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“We can’t use our treaty rights to fish.” Mi’kmaw fishermen upset with fines following sentencing circle for fishery offences
A sentencing cirlcle was held for Zachery Nicholas, left, and his father, William Nicholas, in Pictou Landing First Nation, N.S. on Dec. 8, 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake Two Mi’kmaw fishermen from the ...
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Moderate livelihood treaty right at centre of fishery trial in Nova Scotia
Lawyer Michael McDonald, left, with Mi'kmaw fishermen Logan Pierro-Howe, Leon Knockwood and James Nevin outside of the courthouse in Digby, N.S., on Sept. 1, 2022/Photo by Stephen Brake A trial ...
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Next step for Sipekne’katik lobster harvesters in moderate livelihood fishery is selling catch
Crew members aboard the boat, The Lady Carol 1, remove lobster from traps before measuring the lobster and banding their claws/Photo by Stephen Brake Terrence Augustine said his first week of lobster ...
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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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Angry mob trap Mi’kmaw fishermen at a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia
An angry mob of non-Indigenous lobster fishermen trapped two Mi'kmaw fishermen inside a lobster pound in West Pubnico, N.S. and set a van on fire on Oct. 13/Photos courtesy of Jason Marr An angry mob ...
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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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Canada needs tougher laws for sex offenders, mother of slain teen tells MMIWG inquiry
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 ...
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MMIW series: Remembering the women from the Maritimes
For lawyer, writer and Indigenous activist Patricia Doyle-Bedwell, Dec. 8, 2015, was a day filled with excitement and joy. She had just heard the news of the federal government’s plan to launch a ...
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Mi’kmaw lawyer says federal government wants to limit treaty rights in Marshall decision through the courts
Mi'kmaw fisherman Leon Knockwood from Sipekne'katik First Nation, at the wharf in Weymouth, N.S. in Sept. 2019. Knockwood is one of several Mi'kmaw fishermen charged illegally fishing for ...
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Mi’kmaq artist Alan Syliboy publishes book, The Thundermaker
Mi’kmaq multimedia artist Alan Syliboy can now add published author to his list of many talents. Syliboy, from the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia, has written and illustrated his first book ...
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Protecting Mi’kmaq Petroglyphs in Bedford, Kejimkujik National Park
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 ...
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Mi’kmaq Elder Doug Knockwood receives Order of Nova Scotia
Freeman Douglas Knockwood, 86, received the 2016 Order of Nova Scotia on Oct. 12/Photo by Stephen Brake A respected Mi’kmaw elder who overcame adversity in his life so he could help and empower others ...