FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2017 Membertou, N.S – Thirteen Mi’kmaq communities from across Nova Scotia announced they are coming together for a significant opportunity to participate in the commercial fishery. An announcement made by Chief Terrance Paul, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs Co-Chair, speaking on behalf of the
Author: Hailey Isadore
Mi’kmaq Have a RIGHT to fish in Nova Scotia Waters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2017 The Mi’kmaq have a constitutional Right to harvest for a Moderate Livelihood. In the 1999 Donald Marshall ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada found that a series of Treaties signed in 1760-61 by Mi’kmaq and the British Crown are still valid, and that there