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Canada & FNI bolster Qalipu Mi’kmaw Enrolment Process

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Ottawa – Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, and Brendan Sheppard, Chief of the Continue Reading →

Legal

Honouring Our Treaties: Past & Present

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Dear Editor: Treaties between the Europeans and the Mi’kmaq people of Eastern Canada were entered into for the benefit of both parties in order to Continue Reading →

Culture, Legal

Community Members Discuss the Citizenship Code

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On February 24 & 25, a group of individuals from the Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia, came together to discuss the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia Continue Reading →

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Victoria Rose Paul

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Dear Editor: I George Paul, brother of the late Victoria Rose Paul have been given full authorization to take any and all civil action to Continue Reading →

Education, Legal

New Education Officer to Serve First Nations Communities

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A new aboriginal education officer at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission will strengthen relationships, raise awareness of human rights issues and better understand how Continue Reading →

Community, Legal

Forum Fosters Change with Marshall Symposium

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Millbrook – Twenty Five years after the Royal Commission into the wrongful conviction of the late Donald Marshall Jr., the Mi’kmaq –Nova Scotia- Canada Tripartite Continue Reading →

Culture, Legal

Book Review: “Who is an Indian”

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The book Who is an Indian? by professor Maximillian Forte from Concordia University was published in 2013. The book discusses an important policy direction in Continue Reading →

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Government introduces moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in New Brunswick

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FREDERICTON – The provincial government has introduced a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the province, following through on its commitment to New Brunswickers. “Creating jobs Continue Reading →

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Research group pens declaration on protecting FN’s cultural sites

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Twenty-eight experts, including several at Simon Fraser University, are calling on Canadian governments nationally to strengthen their accountability for First Nations sacred sites and develop Continue Reading →

Community, Legal

Date set for National Roundtable on Murdered and Missing Women

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Leaders of National Aboriginal Organizations and Provincial and Territorial Representatives set date and start planning for a National Roundtable on Murdered and Missing Women Membertou Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Chiefs Strongly Support NS’s Decision on Hydraulic Fracturing

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On September 3, the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs heard firsthand, from Minister Younger and his counterparts, the Province’s decision to prohibit shale hydraulic Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Chiefs continue fight against fracking in NS

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In 2013, the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs established a Hydraulic Fracturing Committee to conduct research on the potential impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing and Continue Reading →