Mikmaw

Nova Scotia

Ottawa to fund emergency management co-ordinators in 8 Mi’kmaw communities

The federal government announced on Wednesday it will invest $2.4 million over five years to fund emergency management co-ordinators for eight Mi’kmaw communities: Wasoqopa’q,…

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Nova Scotia

Lawsuit launched by family of Mi’kmaw woman in N.S. claims negligence in her death

The mother of an Indigenous woman who died in hospital with fungal meningitis says her daughter’s race may have played…

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Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaw beaders repair damage on 100-year-old relics

Armed with needle, thread, tweezers, magnifying glass and shish kebab sticks, two expert Mi’kmaw beaders have been tasked with preparing some…

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Nova Scotia

Meet the 3 Mi’kmaw women competing to be Miss Indigenous Canada

From their small communities in Mi’kma’ki, to the bright lights of a national pageant stage, these three Mi’kmaw women are vying to be…

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Nova Scotia

Fire damages cabins on sacred Mi’kmaw island in Cape Breton

A fire has damaged several cabins on an island in Cape Breton that is considered a sacred place for the Mi’kmaq. …

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Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaw STEM summer camp brings learning out of the classroom

It’s a sunny Friday morning on the Bras d’Or Lake shoreline in Cape George, Richmond County.  Brothers Luke and Kent…

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Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaw society unveils its plan for the first lacrosse facility in Atlantic Canada

A Halifax-based Indigenous group is hoping to build a new community hub that would be Atlantic Canada’s first dedicated lacrosse…

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Nova Scotia

Mi’kmaw youth culinary camp blends past, present

Ava Prosper loves to bake, but the We’koqma’q First Nation high school student has more than cake and cupcakes on…

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Nova Scotia

Fisheries minister announces external review of Mi’kmaw fishermen’s case

Two Mi’kmaw fishermen who were dropped off in the middle of nowhere in rural Nova Scotia in their sock feet on a…

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Nova Scotia

History written in stone: Tours offer glimpse of Mi’kmaw petroglyphs

On the shoreline of Kejimkujik Lake not far from Merrymakedge Beach, Jonathan Oickle crouches over a large outcropping of slate rock. He dampens the…

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