The Town of Port Hawkesbury is designing a new policy for Indigenous ceremonies. During the regular public meeting of Port Hawkesbury Town Council on September 1, a new Smudging Policy was discussed. Since around 2017, Mayor Brenda Chisholm-Beaton said the town has welcomed any and all Mi’kmaw cultural ceremonies, such as smudging, within the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre. Noting those ceremonies were done informally, the mayor said the town …
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