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Oscar Baker III

Oscar Baker III

Mi’kmaw and Black journalist.Winner of the David Adams-Richards award for non-fiction writing for the story, “The Violent Ones.” oscarbakeriii@gmail.com twitter: @oggycane4lyfe

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    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”

    August 24, 2021 by oscarbakeriii

    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”

    April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 by oscarbakeriii

    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”

    July 31, 2018 by oscarbakeriii

    Living for a laugh

    I remember sitting tableside with my mother in the kitchen a few months ago. She had just invited another neighbour in for coffee. I sat listening to… Read more “Living for a laugh”

    December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 by oscarbakeriii

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    • Wolastoqiyik communities will get three sisters plants in a bag to reintroduce traditional food
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    • L’nu artist begins beaded portrait series with elders and traditional medicines 

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