The Rug Hook Guild Nova Scotia unveiled its art exhibit, Finding the way Forward, at the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, N.S. on Feb. 1, 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake Debbie Tucker and Ann ...

Three Indigenous groups in New Brunswick have launched separate legal actions against the provincial and federal governments. The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey First Nations are pursuing a title case and ...

Matthew Cope, 36, aboard his lobster boat, Mystique Lady, in Digby, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fisherman says he has a constitutionally protected treaty right to catch and sell ...

Daniel Francis, centre, with supporters during a court appearance at Dartmouth Provincial Court in March 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake There were three fishery-related court cases in Nova Scotia ...

When Donna Morris looks at the Mi’kmaq petroglyphs at Kejimkujik National Park, she sees history. “There’s a picture of a caribou. There’s a picture of a little missionary man that goes back to the ...

Rebecca Knockwood, left, is seeking re-election in Fort Folly First Nation election Nov. 23. Hanford Nye (right) is also running for chief/Photos contributed Fort Folly First Nation Chief Rebecca ...

Robert Syliboy said he was reluctant to drop his lobster traps in St. Mary’s Bay this week. “If I put my gear in the water today, it would likely be gone by tomorrow,” the Mi’kmaw fisherman said on ...

As of Sept. 1, nine First Nations in Atlantic Canada have yet to submit their financial audit to AANDC./Photo by Stephen Brake Nine First Nations in Atlantic Canada have missed the July 31 deadline to ...

Sipekne'katik Chief Mike Sack outside of the DFO office in Meteghan, N.S. on Aug. 16, 2021/Photo by Stephen Brake The chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia was arrested and questioned ...

When Halifax Regional Municipality named Rebecca Thomas it’s poet laureate for 2016-2018, she became the first Mi’kmaw to hold that position it was first established in 2001. Since then, the ...

Andrea Paul has been elected to serve a third term as chief of Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia. Paul, 44, received a total of 179 votes, beating out her opponent Alden Joseph (AJ) Francis, ...