Mi'kmaq
Indigenous ethnic group of eastern North America
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| 2021 | Mi'kmaq population recorded as 66,748 in the Canadian census, documenting the current size of this Indigenous ethnic group in eastern North America. |
| 2021 | Nearly 24,000 people were recognized as founding members of the Qalipu First Nation in 67 Newfoundland communities and abroad. |
| March 2021 | Allister Surette submitted a federal report investigating the Mi'kmaq fishery dispute, citing perspectives from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute about the impacts of the Marshall decision on Mi'kmaq fishing rights. |
| March 26 2021 | 43 Mi'kmaq lobster fishers from the Sipekne'katik First Nation filed a legal statement of claim against the attorney general of Canada, RCMP, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), and 29 non-Indigenous fishers, alleging violence and lack of intervention during their moderate livelihood fishery efforts. |
| March 3 2021 | Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan sent a letter to Chief Mike Sack proposing terms for a moderate livelihood fishery, which were subsequently rejected by Chief Sack. |
| January 2021 | Jolene Marr, a Sipekne'katik lobster harvester, received a threatening video containing what appeared to be a racial slur and gunshot sounds. |
| January 2021 | 23 people were charged in connection with the October 13, 2020 lobster facility violence: 15 for break-and-enter and 8 for break-and-enter and mischief. |
| January 25 2021 | Mi'kmaq First Nations finalized the $1 billion purchase of Clearwater Seafoods. |
| January 1 2021 | Second part of the sixth and final season aired in Canada on History. |
| December 30 2020 | Second part of the sixth and final season was released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video in multiple countries. |
| November 9 2020 | A group of Mi'kmaq First Nations announced their $1 billion purchase of Clearwater Seafoods, representing the largest investment in the seafood industry by a Canadian Indigenous group. |
| October 2020 | Mi'kmaq chiefs declared a state of emergency in response to conflicts over their moderate livelihood fishery. |
| October 28 2020 | Terry Paul, chief of Membertou First Nation, stepped down from his positions with KMKNO and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs, citing issues of transparency in treaty rights negotiations. |
| October 23 2020 | The Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative (KMKNO) announced that talks with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) over defining 'moderate livelihood' had broken down. |
| October 21 2020 | Sipekne'katik secured an interim injunction protecting band members' access to Saulnierville and Weymouth wharves, and the New Edinburgh lobster pound. |
| October 16 2020 | The Middle West Pubnico lobster storage facility was destroyed in a suspicious fire, with one person hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. |
| October 16 2020 | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the ongoing conflict and stated the government was working to de-escalate the situation. Mi'kmaq lobster fishers sold out their catch in front of Province House in Halifax. |
| October 15 2020 | Mi'kmaq Warrior Peacekeepers arrived at Saulnierville wharf to provide protection to Mi'kmaq fishers. |
| October 14 2020 | Chief Mike Sack was physically assaulted (sucker punched) while attempting to give a press conference. |
| October 13 2020 | Hundreds of non-Indigenous fishers raided two Mi'kmaw lobster storage facilities in New Edinburgh and Middle West Pubnico, destroying property, vehicles, and lobsters. |
| October 6 2020 | Sipekne'katik First Nation withdrew from the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Chiefs. |
| October 5 2020 | Sipekne'katik fisher Robert Syliboy's boat was destroyed in a suspicious fire at the Comeauville wharf. |
| October 1 2020 | Potlotek First Nation and Eskasoni First Nation launched their moderate livelihood fishery at Battery Provincial Park, coinciding with Mi'kmaq Treaty Day. |
| September 2020 | Mi'kmaq Sipekne'katik First Nation members initiated a rights-based inshore lobster fishery, sparking an ongoing dispute with non-Indigenous lobster fishers in Nova Scotia's Digby and Yarmouth Counties. |
| September 18 2020 | Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Chiefs declared a province-wide state of emergency in response to threats and attacks on Mi'kmaq fishers. |
| September 17 2020 | Sipekne'katik launched their first regulated lobster fishery with a ceremony at Saulnierville wharf. |
| September 15 2020 | Non-Indigenous fishers protested, blocking Mi'kmaq fishers' access to wharves at Saulnierville and Weymouth. |
| September 11 2020 | Sipekne'katik First Nation Chief Michael Sack sent a letter to government officials calling for action amid violence and discrimination against Mi'kmaq fishers, following damage to Mi'kmaq property and boats. |
| 2019 | Listuguj First Nation developed a self-regulated lobster fisheries management plan. |
| November 2019 | The Qalipu First Nation was accepted by the Mi'kmaq Grand Council as part of the Mi'kmaq Nation. |
| June 25 2018 | The updated Founding Members List for the Qalipu First Nation was adopted by Order in Council, with 18,575 members. |
| 2017 | Only 18,044 people were deemed eligible for Qalipu First Nation Band membership. |
| 2017 | Premier Stephen McNeil grants a posthumous pardon to Grand Chief Gabriel Sylliboy, with Lieutenant-Governor John James Grant and Justice Minister Diana Whalen issuing a formal apology, marking the second posthumous pardon in Nova Scotia's history. |
| 2014 | 11 band-run schools were operating in Nova Scotia, with the province achieving the highest rate of aboriginal student retention in Canada. |
| 2011 | The Government of Canada announced recognition of the Qalipu First Nation, a landless band that initially accepted 25,000 applications by October 2012. |
| 2011 | Beginning of a significant increase in Mi'kmaw student university attendance, with a 25% increase noted by 2012. |
| September 2011 | The Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission travelled to various Atlantic Canadian communities, focusing on the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, which served the region from 1930 to 1967. |
| August 31 2010 | Canada and Nova Scotia signed a historic agreement with the Mi'kmaw Nation, establishing a mandatory consultation process with the Miꞌkmaw Grand Council before any governmental actions affecting Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia, marking the first comprehensive provincial-level First Nations consultation agreement in Canadian history. |
| August 30 2010 | The Mi'kmaw Nation and Nova Scotia provincial government reach a historic agreement, officially recognizing the Mi'kmaw Grand Council as the primary consultative authority for engaging with Canadian federal and provincial governments. |
| August 30 2010 | Historic agreement established between the Mi'kmaq Nation, Canadian federal government, and Nova Scotia provincial government, creating the first collaborative Tripartite Forum in Canadian history. |
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