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Rebecca Knockwood has been re-elected as chief of Fort Folly First Nation in New Brunswick. Knockwood received 43 votes while her lone opponent, Hanford Nye, received 24 votes in the band election ...
Pamela Marie Fillier says she would ask her daughter what she wanted to do when she grew up, and Hilary would say, “I don’t know, mom. I’m still a kid.” Hilary Bonnell was a “regular teenager” who was ...
Mi'kmaq author Theresa Meuse has written her third book, L'nu'k: The People/Photo by Stephen Brake Mi’kmaq author Theresa Meuse has written a book aimed at teaching children about the Mi’kmaq of ...
Three Indigenous groups in New Brunswick have launched separate legal actions against the provincial and federal governments. The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey First Nations are pursuing a title case and ...
Natoaganeg (Eel Ground) First Nation is one of five Indigenous communities that signed new funding agreements with the province after the termination of a 29-year-old deal./Government of New Brunswick ...
Bernadette Marshall, President of the Nova Scotia Native Women's Association/Photo by Stephen Brake Bernadette Marshall says it has always been her dream to have a centre just for Mi’kmaw women in ...
A news conference was held at the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax Feb. 21 to announce appeals against the Alton Gas storage project along the Shubenacadie River/Photo by Stephen Brake The ...
Schedule of events for Mi’kmaq Treaty Day in Halifax October 1, 2015 8:30 a.m. – Flag raising ceremony at Government House, 1451 Barrington Street 9:30 a.m. – Treaty Day Church Service at St. Mary’s ...
Pam Fillier talks about her daughter, Hilary Bonnell, at the MMIWG Inquiry in Moncton, N.B. The family of a New Brunswick Mi’kmaw teen who was raped and murdered by her cousin in 2009 wants tougher ...
The Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr. Prosecution has been completely digitized and uploaded onto the Nova Scotia Public Archives website/Photo by Stephen Brake The complete archive of a ...
Trevor Sanipass holds up a photo of his great-great-grandfather, Mi'kmaq Grand Chief John Denny, Jr./Photo by Stephen Brake Trevor Sanipass wants everyone to know about John Denny, Jr., the last ...