Sipekne’katik First Nation lobster harvesters sue feds, non-Indigenous fishers
Lawsuit alleges RCMP, DFO failed to protect Mi’kmaw harvesters, while fishermen’s association encouraged the violence.
Sipekne’katik First Nation
How the feds’ moderate livelihood fishing policy fell apart
Documents show DFO is surveilling Mi’kmaw communities to keep tabs on treaty fishing but has few policy options to respond
Feds should be held accountable for violence against Mi’kmaw fishery: MP
‘They sat on their hands, and somebody could have been killed,’ says Gord Johns
Federal government agencies ‘complicit’ in violent attacks on Mi’kmaw harvesters: Chief
‘Maybe the joke is on us for expecting anything different,’ says Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack
DFO, RCMP knew violence was coming but did nothing to protect Mi’kmaw lobster harvesters: Documents
Records reveal feds were more concerned about policing Mi’kmaw fishery than protests aimed at it.
Students learn how to snare and clean a rabbit, the Mi’kmaw way
Class is to ‘close the gap of colonization’ for Mi’kmaw students.
Sipekne’katik First Nation refuses to negotiate away treaties, calls off talks with Canada
‘A dirty move in my mind’ Chief Mike Sack says as negotiations fail.
Mi’kmaw chief wants RCMP Commissioner gone, treaties honoured
Mike Sack says community may take case to United Nations
Respected chief leaves two Mi’kmaw political organizations because of ‘distrust’ over moderate livelihood plans
‘My confidence in the operations of the organization have weakened over time,’ says Terry Paul