News and Events

 

• ***INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY*** - There will be a gathering for the Nova Scotia Wampanoag Council and its community members on Saturday June 21st, 2025 to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day. Cultural displays will be set up. There will be food and drinks for attendees. Location is at 2381 Highway 3, Barrington, NS (Kiack Brook Gazebo). 11:00am - 3:00pm. The public is welcome.

• Diversity in Healthcare Bursaries 

• Cape Cod Times Article on Nova Scotia Wampanoag

• Wampanoag Massasoit Returns to Original Burial Site

• Presentation on Eastern Metis at Dalhousie University - Daphne Williamson and Seb Mallet

• Harry Daniels Case Appeal - Video Archive

• Coast Guard Newspaper Article about the MFC Treaty

• A treaty of cooperation and unity between the the Métis Federation of Canada and SWNM was signed on September 13th in Clam Point, Nova Scotia. Visit the pictures page for photos taken at the signing. Marilyn Cunningham, Paul Crowell, and Rick Crowell witnessed Chief Tony Cunningham signing the treaty.

• Supreme Court to hear landmark case for off-reserve aboriginal people

• Hatfield Decision Comes Down

• Canada v. Daniels Appeal Decision

• Trapper McKinnon Video on APTN 

• APTN Story on Nova Scotia Métis and Babin Decision

• The Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal People has released their report called The People Who Own Themselves. The Sou'West Nova Métis Community is included in the report.

• Chronicle Herald interview with Chief Tony Cunningham

• On 27 March 2012, the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples began a study on issues respecting the legal and political recognition of Métis identity in Canada, including: legal, political and cultural definitions of the Métis; and processes for enumeration and registration of the Métis. Other matters in relation to the broader question of identity, and which may be explored as part of the study, include: the eligibility of the Métis for existing federal programs and services; and the exercise of Métis Aboriginal rights, including those that may be related to lands and harvesting. Sou'West Nova Métis Council lawyer, Daphne Williamson spoke to the committee on behalf of the Sou'West Nova Métis community on November 6th, 2012.

• Video Link - Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples