With no place to put him. George’s first office was in the hall way upstairs in the oyster plant.

Mi’kmaw journalist, George Paul of Eskasoni (aka PR GEORGE) has been MMNN most consistent contributor to the paper for the last 20 years. We asked George if he could write a special 30th Anniversary piece in honour of MMNN. This is what he wrote for us.

As we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Mi’kmaq Maliseet Nation News my connection to the paper started 21 years ago, when the Marshall Decision was upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada.

What occurred after was chaos at Burnt Church, New Brunswick where Mi’kmaw fishermen were rammed by DFO vess ...

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