Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative
75 Treaty Trail B6L 1W3 Truro, NS, Canada

We're looking for a Mi'kmaw Community Policy Liasion. Could it be YOU?? Click here for the full posting: https://mikmaqrights.com//Community-Policy-Liasion-Job-Pos

Hope to see you at our Benefits Virtual Community Session on Wednesday! This is where you will find us at 2pm! https://zoom.us/j/95782640857

Thank you to Shelley Denny of UINR !!

#novascotiastrong We remember those who were lost and those who risked their lives.

Baron Young, Senior Project Manager for NSPI, is moving from the Mersey file to a different region of Nova Scotia. Because of this, today was his last day as part of the Mersey Working Group discussions with the Mi'kmaw communities in that region. Baron has worked with NSP on the Mersey file for awhile and has worked closely with KMKNO’s team and the Mersey Working Group. We acknowledge Baron for the working relationship and respect he gave throughout his work with the Mi’kmaq.

We're trying a new time slot to see how we can best reach our audience! Join us live the afternoon of April 28th. If you can't make it, it will be recorded and posted at a later date!

Lots of talk in our communities about elver fishing. Here is the latest letter that we sent to DFO on this issue: https://mikmaqrights.com//2020-12-18-KMK-ltr-to-Jacinta-Be

As we mark Viola Robinson’s last day as Lead Negotiator with The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs and honour the incredible work she has done over the last 40+ years, we wanted to share a few of her inspiring words here. Thank-you for all you have done for our communities and the path you have forged for us all. Congratulations on your very well-deserved retirement!

Our Virtual Community Session is starting now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbHVwP3EWEE

Our Virtual Community Session featuring a discussion on Aboriginal Title and Treaty Rights is tonight! Join us at 6:30pm at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbHVwP3EWEE

We wanted to bring an upcoming event to your attention. Healthy Canadians and Facebook Canada have teamed up to present Your COVID-19 Vaccine Questions Answered, a live conversation with Dr. Theresa Tam - Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer; Dr. Howard Njoo - Deputy Chief Public Health Officer; and Dr. Evan Adams Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Indigenous Services Canada. This important conversation is happening Wednesday, March 31 at 2-2:30p.m. AST on Facebook Live. V...isit https://www.facebook.com/events/1090527104766724/ to RSVP and learn more. We thank you for being a part of the collective effort to fight COVID-19.

We hope you can join us for our Virtual Community Session on Wednesday evening at 6:30 pm! We will be discussing Aboriginal Title and Treaty Rights.

Congratulations to our KMK team member, Angelina Amaral, for becoming the newest L'nu to be elected to the NS Barristers Society Council yesterday!! https://nsbs.org/2021-cou/halifax-council-election-results/

A second release just issued by the Assembly:

This weekend marked the end of the Netukulimk Livelihood Fishery season for three of our communities - Potlotek, Eskasoni and Pictou Landing. As per their community's agreed upon plan - they fished according to the long-held traditional philosophy of Netukulimk and on December 13th, pulled their gear out of the water on the date set by their communities. While the initial season of exercising our Right to a Moderate Livelihood wasn't without some conflicts - overall, the h...arvesters here had a successful season and we are extremely proud of them, and all our community members who are out exercising their Treaty Rights. Thank you to those communities who invited KMK in to work alongside you as your community members honoured our ancestors, Donald Marshall Jr.'s fight, and our Mi'kmaw Treaty Rights. Wela'lioq! #mikmaq #livelihood #treatyrights See more

Media Release just issued by the Assembly:

We're very excited to see the panels from the Solar for Community Buildings Project being installed! We were happy that KMK and the Assembly were able to help facilitate these solar projects in many of our Mi'kmaw communities, and we're looking forward to more solar being installed across Mi'kma'ki soon!

KMKNO is so pleased to have been part of the process to bring this property to the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre. A 30-bed shelter, ten room shared housing use and seven one to two bedroom modular units is greatly needed by our urban population!

This posting closes today at 4pm! Looking for a Governance Team Project Manager!