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Mi’kmaw leaders are accusing Fishery and Oceans Canada, or DFO, of systemic racism after two Mi’kmaw fishermen from Unama’ki (Cape Breton) were forced to walk along the highway at night without their ...

TRC Chair Justice Murray Sinclair (right) and Commissioner Chief Wilton Littlechild visit the former site of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School Oct. 12, 2011/Photo by Maureen Googoo I didn’t ...

Michelle Glasgow is the first female chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake Michelle Glasgow says she is still in shock at becoming the first woman to be ...

A new art gallery that will showcase both Mi’kmaq artifacts and contemporary Mi’kmaq art has officially opened in Liverpool, N.S. The Sipuke’l Gallery, owned and operated by the Acadia First Nation, ...

Susan Holt gathered with supporters after election night results, some of which included Chief Allan Polchies from Sitansisk/Photo contributed by Liberal Party of New Brunswick Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Donna Morris looks at the Mi’kmaq petroglyphs at Kejimkujik National Park, she sees history. “There’s a picture of a caribou. There’s a picture of a little missionary man that goes back to the ...

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 ...

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The fishery trial for Jordan Chasse, George Denny, Nathan Toney and Jonathan Johnson in Digby Provincial Court was adjourned on Jan. 15 due to technical difficulties connecting all parties via ...