Mi'kmaq and Canada mark 300 years of treaty relationship

Mi'kmaq and Canada mark 300 years of treaty relationship

Three centuries after their ancestors signed a treaty with the British Crown, Indigenous people returned to the same grounds, finding joy, grief, pride and an urgent question: when does a promise finally get kept?

In Fort Anne, Mi’kmaq people mark 300 years of treaty — and broken promises

On June 4, Levi Herney of Eskasoni walks across the very spot where a treaty was signed 300 years ago. Photo by Kayla Lambert-MacDonald This story is a collaboration between IndigiNews and The Narwhal. Three hundred years after their ancestors chose peace on the same ground, the Mi’kmaq people returned to the Fort Anne National Historic Site in Mi’kma’ki. Mi’kmaq leaders and community members gathered at what was then called Port Royal when thei…