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 ...

Urban Paul says he experienced a lot of racism after he and his mother moved from the Mi’kmaq community of Eskasoni, N.S. to Halifax when he was five years old. “Some things were hard to […] ...

Dan Christmas, 60, from Membertou First Nation, N.S. was appointed as a non-partisan senator Oct. 27/Photo by Stephen Brake Dan Christmas, who has devoted most of his career working to better the ...

The Kji-Keptin of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council says despite progress, more work still needs to be done to improve the nation-to-nation relationship between the Mi’kmaq, Canada and the Province of Nova ...

Mi'kmaq lawyer Naiomi Metallic has set up a community development foundation for her band, Listuguj in Quebec./Photo by Stephen Brake A recent land claim settlement for Listuguj, Que. has inspired a ...

Catherine Benton is the first Mi'kmaw women judge in Nova Scotia/Photo courtesy of the Executive Office of the Nova Scotia Judiciary Catherine Benton is the first Mi’kmaw woman judge in Nova Scotia.

A recent land claim settlement for Listuguj, Que. has inspired a band member to set up a community development foundation aimed at helping her community. Mi’kmaq lawyer Naiomi Metallic says the ...

The Sipekne’katik First Nation is suing the Nova Scotia government over regulations that oversee fish and seafood sales from fish harvesters to buyers, calling them ...

Five weeks have been set aside in May and June 2016 for the trial of a Halifax man accused of defrauding the Sipekne’katik Band. The jury trial for Jeffery Cecil Hayes, 60, is set to […] Kukukwes.com ...

Zamirra Paul, 4, from Tobique First Nation, N.B., receives mail from strangers while she undergoes chemotherapy treatment at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ont./Photo contributed by ...

Mi’kmaw leaders and athletes from across Nova Scotia gathered in Potlotek Mi’kmaw Nation Sunday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games and the proclamation of the ...

The National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations is calling on the federal government to stop criminalizing treaty rights and end the harassment and intimidation of Mi’kmaw fishers on the waters. ...