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Orange Shirt Society
The Orange Shirt Society was formed in Williams Lake by the founders of Orange Shirt Day to encourage and support communities to recognize Orange Shirt Day and to support reconciliation events and activities.
Many Free Online Teacher Resources
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
The NCTR is a place of learning and dialogue where the truths of the residential school experience will be honoured and kept safe for future generations.
Atlantic First Nations Tech Services (previously known as 'Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk') provides technology related services to education and health facilities across Atlantic Canada's First Nation communities.
The Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre will be a meaningful and dynamic centre for Mi’kmaw people, and for visitors from across Nova Scotia, Canada and the world.
Treaty Education is a vehicle to begin the long-term journey, over generations, toward reconciliation. The Mi’kmaq and provincial government are working together to develop specific programs and services for the education system, provincial civil service and all Nova Scotians.These programs and services highlight the contributions of the Mi'kmaq. They help explain how the Treaties were significant building blocks for Nova Scotia and Canada and how we have all benefited from them.
A National Indigenous charitable organization with the mandate to educate and create awareness and understanding about the Residential School Systems, intergenerational impacts such as the removal of genereations of Indigenous children from their families, including sixities scoop.
The National Inquiry must look into and report on the systemic causes of all forms of violence against Indigenous women and girls. We must examine the underlying social, economic, cultural, institutional, and historical causes that contribute to the ongoing violence and particular vulnerabilities of Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
Mi’kmawey Forestry’s mission is:
“To support Mi’kmaw participation in the transformation of Nova Scotia’s forests through the practice and promotion of Netukulimk.”
Wisqoq/Black Ash
Wisqoq has unique features that enable it to be peeled into thin strips and bent which make it a preferred species for basketry, furniture, interior finish and as a veneer. Aboriginal Peoples of northeastern Canada and the United States historically and currently use Wisqoq in basket making, including the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia. Several Wisqoq hybrids and cultivars are used in landscaping.
Aboriginal People
This section hones in on many issues that are specific or unique to Aboriginal people in Canada, including the underreporting of crimes against Aboriginal people by news media and the unique challenges faced by Aboriginal people seeking to produce content for their own communities.
Aquatic life, and specifically the Fundy Watershed, is historically significant to the Mi’kmaq. From feeding our communities healthy food, to the spiritual significance of species like the American Eel & Salmon in ceremonies and feasts, the bounty of our oceans and streams and the protection of their habitat have always been at the forefront of our minds.
Since 1999, UINR–Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources has been Cape Breton’s Mi’kmaw voice on natural resources and environmental concerns.
UINR represents the five Mi’kmaw communities of Unama’ki–Eskasoni, Membertou, Potlotek, Wagmatcook, and We’koqma’q – and was formed to address concerns regarding natural resources and their sustainability.
Mi’kmaw Place Names Digital Atlas and Web Site was created to raise awareness of the deep connection the Mi’kmaq have to the landscape of Eastern Canada they call Mi’kma’ki, the place of the Mi’kmaq.
Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide- Treaties
Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide- Treaties
Peace and Friendship Treaties at the Nova Scotia Archives
Supreme Court of Canada
R.V. Marshall
Supreme Court of Canada
R.V. Sappier/Gray
Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
King vs. Sylliboy, 1928
The Education Centre provides our communities with Indigenous-based learning, STEAM programming, and educational initiatives across all four Atlantic Provinces.
Beverly Jeddore Mi'kmaq Resources
Beverly Jeddore Mi'kmaq Resources
Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Math
Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Math
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