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Inaugural Mi’kmaq event set for this weekend in Bay of Islands

The Elmastukwek Mawio’mi is a grassroots effort to revive an old Mi’kmaq tradition that involves people coming together and sharing in stories, music, food and ceremony, say organizers.

June 10, 2016

# first nations

“It’s opening up knowledge about our past”: Mi’kmaw Chief

Stephen Augustine, a Hereditary Chief on the Mi'kmaq Grand Council, says a new free online course he is teaching from Cape Breton University about Mi'kmaq…

January 17, 2016

Still no inquiry into missing, murdered Indigenous women year after Loretta Saunders’ death

More Indigenous women have been murdered since Labrador Inuk Loretta Saunders was found dead alongside a highway in N.B. last February. But Canada still refuses…

February 13, 2015

Citizenship and aboriginal children

Why forcing medical treatment on aboriginal Canadians isn’t as simple as forcing it on other Canadians, but we should probably do it anyway

November 24, 2014

To Each Their Own

Tyrannosaurus Rex and the rude “natives”

Rex's latest rant comes from a place of fear. It's a place that other Canadians must not hesitate to confront.

October 22, 2013

Turning the Tide

Corner Brook residents march in solidarity with Elsipogtog

What the violence in Elsipogtog and the show of support from coast to coast means for our community

October 21, 2013

View From The Mainland

Innu-vate, don’t perpetuate

The CBC has apologized for its problematic coverage of Innu communities. But that's only the tip of the iceberg.

October 11, 2013

“The timing is right for all this to happen”

Exploding onto the North American and global music scene with a powerful, innovative sound, Aboriginal DJ collective 'A Tribe Called Red' is creating a soundtrack…

July 18, 2013

Mining the Land: the resource industry in Nunavut

Mining brings challenges but also immense opportunities to the North

May 6, 2013

To Each Their Own

In praise of landlords

After all, they let us get away with a lot

January 29, 2013

The case of Theresa Spence and the barely spoken racism of Canadian media

The swift slide from unreasonable to mad

January 27, 2013

View From The Mainland

Tiny Tim needed more than turkey

...and so do a growing number of Canadians

December 15, 2011

Traditional Voice

Defining our culture

Our columnist reflects on the meaning of 'culture'...

John Nick Jeddore

November 4, 2011