A Mi’kmaw chief in Newfoundland and Labrador is leading an effort to bring home the skulls of two Beothuk individuals currently being stored at a Scottish museum. Mi’sel Joe, chief of Miawpukek First ...

Darlene Gilbert, right, testified as a survivor during Day 2 of MMIWG inquiry hearings in Membertou, N.S. on Tuesday/Photo by Stephen Brake More stories of pain, survival and seeking justice were ...

Pam Fillier talks about her daughter, Hilary Bonnell, at the MMIWG Inquiry in Moncton, N.B. The family of a New Brunswick Mi’kmaw teen who was raped and murdered by her cousin in 2009 wants tougher ...

Kara Paul wants to see more Aboriginal youth earning degrees in the health sciences at Dalhousie University. That’s why she started the junior university program in 2011. “We wanted to make sure ...

Creative writers and artists should seek permission from families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls before publishing their work, panelists told an audience in Halifax on April 18.

I didn’t learn anything about the Indian residential school system when I went to school in Nova Scotia in the 1970s and ’80s. In fact, I didn’t learn much about aboriginal history and culture in […] ...

[ November 5, 2024 ] “Like night and day”: First Nations in New Brunswick hopeful for negotiations with Liberal government NB [ October 20, 2024 ] New Brunswick elections: First Nations ask parties to ...

The family of Loretta Saunders gave public testimony during Day 1 of the MMIWG inquiry hearings in Membertou,N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake The family of slain university student Loretta Saunders and two ...

More than 1,600 athletes from the 13 Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia have gathered this week in Membertou First Nation to compete in the 2016 Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games. It’s the second time ...

Mi’kmaw activist Elizabeth Marshall says Kluscap Mountain in Cape Breton, N.S. is sacred and should remain protected from any mining activity. “That’s where our people go to do fasts. That’s where our ...

Millbrook First Nation Chief Bob Gloade has only one person challenging him for top position in the upcoming band election February 26. Barry Gloade, 58, who works as Director of Post Secondary ...

Jeff Hayes, left, arrives at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax with his lawyer, Luke Craggs, for Day 2 of his jury trial on May 17/Photo by Stephen Brake The crown will present final arguments to ...