by Noelle Doucette & Tanya Johnson-MacVicar, MMNN Contributor
(L-R) Lillian B. Marshall and Chief Wilbert Marshall, very excited to see the altar returned. Photo by Tanya Johnson MacVicar
Grey skies didn’t dampen the spirits of hundreds who travelled to Chapel Island (Mniku) a traditional gathering and spiritual home for the Mi’kmaw people to attend the historic return of a long removed French Altar. On July 20th, people from Mi’kmaki territory and the surrounding regions came to take part in a traditional Mi’kmaw welcoming ceremony-Mi’kmawey Kwetaluktatimk- which took place on the shores of Chapel Island (Mniku), now a National Historic site o ...
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