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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 women learn skilled trades while building housing for their community

    Three Mi’kmaw women are helping build a brighter future for their community of Elsipogtog First Nation, one house at a time. Olivia Gehue, Devonya Levi and Diana Augustine are carpenter apprentices and started… Read more “Elsipogtog women learn skilled trades while building housing for their community”

    June 8, 2022 by oscarbakeriii

    Elsipogtog volunteers open soup kitchen to help those struggling with addictions

    The people behind a soup kitchen at Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick say it’s a way to meet the needs of the community’s most vulnerable and to let people… Read more “Elsipogtog volunteers open soup kitchen to help those struggling with addictions”

    October 1, 2021 by oscarbakeriii

    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”

    August 31, 2021 by oscarbakeriii

    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

    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”

    December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 by oscarbakeriii

    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”

    March 10, 2020June 27, 2020 by oscarbakeriii

    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”

    June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 by oscarbakeriii

    ‘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”

    December 17, 2018 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

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