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August 7, 2012

Education, Legal

Only The Mi’kmaq Know Who Is Mi’kmaq

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The Challenge with Self-Identification and recent court decisions Europeans and western governments have worked for centuries to oppress and eliminate the Indigenous peoples of Canada. Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Sipekne’katik Powwow 2018

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Photo Collection.

Education, Youth

Millbrook Day Care Gets Upgrades

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Millbrook Early Education Centre adds natural play area as a place for ‘play and learning’ just in time for the new school year. There has Continue Reading →

Education, Health

World Suicide Prevention Day

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Focusing on Hope Hope, Help and Healing. The Three H’s refer to the three phases of suicide prevention, intervention and postvention; the before, during, and Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

Junior University Helps Prepare Indigenous Teens For Careers In Health

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Business, Culture

NSITEN Signs Indigenous Tourism MOU And Funding Agreement

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For the Board of Directors of the Nova Scotia Indigenous Tourism Enterprise Network (NSITEN) it has been a one year journey to finally signing a Continue Reading →

Education

Northumberland Strait Coastal Restoration Project Seeks Community Input, Help to Choose Site

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The Northumberland Strait Coastal Restoration Project Team is conducting a Community Knowledge Survey to gather Community input about tidal wetlands and needs your help identifying Continue Reading →

Education

Mi’kmaw Elder, Two-Eyed Seer Recognized

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Albert Marshall is a highly respected and much loved Elder of the Mi’kmaw Nation who lives in Eskasoni First Nation in Unama’ki (Cape Breton). Known Continue Reading →

Education

Renewed Agreement Supports Mi’kmaw Students

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Mi’kmaw students attending public schools will continue to receive the programs and services they need to succeed, thanks to a renewed five-year education agreement between Continue Reading →

Health, Legal

Grand Opening of the Wagmatcook Court

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Nova Scotia’s first Aboriginal Wellness and Gladue Court was officially opened and celebrated in Wagmatcook First Nation today, June 21, marking National Indigenous Peoples Day. Continue Reading →

Community

Apprenticeship Program Trains 16 People

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Sixteen people from Mi’kmaw communities in Cape Breton are receiving specialized apprenticeship training and work experience to achieve Red Seal carpentry certification, filling the need Continue Reading →

Education, Youth

News from L’nu Sipuk Kina’muokuom

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Where has the time gone. I can’t believe that our L’nu Sipuk Kina’muokuom (LSK) school has been open for 10 years. It has been ten Continue Reading →