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August 2012

Community, Education

Dalhousie University Job Posting

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Business, Community

NS Mi’kmaq Can Now Post on Provincial Tenders Website

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The province is helping Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw communities secure better contracts by posting tender notices on the provincial government tenders website. “Glooscap First Nation recently Continue Reading →

Education

Mi’kmaw Graduates 2016

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ESKASONI Sipekne’katik Pictou Landing More Graduates

Community, Legal

MCPEI congratulates Chief Matilda Ramjattan in Re-election

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Charlottetown, PEI – The Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI is congratulating the participants in the Lennox Island First Nation election, held June 11, 2016. In particular, Continue Reading →

Business, Community

Building a vibrant economic future for Atlantic Canada

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Federal Ministers and Atlantic Premiers announce the launch of an Atlantic Growth Strategy following a meeting on Atlantic Canada’s economy St. Peters Bay, PEI – Continue Reading →

Youth

Sipekne’katik shows their love for Andrew

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It’s a parent’s worst nightmare when you find out that your child is sick, and that’s exactly what happened to John and Juanita Marr of Continue Reading →

Education

Gold Medal for film

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We would like to congratulate our son Levi Marshall (Pictured Right) for winning two Gold Medals at this year’s National Skills Competition that were held Continue Reading →

Community, Health

One daughter’s fight to come out as trans—with support from her dad along the way

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Or what not to say to the parents of a transgender child. Jude and Koda Gerrard are a father and daughter living in Halifax. Their Continue Reading →

Obituaries

Mi’kmaq teacher Elsie Basque was a revered role model

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One of Canada’s oldest residential school survivors, Elsie Basque became not only the first Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia to earn a teaching certificate, but a Continue Reading →

Culture

Nova Scotia Federal Caucus – First Nations Summit

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On June 20, 2016, 13 First Nation Chief’s from Nova Scotia filed out of their hotel in Ottawa and onto two shuttles sent from Parliament Continue Reading →

Culture, Legal

Truth and Reconciliation Process and the “The Catholic Church Math”

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When we think of the “Truth and Reconciliation Process” (“Process”) regarding Residential Schools, one might believe this to be the start towards a healing process. Continue Reading →

Culture, Legal

The Rights of the Mi’kmaq

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Despite being one of the first tribes to have contact with Europeans, our culture and people have survived. The Mi’kmaq are resilient people that stand Continue Reading →