Paul (PJ) Prosper was re-elected chief of Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation, N.S. Nov. 19/Photo by Stephen Brake Paul (PJ) Prosper has been elected for a second consecutive term as chief of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw ...

The former chief of the Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia is facing assault charges in two separate cases. Michael Patrick Sack, 42, is charged with aggravated assault for allegedly wounding ...

After hearing testimony over a four-week period, the jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon in the trial of the former finance director of the Sipekne’katik Band accused of misappropriating ...

RCMP located missing teen Mary (Molly) Martin after searching in a wooded area along Canoe Lake Road near Gabarus, N.S./Photo of helicopter by Stephen Brake A 14-year-old girl from We’koqma’q First ...

Scientists and researchers have completed six years of study in Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia to determine if the polluted effluent being pumped into nearby Boat Harbour is making ...

Jeremy Dutcher performed songs from his debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, at Sappyfest on Aug. 4/Photo by Stephen Brake Wolastoq opera singer and Polaris Music Prize nominee Jeremy Dutcher ...

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 ...

Mi'kmaw Family and Children's Services's office building in Indian Brook First Nation, N.S./Photo by Stephen Brake An Indigenous agency that provides child protection and family support services to ...

The Membertou First Nation is the latest Mi’kmaw community to withdrawn from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs and the Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office. In a news release issued on ...

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.

Mi’kmaq artist Leonard Paul has been drawing since he was three years old. His earliest childhood memory is of his mother coming home with a colouring book for him. “I can remember being on the ...

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 ...