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Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services sues Sipekne’katik following order to leave community
Mi'kmaw Family and Children's Services's office building in Indian Brook First Nation, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake An Indigenous agency that provides child protection and family support services to ...
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Remembering William Basque, the Mi’kmaw veteran behind the poem, Sma’knis
Rose Basque recalls when her late husband, William Basque, wrote the poem, Sma’knis, back in 1992. She said he had trouble going to sleep one night. “He said, ‘Oh my God. My mind is going really fast.
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Sentencing of former Sipekne’katik Band Finance Director adjourned until Oct. 28
Lawyer Luke Craggs and Jeffrey Hayes leave the courtroom June 16 after a jury found Hayes guilty in theft, fraud trial/Photo by Stephen Brake The sentencing of a Halifax man convicted of stealing and ...
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Mi’kmaq Treaty Day 2019 message: More political action needed to protect treaty rights – Kji-Keptin Antle Denny
An Honour to Veterans March took place in downtown Halifax Oct. 1 to mark the 33rd annual Mi'kmaq Treaty Day/Photo by Stephen Brake The Kji-Keptin of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council, or Santé Mawio’mi, says ...
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Women’s group complete research into effects of Boat Harbour pollution
Scientists and researchers have completed six years of study in Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia to determine if the polluted effluent being pumped into nearby Boat Harbour is making ...
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Money stolen from Sipekne’katik Band to build luxury house to be returned
Former Sipekne'katik Band Finance Director Jeffrey Hayes used $133,000 of band funds to build a luxury home at 22 Kittiwake Ridge, Halibut Bay, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake A Nova Scotia court has ...
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Fisheries Court Cases Roundup: February 19-23, 2024
A two-day trial got underway for Daniel Francis and Trent Francis in Dartmouth Provincial Court on fishery obstruction charges. Both men, who are members of the Pictou Landing First Nation near New ...
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Prosper elected to third term as Chief of Paqtnkek
Paul (PJ) Prosper was re-elected Chief of Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation on Nov. 24./Photo by Stephen Brake Paul (PJ) Prosper has been elected to serve a third term as chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation in ...
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Daughter of Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash upset with Halifax MMIW pre-inquiry meeting
Left: INAC Minister Carolyn Bennett and Patty Hadju, Minister of Status of Women/Photo by Stephen Brake. Right: Mi'kmaw activist Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash/Photo courtesy of Facebook. The daughter of a Mi ...
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First Nation communities in New Brunswick fight for land rights in landmark title cases
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 ...
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Former Sipekne’katik finance director gets 2 years in prison for fraud, theft
Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, right, with his lawyer, Luke Craggs, centre, arrive at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax for his sentencing hearing/Photo by Stephen Brake The former Director of Finance for ...