FEBRUARY 27, 2023 – Fresh off of a successful second meeting of more than 40 Micmac Rights Association members from nine different Micmac communities (including Eel River Bar, Elsipogtog, Eskasoni, Indian Brook, Listuguj, Membertou, Millbrook, Pictou Landing, and Whycocomagh) the Micmac Rights Association is stepping up its support for Micmac people facing criminalization for exercising their…
Category: Aboriginal Rights
Developing a Section 35 Aboriginal and Treaty Right to Cannabis Framework for Millbrook First Nation
View PDF Version here. Prepared by Chief Del Riley and Tom Keefer on behalf of the Micmac Rights Association, February 24th, 2023. Introduction The following draft text has been developed using the framework of affirming a Section 35 Aboriginal and Treaty Right to cannabis. Sections 25 and 35 of the Canadian Constitution were means of…
We stand with Daniel Francis!
Daniel Francis is a Micmac fisherman from Pictou Landing who currently resides in Millbrook First Nation. On September 11th 2021 he was charged with “obstructing a fishery officer” and had his lobsters and reefer truck stolen from him while exercising his constitutionally protected Aboriginal and Treaty Rights. At 9:30am Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 Daniel will…
An open letter to the Indian Act Chief and Council of Millbrook First Nation concerning the need to abolish the Construction and Development Moratorium Bylaw 2021-01
Add your name to the letter by clicking here. We are writing this letter to object to the continued application of the “Construction and Development Moratorium Bylaw 2021-01” of Millbrook First Nation to us as Micmac Indians living on our own unceded lands in Millbrook and Cole Harbour. This bylaw, which was passed without consultation…
Momentum grows as Micmac Rights Association holds second biannual meeting
Association selects executive and creates a Micmac Rights defence fund to support those targeted in the exercise of their rights. MILLBROOK FN – On January 28th, 2023, the Micmac Rights Association held its second biannual meeting in the Millbrook First Nation community hall. The meeting, which went from 10am to 4pm, was a great success,…
Fighting for sovereign Micmac rights in Ugpi’ganjig
The Caplin brothers are on the front lines of the Micmac fight for economic sovereignty. By Dispensing Freedom February 6th, 2022 Near the mouth of the Restigouche River, between the border of New Brunswick and Quebec in the Bay of Chaleur, lies Ugpi’ganjig, or Eel River Bar First Nation. This Micmac* community belongs to the sovereign,…
Micmac Rights Newsletter #4
The fourth edition of the Mi’kmaq Cannabis Newsletter has been published. Hard copies are available from participating Mi’kmaq Cannabis stores, and the PDF version of the newsletter can be viewed here. A higher quality (32mb) version of the newsletter is available for download here.
Upcoming Micmac Rights events and actions
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RCMP raid Bear Buds in Eskasoni to enforce provincial laws on Indigenous lands
Bear Buds in Eskasoni First Nation, Mi’kmaw territory was raided by the RCMP detachment in Eskasoni on Thursday, Jan 18, 2023 at around noon. Several armed RCMP officers came in two vehicles to the store and attempted to force their way in as employees barred their entry. An officer claiming to be a “provincial inspector,”…
Jan 28th Meeting of Micmac Rights Association
From 10am to 6pm, on Saturday Jan 28th, 2023, the Micmac Cannabis Association will be holding its regular biannual meeting. The meeting will be held in Millbrook First Nation, at the community hall. In order to attend and to receive the agenda and information package for the event, please fill out the form below. Meals and…