Sacred Bear Park
Forty-two years ago, the St. John's Evening Telegram ran a story about a proposed Mi'kmaq park on the west coast of the island. The Sept. 26, 1979 article by Terry…
Glenwood Tannery
37 years ago this month, the Mi'kmaq band council in the central Newfoundland town of Glenwood began operating a smoke tannery. A Gander Beacon article about the official opening is…
Jim John Tourism Ad
Jim John on the Gander River, a full page ad in MacLean's magazine May 2, 1977 issue. From the Dept. of Tourism, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, it reads in…
Qalipu Band of the Mi’kmaq Nation
Monday it was announced: Mi’kmaq people of Central and Western Newfoundland are now members of the Qalipu band under the Indian Act. It’s been 39 years since they began politically…