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Meet the 69-year-old TikTok influencer spreading Dakota knowledge and love

Sherry Whitehawk in Yorkton, Sask., blends food and traditional knowledge in her videos to spread some grandmotherly wisdom.

Why these Mi'kmaw dancers are teaching others the traditional ko'jua dance

Mikmaq in the New Brunswick community of Metepenagiag had the opportunity to learn about a traditional Mikmaw dance and songs on Friday.

First Nations pool players meet at world championship tournament in Las Vegas

Two First Nations men from the Maritimes chanced to meet among thousands of players in Las Vegas for the2024 BCA Pool World Championships.

Storytelling project helps newcomers and Indigenous people find shared narratives

Storytelling project WhereWeStand brings together Indigenous and newcomer artists to explore what stories they share.

Wolastoqey fishers say proposed elver fishery shutdown infringes on treaty rights

Last week, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) issued letters to commercial licence holders that it will not renew licences ahead of the elver season that typically starts in late March.

2 Afro-Indigenous writers say telling their own stories helps empower youth

This Black history month, two Afro-Indigenous women say by telling their own stories they're helping empower youth.

Mi'kmaw communities on Cape Breton Island dig out from massive snowfall

Some Mi'kmaw communities on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia are still digging themselves out after a multi-day storm blanketed the areain nearly a metre and a half of snow in some places.

4 First Nations athletes become inaugural Nikanus Red Dress Leadership Award winners

The new award recognizes Indigenous women and girls for leadership in sport, culture and community in Atlantic Canada.

Project to offer Wolastoqew day school survivors in New Brunswick specific healing programs

The Wolastoqey TribalCouncil Inc. wasrecently awarded a $100,000 Bell Let's Talk Diversity Grant to provide healing programming over the next three years, includinghosting cultural events and a gathering of survivors.

We'koqma'q First Nation raises signs as part of MMIWG campaign

Two new signs along TransCanadaHighway 105 passing through We'koqma'q First Nation in Nova Scotia are meant to shine a light on the ongoing issueof missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.