Posts by Aloisa Macedonio
Donald McGraw: Painter and Artist of the Chiefs
Donald McGraw, an Acadian artist and painter honours the New Brunswick First Nation Chiefs with portraits. Margaret Labillois, of the Eel River Bar First Nation and Peskotomuhkati First Nation Chief,…
MoreCouncillor, Rollie Sappier of Peskotomuhkati Nation Talks about Family and Fisheries
Traditional Smoked Fish on Grand Manan with Sharon Greenlaw
Sharon Greenlaw, a descendant of Passamaquoddy ancestors, a student of Passamaquoddy history, talks about the traditional smoked fish that Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick was known for. The island today…
MoreBrent Suttie: Ministers Island, A pre-historic site
Brent Suttie, Archaeologist in New Brunswick talks about the evidence found on the island of Chamcook, Minister’s Island in New Brunswick above and below ground that Indigenous people had lived…
MoreChief Hugh Akagi: Responsibility to our protect our waters
Chief Hugh Akagi of Peskotomuhkati Nation talks about the responsibility we have as citizens to our country, our land, to protect the waters and all that lives in them. Visit…
MoreJustin Sappier: What it means to be a traditional wood carver
Justin Sappier is a Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Traditional wood carver. He specializes in the creation of carving large scale masks made of solid wood using all hand traditional techniques. He strives to…
MoreLita O’Halloran: Water Quality and Conservation
Lita O’Halloran is the Biologist and Conservation Manager and the Coastal Restoration Fund Co-Coordinator, focusing on water quality for Peskotomuhkati Nation at Skutik in New Brunswick, Canada. Lita talks with…
MoreTiffany Prete: Understanding the trauma from residential school systems
Tiffany Prete is a member of Kainai, the Blood Tribe of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta. She is a scholar with a doctorate in Philosophy in Indigenous Peoples Education at…
MoreNew Brunswick premier says First Nations title claim is serious and far-reaching | CTV News
By Kevin Bisset | The Canadian Press FREDERICTON – A title claim for 60 per cent of New Brunswick’s territory that was filed by six Wolastoqey chiefs is very serious and…
MoreDr. Roslyn Kunin: The impact the pandemic had on the economy
Dr. Roslyn Kunin, an economist speaker, President of Roslyn Kunin & Associates Inc. Economic Consulting. She has written extensively on economic issues the pandemic, on unemployment, the effect on Indigenous…
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