A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has reserved his decision in a court case that involves the treaty right to fish to earn a moderate livelihood. Leon Knockwood, 27, James Nevin, 38, and Logan ...

Lawyer Michael McDonald, left, with Mi'kmaw fishermen Logan Pierro-Howe, Leon Knockwood and James Nevin outside of the courthouse in Digby, N.S., on Sept. 1, 2022/Photo by Stephen Brake A trial ...

Lobster harvesters with Potlotek Mi'kmaw Nation, N.S. set traps in St. Peter's Bay on Oct. 1, 2020/Photo by Stephen Brake The co-chair of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs says negotiations ...

Jeff Hayes, left, arrives at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax with his lawyer, Luke Craggs, for Day 2 of his jury trial on May 17/Photo by Stephen Brake The crown will present final arguments to ...

A two-day trial got underway for Daniel Francis and Trent Francis in Dartmouth Provincial Court on fishery obstruction charges. Both men, who are members of the Pictou Landing First Nation near New ...

Oscar Baker said he received no Indigenous education while he studied journalism at St. Thomas University in Fredericton. Baker, a Mi’kmaw with the Elsipogtog First Nation in New Brunswick, said ...

City Native's (from left) Gearl Francis, Brandon Arnold, Shelby Sappier and Blake Francis show off their third ECMA award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year/Photo by Stephen Brake City Natives have ...

Urban Paul says he experienced a lot of racism after he and his mother moved from the Mi’kmaq community of Eskasoni, N.S. to Halifax when he was five years old. “Some things were hard to […] ...

Jeremy Dutcher holds up a piece of red paper to the camera near the end of my interview with him via Zoom. The paper reads “Woliwon,” which means thank you in the Wolastoqey language, and we spend a ...

Summer Bennett, left, DT Surgeon, middle, and Lorna Lovell, right, are nominated for 2024 Indigenous Artist/Group of the Year/Photos contributed Three Indigenous artists have been nominated for an ...

I love reporting on Indigenous news in Atlantic Canada. There is no news website dedicated to covering Indigenous news and issues in the Atlantic region. I’ve always wanted to be run my own news ...

Three Indigenous groups in New Brunswick have launched separate legal actions against the provincial and federal governments. The Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqey First Nations are pursuing a title case and ...