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Doug Knockwood: Mi’kmaw Elder, Stories, Memories, Reflections

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Mi’kmaw Elder Doug Knockwood and his wife Michelle reside on Indian Brook Indian Reserve, Hants County, Nova Scotia, which is part of the Sipekne’katik Band. Continue Reading →

Culture, Education, Legal

Interesting People and Events 18

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Donald Marshall Jr: 1971: Wrongful Murder Conviction My personal tribute to a man of great courage, the late Donald Marshall Jr. The determination the late Continue Reading →

Culture

Kejimkujik National Park Opens For The Visitor Season

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Free admission for youth at Parks Canada’s places starting in 2018 Parks Canada’s places represent the very best that Canada has to offer and tell Continue Reading →

Culture, Sports

Kjipuktuk to Host the 2020 NAIG

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Kjipuktuk (Halifax) has been chosen to host the 2020 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), which will be the largest multi-sporting event to be held in Continue Reading →

Culture

In Loving Memory of Lillian Beatrice Marshall

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September 30, 1934 ~ April 9, 2018 Lillian B. Marshall was a well known and much loved Mi’kmaw Elder from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She Continue Reading →

Art, Culture

Cultural Teachings in Sipekne’katik

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The Department of Education in Sipekne’katik is hosting numerous cultural teachings within the community. tarting in October 2017 the Education Department, along with the Sipekne’katik Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Working Together To Repatriate Cultural Property

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MP Bill Casey Introduces Aboriginal Cultural Property Repatriation Act Bill Casey, Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester, was pleased to introduce the Aboriginal Cultural Property Repatriation Continue Reading →

Art, Culture

Rose Michael The Artist Behind The Design Of RCMP Eagle Feathers

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There are little children everywhere playing while their mom beads the most beautiful original creations I have ever seen. They say if you support an Continue Reading →

Culture, Youth

Mount Celebrates Wi’kapaltimk Aqtapuk

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On February 1, 2018, the Aboriginal Student Centre and Office of the President at Mount Saint Vincent University hosted students, faculty and staff at the Continue Reading →

Art, Culture

Talking With Crystal Gloade

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Did you ever have a passion for something that you dreamed of doing and then it becomes a reality. That is exactly what happened to Continue Reading →

Culture, Youth

A New Opportunity For Mi’kmaw Voices

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The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) is giving the chance to one Mi’kmaw filmmaker to create a short film through the Languages of Nova Scotia Initiative. Continue Reading →

Culture, Legal

Chiefs Respond To HRM Council’s Cornwallis Statue Decision

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Members of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs (Assembly) listened intently to the discussions of the Halifax Regional Municipality’s (HRM) Council on the Cornwallis Continue Reading →