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Community

Sipekne’katik Winter Carnival Fun

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Health

New Grant Helps Vulnerable Indigenous Women in Cape Breton

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The Jane Paul Mi’kmaq Women’s Resource Centre in Sydney will be able to help more vulnerable indigenous women in their communities, with the help of Continue Reading →

Community

Glooscap First Nation re-elects Chief

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GLOOSCAP – Sidney Carl Peters has been re-elected as the chief of the Glooscap First Nation. He joins two fellow incumbents and one new councillor Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Government Launches Nova Scotia’s First Culture Action Plan

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Government will focus on the province’s cultural sector, creative economy and diverse communities with Nova Scotia’s Culture Action Plan: Creativity and Community, launched on, Feb. Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Eskasoni: a Leader in Commercial Fishing

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The largest Mi’kmaw community in the world with close to 4000 community members is located in the heart of the picturesque and magnificent region of Continue Reading →

Community, Education

Sort It Out: MCG Waste Workshop

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Who knew learning about waste could be fun! There were some laughs midway through the second day of a solid waste management (SWM) workshop in Continue Reading →

Legal

Pardon, Apology, for Late Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy

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Gabriel Sylliboy, a late grand chief of the Mi’kmaq, remembered for defending his people’s right to hunt and fish, received a posthumous pardon and apology Continue Reading →

Education

Journal of New Brunswick Studies Releases Issue Examining New Brunswick’s Resource Economy

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The new issue of the Journal of New Brunswick Studies examining the promises and risks of shale gas in New Brunswick has been released at Continue Reading →

Community

BEAR RIVER BEAT – FEBRUARY 2017

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We came together to share skills that keep us rooted in the natural rhythms of nature. We honored our Harvesters and our Missing and Murdered Continue Reading →

Culture

Interesting People and Events – Part 3

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In the mid 1930s the Great White Father in Ottawa decided that a plan should be developed which would see all the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Gesgapegiag FN Continues Remarkable Progress

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The Micmacs of Gesgapegiag, a community of 700 people who call the Gaspé Peninsula home, are proving that innovative thinking and diversification of their commercial Continue Reading →

Community, Sports

Nova Scotia Heritage Day 2017 will honour Mi’kmaq Heritage

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Creating the opportunity to recognize Mi’kmaw culture and the many accomplishments of Mi’kmaq Nations. The Mi’kmaq community has chosen to emphasize its contributions to the Continue Reading →