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Community

First Nation Leaders From BC Visit NS

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East-West Collaboration on Shipbuilding Halifax – June 11, 2013…. Four First Nation community leaders visit Nova Scotia to share ideas and to take a collaborative Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Eskasoni’s Commercial Fishery continues to Thrive

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The shore of Cape Breton Island’s Bras d’Or Lake in Nova Scotia is the home of the Eskasoni First Nation, the largest Mi’kmaw community in Continue Reading →

Health

Making Sustainable Seafood Choices in Mi’kma’ki

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Making healthy choices when it comes to seafood can be a challenging and overwhelming experience. This is especially true as seafood consumers begin to question Continue Reading →

Business, Education

Bricklayers Union Partners with First Nations

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SYDPORT – June 21, 2013. The Bricklayers Union has partnered with the Nova Scotia Aboriginal Employment Partnership to train Aboriginals for coming job opportunities. Junior Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Meet Atlantic Canada’s First (and Only) Aboriginal Woman NISI Inspector

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When she was growing up in Eel Ground First Nation on the shores of the Miramichi River in northern New Brunswick, a career in housing Continue Reading →

Culture, Education, Youth

Woodland Cree meets Eastern Woodland Print Communications

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For some time now Woodland Cree Sanford Custer has been visiting Nova Scotia to see his long time friend, Marie Walker and explore this part Continue Reading →

Culture

The Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre hosted the Mi’kmaq – Nova Scotia – Canada Tripartite Forum’s first Annual General Assembly in 2004 and welcomed the Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Aboriginal Day Celebrated at Fortress of Louisbourg

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As the National Historic Site of Fortress of Louisbourg celebrates its 300th Anniversary, the organizers felt it was only fitting to celebrate National Aboriginal Day Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Sharing the Mi’kmaw Journey: Tepi’ketuek Mi’kmaw Archives website launch

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The Tepi’ketuek Mi’kmaw Archives website was officially launched on May 30 at the Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Centre in Wagmatcook, NS, as part of the Continue Reading →

Education

Mi’kmaq scholar receives CAUT Distinguished Academic Award

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Ottawa – The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is pleased to award its highest honour to Marie Battiste, Professor of Education and Coordinator of Continue Reading →

Education

New Mi’kmaw book of traditional stories released

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“Our Grandmothers’ Words” launched May 3 in Eskasoni Eskasoni – As the title suggests, Our Grandmothers’ Words: Traditional Stories for Nurturing, the latest Mi’kmaw/English publication Continue Reading →

Youth

TD recognizes Mi’kmaq student as an emerging leader of tomorrow

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Zachary Julian receives prestigious TD Scholarship for Community Leadership TORONTO – Local Nova Scotia student Zachary Julian is one of twenty high school recipients to Continue Reading →