Mi’kmaq History Month Gathering of our Mi’kmaq Honoring Kji Saqmaw Membertou
Ponhook Mi'kmaw Communty Memorial Park
Wagmatcook Elders Gathering- Speakers series – Waltis World Champion Feature
Wagmatcook Culture and Heritage Center- Great Hall 10765 NS-105, Wagmatcook
Week of Events
Mi’kmaq History Month Gathering of our Mi’kmaq Honoring Kji Saqmaw Membertou
Wasoqopa'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 all of our community members living on reserve and off reserve the opportunity to come together with other Mi'kmaw of Nova Scotia to honor Grand […]
Wagmatcook Elders Gathering- Speakers series – Waltis World Champion Feature
A 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 & Heritage. The Game of Waltes. Waites, also called woltestakun or altestakun is a kind of dice gamethought to be of pre-Columbian origin. It is played […]
Living History, 25 years after the Marshall decision
The 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 […]
Mi’kmaw Food and Knowledge Initiative
The 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 […]
Bear River First Nation Harvesters Gathering
The Harvesters Gathering has been held annually the 3rd week of October since 2014. The gathering starts with the lighting of a 4 day sacred fire, a smudge and a prayer. Throughout the week, we have meals to sustain our bodies, multiple activities, booths for learning and interactions, and a large potluck supper to close […]