Venturing out onto New Brunswick’s Richbuctou River, Jordan Takkriuq and his friends were ready to learn how the Mi’kmaq ice fish. Takkriuq is Inuk from Gjoa Haven,… Read more “Lured by love of ice fishing, Inuk man learns Mi’kmaq techniques in N.B.”
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L’nu artist begins beaded portrait series with elders and traditional medicines
One of the smallest Mi’kmaw communities in New Brunswick hosts a dynamic father-daughter duo. Ashley and Christopher Sanipass help ground youth culturally in their Indian Island community,… Read more “L’nu artist begins beaded portrait series with elders and traditional medicines “
19-year-old Elsipogtog man starts cosmetics and skin care business
The owner of a new cosmetics business in New Brunswick hopes his business can create more space for two-spirit people to be themselves. Michael Sage Augustine, 19, launched Runningbear… Read more “19-year-old Elsipogtog man starts cosmetics and skin care business”
Indigenous communities in N.B. say climate change is threatening their way of life
Cecelia Brooks remembers a time when the deep forest of New Brunswick was so cold, snow could still be found in its depths in August. That rarely… Read more “Indigenous communities in N.B. say climate change is threatening their way of life”
Elsipogtog First Nation
Elsipogtog (pronounced El-see-buk-tuk) First Nation is a Mi’kmaq community about 91 km northwest of Moncton, New Brunswick. Known for many years as Big Cove, in 2003 the First Nation officially changed its name to… Read more “Elsipogtog First Nation”
Honouring Black-Indigenous Bloodlines
Isaac Crosby is Anishinaabe and Black, and he wants his family’s history to be seen. “I come from two of the strongest cultures on this Earth,” said… Read more “Honouring Black-Indigenous Bloodlines”
Mi’kmaq lead billion-dollar sea change
Last fall, Mi’kmaq harvesters were met with violence as the Sipekne’katik First Nation launched its “moderate livelihood” fishery in St. Marys Bay, 250 kilometres west of Halifax.… Read more “Mi’kmaq lead billion-dollar sea change”
HEROES OF 2020: Residential school survivor helps Mi’kmaq reconnect with their culture
Clark Paul is an Eskasoni hero. The 74-year-old is a residential school survivor and in the midst of a four-year battle with bladder cancer, nevertheless he is… Read more “HEROES OF 2020: Residential school survivor helps Mi’kmaq reconnect with their culture”
A History of Violence
Night sinks in deep. It’s August 2009; I’m 18 years old, six-foot-nothing, and brown: half-Black, half-Mi’kmaq. I’m eight beers deep, which is nothing for Kent County, New… Read more “A History of Violence”
Oscar Baker III 