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Link: http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/home/content/80057722.html
A new species of beetle has been discovered in Nova Scotia and it’s been named in honor of Glooscap, the mythical hero of the people of the Wabanaki Confederacy which includes the Abenaki, Mi’kmaq, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy and Maliseet peoples. [..]
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Link: http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=314612&sc=145
SYDNEY — The yearlong commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the baptism of Grand Chief Membertou begins New Year’s Day with a community feast in Membertou at St. Ann’s Church, beginning at 3 p.m.
Mi’kmaq elder Peter Christmas Sr. said the feast is a tradition that was started by his late father Ben Christmas, the first chief of Membertou.
“Maw-mijisultimk, that’s a gathering of people to have a feast,” said Christmas, adding its purpose was to “join in the sort of forgiveness of animosity.” [..]
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Link: http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1159703.html
In his second year of a master’s degree at Dal, Gloade is focusing on native restorative justice
GERALD GLOADE IS one 23-year-old who knows how to stay the course.
"Well, I finished my undergraduate degree and people suggested maybe taking a year off but I felt I had the momentum going, why would I stop?" he asked, laughing cheerfully. [..]
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