‘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 ...
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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 ...
Government of New Brunswick memo prohibiting land acknowledgements an affront to reconciliation efforts
CUPE New Brunswick expresses profound disappointment in the Government of New Brunswick’s recently released memo that prohibits government employees from ...
La note de service du GNB est un affront aux efforts de réconciliation
Une note de service du gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick interdisant aux employés de la fonction publique de déclarer leur reconnaissance des ...
Whose land is it anyway?
A recent Government of New Brunswick (GNB) memo from October 14, 2021, has been making the social media rounds. In ...
Gilbert Sewell: Miꞌkmaꞌki’s best kept secret
Editor's note: Gilbert Sewell, a Mi'kmaw elder from Pabineau First Nation who worked to preserve Mi'kmaw stories, language and culture, ...
Mi’kmaq artist Tara Francis “transforming the traditions of the past into the voice of the future”
Tara Francis is a Mi'kmaq artist from Elsipogtog First Nation. She considers herself a contemporary artist, influenced by traditional techniques ...
“We are caretakers of the land”: Blueberry harvest about more than income
Indigenous participants in Maine's blueberry harvest might see the end of a longtime tradition with lasting impacts for Indigenous culture. ...
DFO is taking Mi’kmaw fishers’ traps in St. Peter’s Bay, Unama’ki (Cape Breton, NS)
In mid-October, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) seized around 200 lobster traps from Mi’kmaw fishers in Unama’ki (Cape ...
“We are here to protect our ancestors”: Treaty people come together in face of crisis
In October, treaty people on the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik organized a series of actions in defence ...
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