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Oscar Baker III

Oscar Baker III

Mi’kmaw and Black journalist. Freelancer. 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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    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

    Mi’kmaq couple start backyard beekeeping business

    A Mi’kmaq couple has started a beekeeping business in New Brunswick hoping to help save the declining pollinators. Tayla Simon, a stay at home mother of two,… Read more “Mi’kmaq couple start backyard beekeeping business”

    October 21, 2018October 21, 2018 by oscarbakeriii

    Mi’kmaq couple opens their own loan business at Elsipogtog First Nation

    Buffy Peters and Quentin Sock say they knew people in their community who needed financial help. They hated having to track down the person and ask for… Read more “Mi’kmaq couple opens their own loan business at Elsipogtog First Nation”

    October 18, 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

    Invasive beetle destroying New Brunswick’s ash trees – and threatening Mi’kmaq basket making

    An indiscriminate ash tree killer has been spotted in northern New Brunswick and poses a threat to the province’s entire ash population.    The emerald ash borer can destroy 99… Read more “Invasive beetle destroying New Brunswick’s ash trees – and threatening Mi’kmaq basket making”

    July 23, 2018July 23, 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

    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”

    November 20, 2017April 30, 2018 by oscarbakeriii

    ‘It’s … insulting’: Mi’kmaq warrior chief says of Canada’s 150th celebration

    As Canada celebrates its 150th year of Confederation, Mi’kmaq Warrior Chief, John Levi, says First Nations people are still struggling with poverty and he’s made a call to action to remind… Read more “‘It’s … insulting’: Mi’kmaq warrior chief says of Canada’s 150th celebration”

    January 25, 2017 by oscarbakeriii

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