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The Healing Powers Of A Hand Drum

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Culture, Health, Legal

Federal Indian Day School Settlement Claims Process Now Open

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Culture, Health

New FNs Health Services Provider Appointed In Halifax

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In November 2019, The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq’s (CMM) Kenny Prosper the long-time serving Hospital Interpreter Liaison announced that after 25 years of serving community Continue Reading →

Culture, Health

Cape Breton University Researchers Awarded $850,000.00 Grant

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CBU Researchers Awarded $850,000 Research Grant for the Re-Discovery of an L’nu Traditional Medicine Working alongside Elders and knowledge-holders in Membertou First Nation, Dr. Matthias Continue Reading →

Education, Health

Atlantic Indian Day School Settlement Training Workshop

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From November 19 to 21, the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APC) hosted an Atlantic Indian Day School Settlement Training Workshop at Continue Reading →

Community, Health, Jobs

Three Cheers For Kenny Prosper

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The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq is at once delighted and saddened to announce that Kenny Prosper, the hospital interpreter Liaison in Halifax, officially retired from Continue Reading →

Health, Jobs

Brenda Christie – APC

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My name is Brenda Christie and I am a new member of the APC in the role of Resolution Health Support Worker (RHSW). As a Continue Reading →

Health

Study Finds Barriers To Healthy Foods Are Eroding Food Security For FNs

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Decade-Long, Mega-Study Finds Barriers To Access To Healthy Traditional Foods Are Eroding Food Security For First Nations OTTAWA – On November 6, the Assembly of Continue Reading →

Health

Mi’kmaq Social Development: A Step In The Right Direction

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Since August 2011, the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs (Assembly) and the Social Development Administrators (SDAs) from all thirteen Mi’kmaq communities began working together Continue Reading →

Community, Health

New President Elected For The NS Native Women’s Association

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On September 14, 2019, during its Annual General Assembly, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) elected Lorraine Whitman as its new president. Ms. Whitman Continue Reading →

Community, Health

$22.1M Invested In Three Projects In Eskasoni

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“I am very pleased to announce that we will be investing over $22.1M in three important projects right here in Eskasoni” It was a rainy Continue Reading →

Community, Health

Funding For NB Infrastructure Improvements

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EEL RIVER BAR — The provincial and federal governments have announced funding for water, wastewater and infrastructure improvements in northern New Brunswick. Eel River Bar Continue Reading →