Four artists piled hundreds of hours of work over the past month, all in an effort to showcase their art at this year’s World Junior Hockey Championships in… Read more “World Jr. Championships player of the game awards feature art from 4 Wabanaki artists”
Category: Features
Mi’kmaw brothers’ military careers continued their family legacy of service
A pair of Mi’kmaw brothers from Pabineau First Nation in New Brunswick who both served more than two decades in the Canadian Armed Forces say they took what they learned from… Read more “Mi’kmaw brothers’ military careers continued their family legacy of service”
Artist shows meaning of Mi’kmaw months with beaded calendar
Ashley Sanipass connects most with the beading she did of two nuzzling bears — one of 12 pieces that represent the months of the Mi’kmaw calendar. In English, the month would… Read more “Artist shows meaning of Mi’kmaw months with beaded calendar”
Mi’kmaw youth learn some new skills at welding camp
Eight Mi’kmaw childen and youth received hands-on welding training in the centre of their community last week. Elsipogtog First Nation, about 90 kilometres north of Moncton, hosted a week-long… Read more “Mi’kmaw youth learn some new skills at welding camp”
Elsipogtog First Nation’s 2nd Pride parade shows ‘the pride in everyone’
Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick held its second Pride parade Wednesday evening to celebrate the 2SLGBTQ community in the Mi’kmaw First Nation. Patrice Dedam took part in the Pride celebrations with… Read more “Elsipogtog First Nation’s 2nd Pride parade shows ‘the pride in everyone’”
Lured by love of ice fishing, Inuk man learns Mi’kmaq techniques in N.B.
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.”
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 “
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”
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 