Based on the input and discussions had at the Dec 15th 2025 MRA meeting in Truro, the MRA executive recommends that the following plan of action be adopted by the MRA: 1. The MRA executive will immediately write another formal letter to the Province, cc’d to the Governor General, Minister of Indian Affairs, Prime Minister,…
Micmac Rights Association members meet in Truro to respond to Provincial threats
TRURO, N.S. – Over 60 members of the Micmac Rights Association (MRA) packed a conference hall in Truro on Sunday, December 14, 2025 for a meeting addressing what many participants described as a provincial “declaration of war” on Mi’kmaq treaty rights. The meeting brought together owners and representatives of Mi’kmaq truckhouses and trading posts from…
Micmac Rights Association Responds to AG Scott Armstrong
Scott Armstrong is the Attorney General of the Province of Nova Scotia, yet he does not appear to understand Canadian law or the authority and jurisdiction attached to his office. Yesterday, he held a press conference directing the RCMP to raid all on and off reserve Mi’kmaw truckhouses lawfully selling cannabis in accordance with inherent…
Legal victory as 42 charges stayed against Greenwolf Cannabis!
The Micmac Rights Association legal team, led by former National Chief Delbert Riley, scored another major legal victory on Monday, November 24th in Kentville Provincial Court in Nova Scotia! A total of 42 criminal charges were stayed against Micmac Rights Association executive member Cody Ward, as well as Brian Sherman, Keegan Stevens, Tyler Keddy and…
Victory for Sack Vegas Trading Post and MRA legal team as Charter and s. 35 challenge result in withdrawal of all charges
DARTMOUTH – On November 20, 2024, RCMP officers made a warrantless entry into the Mi’kmaw owned Sack Vegas Trading Post on Sackville Drive, claiming to be in “hot pursuit” of someone from a traffic stop. But the facts didn’t support hot pursuit or any real emergency. Once inside the Mi’kmaw Truckhouse, Constable Christopher Graham unlawfully arrested…
Crown drops charges to avoid constitutional challenge over Chief Del Riley’s representation of Mi’kmaq people
Crown Prosecutor Len MacKay stays Excise Act and Criminal Code charges against Connor Paul and Scott Paul in Amherst Provincial Court. AMHERST, NS – Crown Prosecutor Len MacKay dropped serious charges against two Mi’kmaq men in order to sidestep a constitutional showdown over whether former National Chief Delbert Riley can represent Indigenous defendants in court….
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Sept 17th 2025 Statement from the Mi’kmaw gathered at Tqamuoweye’katik (Hunters Mountain) Unamaki, Eastern Mi’kma’ki (Cape Breton, NS)
Mi’kmaw may add their names to the statement here: https://forms.gle/Rbbzz6bHLTqgctrR6. We are the Mi’kmaq heirs of the unceded and sacred lands of our ancestors. We issue this statement on behalf of the Mi’kmaw people who are currently protecting our Nation’s resources, title and rights at Tqamuoweye’katik (Hunter’s mountain). —————————————————————————————————- 1. Collective Representation Now and Beyond…
Mi’kmaw land protector hopes that sharing his son’s story will help protect Hunter’s Mountain
Frederick Sylliboy holding a plaque that was made to honour his son Kris. Photo: Angel Moore/APTN.
Mi’kmaq Media Team Detained by RCMP
On September 13th, 2025 the MRA Media Team was out on assignment, documenting the devastation of unceded Mi’kmaw lands on Hunter’s Mountain. The team was being surveilled by a helicopter they later identified as an Airbus H125, a common civilian helicopter but also used by the Nova Scotia RCMP as requested from the federal branch….