Art, Culture

Rose Michael The Artist Behind The Design Of RCMP Eagle Feathers

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There are little children everywhere playing while their mom beads the most beautiful original creations I have ever seen. They say if you support an Continue Reading →

Culture, Youth

Mount Celebrates Wi’kapaltimk Aqtapuk

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On February 1, 2018, the Aboriginal Student Centre and Office of the President at Mount Saint Vincent University hosted students, faculty and staff at the Continue Reading →

Culture, Youth

A New Opportunity For Mi’kmaw Voices

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The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) is giving the chance to one Mi’kmaw filmmaker to create a short film through the Languages of Nova Scotia Initiative. Continue Reading →

Culture, Legal

Chiefs Respond To HRM Council’s Cornwallis Statue Decision

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Members of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs (Assembly) listened intently to the discussions of the Halifax Regional Municipality’s (HRM) Council on the Cornwallis Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

The Wapane’kati Forest

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As a Mi’kmaw ecologist, or “Two-eyed seeing” ecologist, I’m very aware of our human and ancestral relationships as part of ecosystems. I am always asking Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

Canada’s Residential School Story Launches on Google Earth Voyager

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Ottawa – Residential schools for First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were first established in 1831 and ran for 165 years until 1996. This system Continue Reading →

Culture, Education

New Women’s Studies professor brings Indigenous feminist perspective to the classroom

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In her words: Learning from stories told by Indigenous women in NS Born and raised in scwha, L’sitkuk (known as Bear River First Nation), Nova Scotia, Continue Reading →

Community, Culture

Nation Mourns Loss

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Unama’ki – Humble, compassionate, dedicated, generous, community and nation minded are words that described Grand Chief Benjamin Sylliboy. For the Mi’kmaq these are important timeless Continue Reading →