‘We want our home back’: Mi’kmaq land protectors
A Mi’kmaq group in so-called Nova Scotia are fighting for their treaty rights. At a recent environmental gathering in Tatamagouche, ...
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Two-Spirit Mi’kmaq: A journey of self-discovery and acceptance
Editor’s note: To mark Elsipogtog Pride earlier this month, Manny Simon wrote this personal essay, with editorial support from Anna-Leah Simon. ...
Transformative Elsipogtog youth program needs funding
In Elsipogtog First Nation, on the land where trees remember and rivers carry stories, there’s a place where healing begins ...
The land remembers: Indigenous views of sustainability
Sustainability isn’t a modern concept; it’s an ancient way of life that has guided Indigenous communities for generations. For Mi’kmaq ...
Higgs villainized teachers, Indigenous people in debate performance
During last week’s debate, Blaine Higgs was asked by moderator Clare MacKenzie about the flyers that Campaign Life Coalition has ...
La famille Vautour reconstruit le camp Kouchibouguac rasé par Parcs Canada et la GRC
Malgré les barrières de béton et les fossés mis en place au début d'avril 2023 par le personnel de Parcs ...
Vautour family rebuilds Kouchibouguac camp razed by Parks Canada, RCMP
Despite concrete barriers and ditches put in place in early April 2023 by Parks Canada staff and the RCMP, members ...
Elder Freda May Augustine shares stories from Elsipogtog
My auntie Soggii Freda May Augustine was born May 20, 1936 and raised in Big Cove Indian Reserve, also known ...
‘It’s not dying, it’s slowly coming back’: Mi’kmaq language revitalization in Elsipogtog
Wenju’su’n means apple in Mi'kmaq. It is the combination of wenuj, meaning French person, and su’n, meaning cranberry. My dad ...
Ten years since RCMP raided anti-fracking camp near Elsipogtog
Ten years ago, on October 17, 2013, a heavily militarized intervention took place near Elpsipogtog, where peaceful land defenders were ...
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