Category Archives: Video

The Association for the Survivors of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School react to the announcement that former students of residential schools across Canada will be compensated for the abuse and neglect they all suffered while attending such schools. Nora Bernard … Continue reading →

Mi’kmaq youth from the Indian Brook First Nation spent a weekend hunting for moose in the Cape Breton Highlands in October 2005. The trip was organized by the Indian Brook RCMP detachment. Mi’kmaq Youth Moose Hunt from mgoogoo on Vimeo.

In September 2005, Donald Marshall, Jr. spoke on behalf of fishermen and women from the Membertou First Nation who felt they were not making enough money from the current fishing licenses the band received from the Department of Fisheries and … Continue reading →

Todd Labrador of the Acadia First Nation builds traditional Mi’kmaq birch bark canoes using only materials that were available to his ancestors. In August 2005, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic invited Labrador to construct a canoe for the museum. … Continue reading →

In 2002, John Babin of Eel Brook, N.S. was charged with illegally catching fish without a license. In August 2005, Babin talked about his court case in which he argues he has a right to catch fish because he is … Continue reading →

In July 2005, the Canadian government declared the annual St. Anne’s Mission in Chapel Island First Nation, N.S. a national historic site. To mark the occasion, Mi’kmaq canoeists representing the seven Mi’kmaq districts of the Mi’kmaq Nation paddled to the … Continue reading →

In 2005, Mi’kmaq historian Daniel Paul wrote an editorial for a Halifax newspaper stating there are no people of Metis heritage living in Atlantic Canada. The Confederacy of Nova Scotia Metis replied to Paul’s article, arguing there is indeed Metis … Continue reading →

In 2005, Jack Hatfield talked about his court case over Metis hunting rights in Nova Scotia. Hatfield, who was charged with shooting a deer without a license, argued he has a right to hunt for food or ceremonial purposes because … Continue reading →