POTLOTEK, FIRST NATION — Potlotek First Nation residents are rejoicing because their water is clean. “It’s the first spring that I can remember that my water hasn’t… Read more “Potlotek residents grateful for new tap water system”
Tag: Mi’kmaq
Feminism needed in Indigenous communities says Membertou mother
Caroline (Kalo) Sylvester, a L’nu woman from Membertou First Nation, says feminism in Indigenous communities is needed to restore balance. “Our voices as women are important, our… Read more “Feminism needed in Indigenous communities says Membertou mother”
Mi’kmaw grandmothers share culture
A group of Mi’kmaw grandmothers is sharing its cultural knowledge and traditional stories in Membertou First Nation this week in hopes of preserving them before they’re lost.… Read more “Mi’kmaw grandmothers share culture”
Mi’kmaq Funeral rites
My work at The Walrus revolves around researching and fact checking stories. That means highlighting facts and double sourcing them. For “The End: How We Die Now,”… Read more “Mi’kmaq Funeral rites”
‘Always smiling’: Tiffany Peters remembered
I was in Fredericton when I got the news Tiffany killed herself. I knew Tiff. Not well, but I grew up with the Peters family on F street.… Read more “‘Always smiling’: Tiffany Peters remembered”
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”
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”
A Mi’kmaq seat at the table How a struggling but defiant First Nation came to claim Aboriginal title over a third of New Brunswick
Kenneth Francis knew about the smoke billowing from the Rexton blockade in eastern New Brunswick, the RCMP cars set ablaze, elders pepper-sprayed and protesters hauled away in… Read more “A Mi’kmaq seat at the table How a struggling but defiant First Nation came to claim Aboriginal title over a third of New Brunswick”
