News and Events

 

• ***UPCOMING WORKSHOPS WITH CHIEF RICHARD MCKINNON***

• Cooking Workshop, Bannock, Spruce Tea, Meats and Vegetables. Saturday, April 11th, 2026 at 11am. Located at 263 Port Clyde Road, Clyde River, NS. Rain date April 12th. MEMBERS ONLY

• Moose Call and Medicine Bag Workshop, Saturday, July 18th, 2026 at 10am. Located at 263 Port Clyde Road, Clyde River, NS. Rain date July 19th. MEMBERS ONLY

• Braiding Sweetgrass and Sacred Drumming Workshop, Saturday, August 15th, 2026 at 11am. Located at 263 Port Clyde Road, Clyde River, NS. Rain date August 16th. MEMBERS ONLY

• Witherod Baskets (Wild Raisin) Workshop, Saturday, September 12th, 2026 at 11am. Located at 5698 Trunk 3, Shag Harbour, NS. Rain date September 13th. MEMBERS ONLY

• ***INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY*** The Nova Scotia Wampanoag Council and its community members will be gathering on Sunday, June 21st, 2026 from 11am - 3pm to celebrate Indigenous People's Day. Cultural displays will be set up along with food and drinks. Location is at the Kiack Brook Gazebo next to the Barrington Museum Complex, 2381 Highway 3. Barrington, NS. Everyone is welcome. Rain date is Saturday, June 20th.

• ***ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING*** The Nova Scotia Wampanoag Council will hold its AGM on Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 at the Island and Barrington Fire Department located at 1081 Highway 330, Centreville, Cape Sable Island, NS. Time is 7pm. Election of new board members is on the agenda and other annual business. MEMBERS ONLY - membership cards will be required for entry.

• Diversity in Healthcare Bursaries 

• 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