parks for natives in NB

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The Mi’gmag and Wolastoqiyik of New Brunswick and Parks Canada Sign a Five-Year Agreement for Free Entrance to National Parks In celebration of National Aboriginal Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Glooscap First Nation Joins Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey

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On June 20, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Bernard Valcourt, and Chief Sidney Peters of the Glooscap First Nation announced that members Continue Reading →

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Mi’kmaw Communities develop skills, save energy & lower costs through efficiency

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Dartmouth – Nearly 1,900 households in 13 First Nations communities across Nova Scotia developed skills while saving energy and money as part of an innovative Continue Reading →

Business, Community

A Bigger Ben’s Store

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Sylliboy’s Grocery and Hardware or what people in Eskasoni refer to as Benji’ek has been the central hub of Eskasoni for over 60 years. When Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Broads with Rods Fishing Weekend

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Wejikesiek: Is It Time to Exercise Our Mi’kmaq Jurisdiction over the Moose Hunt?

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In September 1988, after years of denial and interference by governments in the Mi’kmaq customary hunting practices, the late Grand Chief Donald Marshall proclaimed that Continue Reading →

Community, Legal

Report highlights need to hold government and police accountable for failing Indigenous women

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In a report, the RCMP provided further substantiation to its conclusion, made public earlier this month, that 1,017 Indigenous women and girls were murdered between Continue Reading →