Local Family Creates Crafts Together Cellar Dweller Crafts
Doug and Sheila McKinley, along with their son Logan and daughter Cheyanne, operate Cellar Dweller Crafts out of their home in Rowena. Doug makes a wide variety of wood crafts, shelves and wooden ornaments and takes custom orders. Sheila, who is the Art Instructor at Southern Victoria High School,...
Maliseet Language Project
There are estimated to be about 6,500 different languages spoken in our world today. This might sound like a lot, but there have been even more languages that have been lost. When we lose the language of any cultural group we lose a piece of living history, and...
RESPECT SELF, RESPECT THE TALKING CIRCLE
Aboriginal people use methods, which are non-confrontational and non-adversarial, of reaching agreement or consensus that are in keeping with values fundamental to their world view and spirituality. The circle is not just a symbol, it is the model by which their society and thought are structured. A Talking Circle...
New Brunswick’s Electrical Odyssey
Mark Connell graciously granted us permission to reprint this essay. Originally published in 1998, the devastating environmental and economic effects of the NB Hydroelectric system described in this essay are even more obvious and pronounced today. It is time to reclaim our river! Mark Connell April 1998 As a...
From the Editor…
As I sit down to finally write the editorial this week I am unsure where to begin. I recently read the Flood Mitigation Report for Perth-Andover and Tobique First Nation as well as many news articles about the report and its recommendations. I have heard and read many comments...
Brothers From Tobique Receive ECMA Nomination
Two brothers from Tobique First Nation have just been honoured with a nomination for Best Aboriginal Music from East Coast Music Awards. Morgan Nicholas, who is nearly 18, and Kameron Nicholas, who is just about to turn 17, began writing music and performing freestyle rapping together about 4 years...