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 ...

Freeman Douglas Knockwood, 86, received the 2016 Order of Nova Scotia on Oct. 12/Photo by Stephen Brake A respected Mi’kmaw elder who overcame adversity in his life so he could help and empower others ...

Former AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine, second from left in front, is named in a lawsuit filed by the Sipekne'katik Band/Photo by Stephen Brake A former Assembly of First Nations National Chief is ...

A new art gallery that will showcase both Mi’kmaq artifacts and contemporary Mi’kmaq art has officially opened in Liverpool, N.S. The Sipuke’l Gallery, owned and operated by the Acadia First Nation, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Mi’kmaw leaders are accusing Fishery and Oceans Canada, or DFO, of systemic racism after two Mi’kmaw fishermen from Unama’ki (Cape Breton) were forced to walk along the highway at night without their ...

Former NSNWA president Cheryl Maloney, right, has filed a human rights complaint against Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil/Photos by Stephen Brake The former president of the Nova Scotia Native Women ...

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 ...

Diana Lewis is the program coordinator for the indigenous studies minor program at Dalhousie University./Photo by Stephen Brake A Mi’kmaq academic is in charge of a new indigenous studies minor ...

Playwright shalan joudry performing one of the characters in her new play, KOQM, at the Ship's Company Theatre in Parrsboro, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake Mi’kmaw poet and storyteller shalan joudry says ...