by Carol Busby

For the past 20 plus years Mise’l John Prosper has been the main person behind producing the Mi’kmaq Maliseet Nations News. Originally started about 30 years ago by then Executive Director Danny Paul with the assistance of then Editor Tim Bernard, the paper has managed to be produced on a monthly for these past year.

The paper as many of you know is a First Nation owned, community focused monthly newspaper with a particular expertise in Mi’kmaw culture. The objectives of the newspaper are to celebrate and lift people up/lift their spirits with an emphasis on positive stories and success stories in the Mi’kmaw community, to archive and record history, to e ...