An Indigenous adaptation of a Shakespeare play will be part of Neptune Theatre’s upcoming 2023-24 season. Pawâkan Macbeth written by Reneltta Arluk, is scheduled to be performed at Neptune Theatre in Halifax, N.S. Oct. 3-8. [...] The post Indigenous play part of Neptune Theatre’s upcoming season appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

Editor’s note: This story was updated to include details of court proceedings that took place on Mar. 6. Several trials involving the treaty right to catch and sell fish are slated to get underway in [...] The post Elver eel fishery trials set for Mi’kmaw fishermen in Dartmouth Court appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

Debbie Tucker and Ann Marie Harley with the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia wanted to find a way to raise more awareness about the impact Indian residential schools had on Indigenous people in Canada. [...] The post Finding the way Forward exhibit unveiled at the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

A Nova Scotia provincial court judge has dismissed fishery charges against three Mi’kmaw lobster fishermen who argued they had a constitutionally protected treaty right to catch and sell fish to earn a moderate livelihood. In [...] The post Nova Scotia judge dismisses charges against three Mi’kmaw fishermen appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

Michelle Glasgow says she is still in shock at becoming the first woman to be elected chief of Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia. “I don’t even know how to describe it in words,” Glasgow [...] The post “It’s wild.” Sipekne’katik First Nation elects first female chief appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

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 Pierro-Howe, [...] The post Nova Scotia judge reserves decision in treaty fishing rights case appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

A lawyer who is representing several Mi’kmaw fishermen in three separate fishery trials in Nova Scotia says the federal government is using the courts to limit where his clients can practice their treaty fishing rights. [...] The post Mi’kmaw lawyer says federal government wants to limit treaty rights in Marshall decision through the courts appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

A trial involving three Mi’kmaw fishermen who say they were exercising their treaty right to fish for a living when they were charged with fishery offences is currently underway in Digby, N.S. James Nevin, 38, [...] The post Moderate livelihood treaty right at centre of fishery trial in Nova Scotia appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

An Indigenous agency that provides child protection and family support services to First Nation communities in Nova Scotia is suing the province’s second largest Mi’kmaw First Nation after it was ordered to leave one of [...] The post Mi’kmaw Family and Children’s Services sues Sipekne’katik following order to leave community appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.

A Mi’kmaw fisherman who is fighting fishery charges against him on constitutional grounds will return to court in October to set a trial date. Cory Francis, 53, appeared before Judge Paul Scovil in provincial court [...] The post Mi’kmaw fisherman to set date for trial on constitutional challenge in October appeared first on Ku'ku'kwes News.