Culture
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Millbrook Cultural & Heritage Centre: Preserving and Understanding Mi’kmaq Culture with Knowledge Keepers
Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre 65 Treaty Trail, Millbrook Mi'kmaw Community, NS, CanadaPreserving and Understanding Mi’kmaq Culture with Knowledge Keepers with Kerry Prosper Date: October 20th, 2022 Tim: 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm Topic: History of Mi'kmaq Fish and Hunting with Kerry Prosper. […]
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Millbrook Cultural & Heritage Centre: Preserving and Understanding Mi’kmaq Culture with Knowledge Keepers
Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre 65 Treaty Trail, Millbrook Mi'kmaw Community, NS, CanadaPreserving and Understanding Mi’kmaq Culture with Knowledge Keepers with Michael R. Denny Date: October 25th, 2022 Tim: 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm Topic: History of Kojua (Old Style Mi'kmaq Dance) with […]
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Birch Bark Canoe Launch
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic SiteKejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site Saturday, October 1st at 10:00am Merrymakedge Beach (P4) Join Mi’kmaq artisan, Todd Labrador, his family, and the Kejimkujik team as we launch the […]
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Mi’kmaq History Month Gathering of our Mi’kmaq Honoring Kji Saqmaw Membertou
Ponhook Mi'kmaw Communty Memorial Park , CanadaWasoqopa'q First Nation is unique in the fact that the whole First Nation encompasses communities. This event will take place in the Ponhook Mi'kmaw Community, this event will be for […]
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Wagmatcook Elders Gathering- Speakers series – Waltis World Champion Feature
Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Center- Great Hall 10765 NS-105, Wagmatcook, Nova Scotia, CanadaA Presentation from the World Walter 2024 Champion, The Display of the winning Waltes Games, and Presentation of Appreciation plaque from Chief and Council and Director of Community Culture & […]
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Tuesday Night Talk, free at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaMi’kmaw artists are creating a wide range of imaginative and beautiful work using the skills and traditions of basketry weaving given to them by their elders and ancestors. Peter J Clair is one of nine artists presented in The Art of Mi’kmaw Basketry (FORMAC publishing), which was released in 2023. Peter was among the first […]
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Living History, 25 years after the Marshall decision
Eltuek Arts Centre 170 George St., Sydney, Nova Scotia, CanadaThe Marshall Case stands as a beacon in the history of Indigenous treaty rights in Canada, its waves rippling through the legal and cultural landscape of our time. At the heart of this landmark ruling is Donald Marshall Jr., a Mi’kmaw from Membertou, Unama’ki, Cape Breton, whose name would come to echo through the chambers […]
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Fall Food Festival (Carving Workshop With Michelle Sylliooy)
Potltoek Fishery DomeWe are hoping to host a weeklong event centered around the Fishery Industry. We have applied to the Gord Downie Blanket Fund for the majority of our events. We just did a workshop with Michelle Sylliboy and thought it would be a great addition to our Fall Lineup. We are applying to you to cover […]
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Wasoqopa’q First Nation Harvest Feast
Rose Purdy Recreation Field 15 Burbine Street, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, CanadaThe Wasoqopa'q First Nation Harvest Feast will be held on October 5th, with festivities starting at 1:00 PM at the Rose Purdy Recreation Field. The event will feature traditional Mi'kmaw dance, crafts, a Big Bounce, and a Bingo Bonanza, along with live music from The Relatives. Food will be served from 2:00 to 3:30 PM, […]
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Mi’kmaw Food and Knowledge Initiative
Millbrook Community Hall. 820 Willow St, Truro, Nova Scotia, CanadaThe Mi'kmaw Food and Knowledge initiative is to further educate our staff about Mi'kmaw culture by facilitating food-focused workshops that promote sharing knowledge pertaining to traditional Mi'kmaw foods, their nutritional value, how to harvest the ingredients, and how to prepare for consumption. ln 2007, the Government of Canada released an updated version of the Canada […]