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 ...

A second Mi’kmaw person is running in the Nova Scotia election. Bryson Syliboy is the New Democratic Party candidate in the provincial riding of Richmond in Cape Breton. If elected, Syliboy would be ...

Rose Basque recalls when her late husband, William Basque, wrote the poem, Sma’knis, back in 1992. She said he had trouble going to sleep one night. “He said, ‘Oh my God. My mind is going really fast.

Grand Chief Membertou gave his gourd to his godfather Charles Robin, shortly after being baptised at Port Royal, N.S. in 1610/Photo by Stephen Brake A unique piece of Mi’kmaw history is part of a new ...

A Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw fisherman says he has a constitutionally protected treaty right to catch and sell fish because he is a direct descendant of the Mi’kmaw Grand Chief who signed one of the Peace ...

The leader that represents the Passamaquoddy people in Canada says they’re moving closer to receiving status by the Canadian government. “Well it seems like it is coming to fruition,” Chief Hugh Akagi ...

Rap/Hip-Hop musical acts dominate the Aboriginal Artist of the Year category at the East Coast Music Awards this year.

A trial involving three Mi’kmaw fishermen who say they were exercising their treaty right to fish for a living when they were charged with fishery offences is currently underway in Digby, N.S. James ...

Two Mi’kmaw fishermen from the Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia are upset with the amount of fines they received following a sentencing circle for lobster fishing out of season. A provincial ...

Crew members aboard the boat, The Lady Carol 1, remove lobster from traps before measuring the lobster and banding their claws/Photo by Stephen Brake Terrence Augustine said his first week of lobster ...

An Indigenous agency that provides child protection and family support services to First Nation communities in Nova Scotia is suing the province’s second largest Mi’kmaw First Nation after it was ...

The lawyer (from this site) representing three Mi’kmaw women challenging a proposed permanent court injunction filed by the Alton Natural Gas Storage Project wants all current work at the site to stop ...