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Qalipu Launches Language Project

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Business, Culture

Mi’kmaw Cultural Tourism In Nova Scotia

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The recent media attention regarding the development project in Peggy’s Cove has generated a lot of discussion in both Mi’kmaw and non-Mi’kmaw communities. As many Continue Reading →

Culture, Health, Legal

The Fifth Anniversary Of The Final Report From The TRC

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Public Statement On The Fifth Anniversary Of The Final Report Of The Truth And Reconciliation Commission Of Canada Five years ago, we stood together with Continue Reading →

Culture, Legal

Seeking Input From Survivors In The Atlantic Regions

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In 2018/19, we began our mission to engage Indian Residential School (IRS) survivors and their descendants in a project of commemoration and reconciliation. Our intent Continue Reading →

Culture, Legal

Marking International Human Rights Day

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December 10th was the United Nations’ International Day for Human Rights. Typically, we would mark the day with a public event and presentation of the Continue Reading →

Culture, Music

Art As Resistance: Indigenous Musicians And Their Work

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A series of conversations with Rise Ashen and Wolf Castle When many Canadians think of the music of First Nations people, they might conjure up Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

From Birch Bark To Birch Boat

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October is known as Mi’kmaw History month, it gives us Mi’kmaq the chance to educate promote and celebrate our culture. This Mi’kmaw History Month, I Continue Reading →

Culture, Eco

First Phase Of Living Shoreline Restoration At Sitmu’k Complete

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On November 20th, Clean Coasts teamed up with staff from the Mi’kmaw Conservation Group (MCG) and The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq (CMM) to deploy 40 Continue Reading →

Business, Culture

Mi’kmaw Cultural Tourism In NS

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Cultural authenticity is at the heart of cultural tourism, and yet it is a very difficult concept to define. As we have been meeting with Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Library Funded For Moving Through Project

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Berwick, NS – The Annapolis Valley Regional Library has been awarded a $40,000 Anti-Racism Action Program grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage Multiculturalism Program. Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

L’sit’kuk Harvesters’ Gathering A Cultural Success

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Each year during Mi’kmaq History Month, the Mi’kmaw community of Bear River (L’sit’kuk) First Nation holds their annual Harvesters’ Gathering to celebrate, honour and give Continue Reading →

Business, Culture

Fiddler Morgan Toney Tuning Up For Debut Album

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