There has been an ongoing issue with the Millbrook First Nation Indian Act Band Council attempting to enforce an unconstitutional bylaw that violates Micmac Aboriginal and Treaty Rights. The following is a letter from Millbrook First Nation member Derek Maloney to Band lawyer Shelly Martin. To read the signed PDF version of Derek Maloney’s March…
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Thomas Durfee response to Claire Marshall’s letter of August 14th 2023 Re: Cannabis Law and Construction Moratorium Bylaw
There has been an ongoing issue with the Millbrook First Nation Indian Act Band Council attempting to enforce an unconstitutional bylaw that violates Micmac Aboriginal and Treaty Rights. The following is a letter from Millbrook First Nation member Thomas Durfee to Band Administrator Claire Marshall. To read the signed PDF version of this letter below….
Honour the Treaties: Respect Micmac Fishing Rights!
Question and Answer Discussion On the Micmac Aboriginal and Treaty Right to Fish: An Update on Current Constitutional Challenges From 2-5pm on Saturday March 25, the Micmac Rights Association will be holding a question and answer session for media members and concerned parties to discuss a series of constitutional questions and legal battles concerning Micmac…
Micmac Rights Newsletter #5
The fifth 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.
Elver eel fishery trials set for Mi’kmaw fishermen in Dartmouth Court
From Ku’Ku’ Kwe News by Haeley DiRisio March 6 2023 Editor’s note: This story was updated to include details of court proceedings that took place on Mar. 6. Several trials involving the treaty right to catch and sell fish are slated to get underway in Dartmouth, N.S. in the next few months. One of those trials…
Micmac Rights Association stands with Daniel Francis in lobster case
BY RPM ADMIN · MARCH 5, 2023 Invoking Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, two former National Chiefs attended Dartmouth courthouse as supporters were barred from court due to nonsensical Covid-19 restrictions. By Real People’s Media DARTMOUTH – When Micmac fisherman Daniel Francis attended the Dartmouth Provincial court on February 15th, 2023 he was accompanied by over a dozen supporters including…
Media Advisory: Micmac Rights Association steps up the fight for treaty and Aboriginal rights!
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…
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…