Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Ku’ku’kwes News on October 14, and is shared here in partnership with Maureen Googoo and Kukukwes.com. An angry mob of non-Indigenous lobster fishermen trapped two Mi’kmaw fishermen inside a lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia late Tuesday evening. According to Jason Marr, a Mi’kmaw lobster fisherman with […]
Maureen Googoo
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All eyes on Sipekne’katik First Nation
First, an introduction: Maureen Googoo has been working in news for more than 30 years. The journalist from Indian Brook First Nation—Sipekne’katik—has been covering Indigenous communities for an Indigenous audience since 2015 through her independent publication, Ku’ku’kwes News. She covered the clash between Indigenous fishers practising their right to a moderate livelihood in Burnt Church, New […]
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Families want answers on loved ones, MMIWG commission hears
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls held community hearings in Membertou First Nation this week. Journalist Maureen Googoo live-blogged the hearings each day on Twitter and shared coverage from her crowd-funded news site, Kukukwes.com, with The Coast. ——— The families of Virginia Sue Pictou-Noyes and Tanya Jean Brooks told the […]
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Family seeking justice in Mi’kmaw woman’s death testify in Day 2 of MMIWG hearings
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is holding community hearings in Membertou First Nation this week. Journalist Maureen Googoo is live-blogging the hearings each day on Twitter and sharing coverage from her crowd-funded news site, Kukukwes.com, with The Coast. ——— More stories of pain, survival and seeking justice were heard […]
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry: Day One
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is holding community hearings in Membertou First Nation this week, from October 30 to November 1. Approximately 40 families have registered to make statements. Journalist Maureen Googoo is live-blogging the hearings each day on Twitter and her crowdfunded news site, Kukukwes.com. Googoo is sharing […]