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August 7, 2012

Community, Eco

Mi’kmaw Fishers Share Ecological Knowledge On Kaspalew (Gaspereau) In Pitu’pa’q (Bras D’or Lake)

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Local Workshop Highlights Community-Led Research And Traditional Knowledge This spring, 15 community members gathered in Membertou First Nation for a Mi’kmaq Ecological Knowledge (MEK) workshop Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Assembly Demands Accountability on Highway 101 Project

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Mi’kma’ki – Maw-lukutijik Saqmaq (Assembly) is calling for meaningful consultation and immediate action on the Highway 101 Twinning Project. Since the Province declared a state Continue Reading →

Community, Culture, Education, History

Healing, Reflection, and Renewal at the 2025 Shubenacadie Gathering

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Survivors, families, and community members gathered in Truro this September for the second Shubenacadie Indian Residential School Healing and Resilience Gathering, hosted by Mi’kmawey Debert Continue Reading →

Art, Culture, Education

Another Step Closer: MDCC Completes Phase 2 in the Effort to Bring Belongings Back to Mi’kma’kik

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Home to Mi’kma’kik is a multi-year project led by Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre (MDCC) to reconnect Mi’kmaw people with cultural belongings currently housed in the Continue Reading →

Community, Health

A New Resource for Mi’kmaq and Indigenous Nurses in Nova Scotia

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Becoming a nurse requires hard work and dedication. For Mi’kmaq and Indigenous students in Nova Scotia, the journey has often come with unique challenges, from Continue Reading →

Health

Nova Scotia Health’s Mi’kmaw Indigenous Patient Navigators Focus On Building Relationships To Ensure Timely, Culturally Safe Care

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Nova Scotia Health’s Mi’kmaw Indigenous Patient Navigators (MIPN) are eager to get the word out about the services they offer to Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Shared Stewardship: Strengthening Connections Between NMAI and MDCC

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In July of last year, a group of conservators from the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) traveled to Mi’kma’kik for a unique and Continue Reading →

Community

Kjipuktuk (Halifax) Off-Reserve Women’s Chapter Bi-Election

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Community

Piktukewaq Women’s Group Chapter Re-Election

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Financial, Legal

Missing Information Deadline Set For Federal Indian Day School Settlement

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OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 4, 2024 – Individuals who have submitted a Claim Form for the Federal Indian Day School Settlement but have missing information must Continue Reading →

Award, Culture

Treaty Day 2024 ~ Halifax

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Each year at this time, Nova Scotians are encouraged to recognize the province’s long-standing treaty relationship with the Mi’kmaq and deepen their understanding of truth Continue Reading →

Culture, Health

NSNWA Opens a Resilience Centre in Millbrook First Nation

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NSNWA’s Resilience Centre What is it? A Resilience Centre is a place to provide Indigenous women-led, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate services and supports that infuse traditional Continue Reading →