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Genevieve Francis Memorial Fund Celebrates Four Outstanding Recipients of the Nikanus Red Dress Leadership Award

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January 23, 2024 (Millbrook, NS) – The inaugural Nikanus Red Dress Leadership Awards have been presented to four female Indigenous youth leaders in sport. This Continue Reading →

Sports

California International Marathon 2023 – Tenth Marathon

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Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games 2023

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Culture, Sports

Eskasoni teen excited for ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to pitch at NAIG 2023

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Elle Gould grew up on the ballfield. As a young child, she recalls watching her dad, cousins, aunts and uncles playing softball at Apamuek Ballfield Continue Reading →

Culture, Sports

Mi’kmaw Musician Determined to Pass on Authentic Mi’kmaw Culture to Next Generation

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Michael R. Denny recalls the magic of entering his uncle Po’pi Poulette’s basket shop at eleven years old to watch him create a wooden instrument Continue Reading →

Culture, Sports

‘Godfather’ of Eskasoni Basketball Continues to Impact Community

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It was the summer of 1999 when 15-year-old John Denny Sylliboy started playing basketball with his friends in Eskasoni, the largest Mi’kmaw First Nation, which Continue Reading →

Culture, Sports

Mi’kmaw Archer Passes Down Traditions

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Inside The Barn archery range, located just outside the Mi’kmaw community of Membertou, Unama’ki (Cape Breton), Clifford Paul prepares to shoot an arrow from his Continue Reading →

Culture, Sports

“The story doesn’t end with me”: Sharing knowledge, culture through sport.

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In July 2023, thousands of Indigenous athletes will journey to an area of Mi’kma’ki we now call Nova Scotia to compete in the North American Continue Reading →

Community, Health, Sports

First Mi’kmaw to Run the Cabot Trail in its Entirety

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In the Cape Breton Highlands of Unama’ki, Darren Sylvester, 51, of Membertou, became the first Mi’kmaw to run the Cabot Trail in its entirety. In Continue Reading →

Art, Community, Culture, Sports

Mi’kmaq History Month 2023 Theme Announced – Mi’kmaw Traditional Games & Sports

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Community, Sports

48th Annual Wallace Bernard Tournament Pictures

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Sports, Youth

48th Annual Wallace Bernard Tournament

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Sylvester Copage has definitely installed a love of hockey in his family. We are sure he was smiling down watching his grandchildren at the 48th Continue Reading →