“Living History: 25 years after the Marshall decision” is an exhibition of portraits by Steve Wadden, a settler photojournalist and avid fly fisher, living and working in unceded and unsurrendered Mik’maw territory in Unama’ki, Cape Breton Island. The Marshall case in 1999 stands as a beacon of Indigenous treaty rights in Canada, its waves rippling through the legal and cultural landscape of our time. At the heart of this landmark ruling is Donald Marshall Jr. – Junior to many – a Mi’kmaw from Membertou First Nation. His name would come to echo through the chambers of justice and embody living history for Mi’kmaw youth on land and open waters. The Marshall decision upheld Indigenous rights to earn a livelihood from the harvest and sale of fish, wildlife, wild fruit, and berries, as set forth in the Peace and Friendship Treaties of 1760 and 1761. This exhibition is open from September 16 to November 29 in Gallery 203 and on the third floor in the Corridor Gallery.
free | 9am-4pm
Next Date: Dec 26, 2024
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Signal Hill is a four man acoustic rock band from St. John’s, NL, currently based out of Halifax. Since 1991 they have toured Canada and b...
Next Date: Dec 28, 2024
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney Mines
Full Circle is a popular five-piece cover and dance band based in Cape Breton, known for playing all your favourite party songs. The band’...
Next Date: Dec 28, 2024
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Cam Hollohan has been writing songs and performing since he was in his early teens, more than half of his life, and in the last decade or so...
Next Date: Dec 31, 2024
Westmount natives Tracy MacKinnon and Tammy Currie have been performing as Chapter One for more than 17 years. The duo covers a variety of c...
Next Date: Dec 31, 2024
Region: Cabot Trail
Community: Baddeck
Ring in the new year with dinner and dancing at Inverary Resort’s MacAulay Conference Centre! Pack your overnight bag and a snazzy outfit ...
Next Date: Dec 26, 2024
Region: Sydney and Area / Marconi Trail
Community: Sydney
Kina’masultinej (“Let’s Learn Together”), features the work of four distinct, contemporary Mi’kmaq beaders from Eskasoni and Membe...
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