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 sentencing cirlcle was held for Zachery Nicholas, left, and his father, William Nicholas, in Pictou Landing First Nation, N.S. on Dec. 8, 2023/Photo by Stephen Brake Two Mi’kmaw fishermen from the ...

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 ...

A two-day trial got underway for Daniel Francis and Trent Francis in Dartmouth Provincial Court on fishery obstruction charges. Both men, who are members of the Pictou Landing First Nation near New ...

Rebecca Thomas, 31, is Halifax's poet laureate until April 2018/Photo by Stephen Brake When Halifax Regional Municipality named Rebecca Thomas it’s poet laureate for 2016-2018, she became the first Mi ...

Newfoundland and Labrador cabinet minister Lisa Dempster said it was emotional for her as she followed high school students who took part in the Trail of Caribou Pilgrimage earlier this month. “I was ...

Danielle Cyr is a co-author of Nta'tugwaqanminen - Our Story: Evolution of the Gespe'gewa'gi Mi'kmaq/Photo by Stephen Brake Danielle Cyr, a specialist in Algonquian languages and comparative ...

Paul (PJ) Prosper was re-elected Chief of Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation on Nov. 24./Photo by Stephen Brake Paul (PJ) Prosper has been elected to serve a third term as chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation in ...

Left: INAC Minister Carolyn Bennett and Patty Hadju, Minister of Status of Women/Photo by Stephen Brake. Right: Mi'kmaw activist Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash/Photo courtesy of Facebook. The daughter of a Mi ...

Mi’kmaw communities in Newfoundland and Labrador are disappointed by the recent announcement made by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to end the cod moratorium. The federal government introduced the ...

Lawyer Michael McDonald, left, with Mi'kmaw fishermen Logan Pierro-Howe, Leon Knockwood and James Nevin outside of the courthouse in Digby, N.S., on Sept. 1, 2022/Photo by Stephen Brake A trial ...

Michelle Glasgow is the first female chief of Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake Michelle Glasgow says she is still in shock at becoming the first woman to be ...