Tag: Tobique First Nation

Maliseet Gas Bar

As you pass through Tobique First Nation on Route 105 you’ll pass by the Maliseet Gas Bar.   Like nearly allof our small rural stores, the Maliseet Gas Bar is a multi-service kind of business! In addition to typical convenience store stock, the business carries a selection of nifty...

We Carry Each Other’s Memories…Residential School Survivor Commemoration

On July 13th a black granite sculptured monument was unveiled at Tobique First Nation to commemorate the residential school survivors.   The monument is topped with a sculpture of a leaping salmon to honour the children who were taken from their homes, families and communities.   Like the salmon,...

Another Perspective on Canada Day

In a printed editorial it was stated that we all have reasons to get involved in the St.Croix anniversary and by extension Canada Day celebrations, that there have been winners and losers, and that this anniversary is a time of celebration, for others an occasion for somber commemoration, and...

New and Modern Treaties and the Continuing Manipulation of Our People

New and modern treaties means dealing with new and modern fascist Nazis. New and modern Nazis but with the same old violent attitude and mind set that white is right and that might is right.   These new and modern Nazis, just as with Hitler’s Nazis, have absolutely no...

Will hemp & medical marijuana come to tobique first nation?

Tobique First Nation is stepping boldly into the future to help their community, and the world, by exploring ways to begin medical marijuana and hemp production.   Surrounding communities should give this endeavour their full backing and endorsement as the benefits of local hemp production will be enormous.  ...

From the Editor…

AH! Spring has officially sprung. And this year the weather and temperatures are much more like normal, that is, frozen and cold, so it appears, so far, that there is no flood danger this year. This is of course a huge relief for the citizens of Perth-Andover. But, naturally...

Hidden history comes to light

For over 100 years Canada’s Indian, Metis and Inuit children were taken from their families and sent to institutional settings called residential schools, sometimes forcibly, sometimes under threat of incarceration if parents did not cooperate and always with the deception that what was being done was in the best...

Neqotuk Health Center

The Neqotuk Health Center at Tobique First Nation provides a holistic healing environment for all patients who visit the clinic. By embracing and displaying community cultural aspects, this health center celebrates Aboriginal art, history and traditions. The spiritual aspects of patients’ health issues are addressed along with the physical....