Mikmaw

Shelby Arsenault-Ellands is providing health care just a few roads away from where she grew up.Arsenault-Ellands, a registered nurse, is a member of Lennox Island First Nation. She's now working at the Lennox Island Health Centre as a…

Ashley Sanipass connects most with the beading she did of two nuzzling bears — one of 12 pieces that represent the months of the Mi'kmaw calendar. In English, the month would be called September, but in Mi'kmaw, it's called Wikumkewiku's,…

Sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter Deedee Austin, of Abegweit First Nation, has swept up the Music Nova Scotia Awards. Austin won awards in two categories: Indigenous Artist of the Year and New Recording Artist of the Year. She was…

A Cape Breton family is calling for changes to the health-care system after an investigation found hospital staff likely failed to provide proper care to their loved one before she died.Bridget Anne Denny, 65, was taken to the Cape Breton…

A Métis business owner in Fredericton, and a Mi'kmaw artist from Oromocto First Nation have joined forces to create a t-shirt that will be worn across the country when Canada marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.Beth Crowell,…

Uplifted by the beauty of the city and the cheers from the crowd, two Mi'kmaw runners from Unama'ki, known as Cape Breton, N.S., finished the 126th annual Boston Marathon on Monday. Leurette LaBobe said she did it for her kids. "My son…

Ryan Francis, a 27-year-old Mi'kmaw man, is one of three finalists for the NHL's Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award for his work with the Nova Scotia-based Indigenous Girls Hockey Program. The program, which operates in Truro, Eskasoni …

Canada cut the lucrative Maritime commercial baby eel fishery by 14 per cent this week and gave that quota to Mi'kmaw bands to implement a treaty right to earn a moderate living from fishing. The quota cut is being closely watched because…

The Mi'kmaw teachings of the four directions have been brought to larger-than-life proportions by an artist in New Brunswick who has created giant snow sculptures representing traditional hand-carved wooden masks. Gordon Sparks, who is…

Hay bales typically used to feed livestock are being used as a temporary barrier to protect one of Nova Scotia's sacred Mi'kmaw sites. Chapel Island (Mniku) in Cape Breton has been damaged by storms that brought high winds and rain in…