Mi’kmaq hereditary chief calls on Indigenous leaders to press Ottawa on Syrian refugees

Sep 21, 2015

Stephen Augustine says Mi’kmaq welcomed immigrants, so they should return favour

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A Mi’kmaq hereditary chief wants Indigenous leaders to act on the Syrian refugee crisis.

Stephen Augustine says the Mi’kmaq have always welcomed immigrants from the early days of colonization and he says sovereign First Nations should demand the Canadian government do the same.

APTN’s Trina Roache has this story.

Tags: Europe, Featured, ISIS, Mi'kmaq, Middle East, Nova Scotia, Syrian Refugees

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Trina Roache

2 thoughts on “Mi’kmaq hereditary chief calls on Indigenous leaders to press Ottawa on Syrian refugees”

Dwight Francis david says:

September 22, 2015 at 10:26 am

I’m have a 13th gen grandmother descended from this tribe
Pippa Catling says:

September 21, 2015 at 10:53 pm

Hurrah! Well done Stephen Augustine. I stand with you. It is huge that you advocate for immigrants, considering what the Mi’kmaq suffered from some of them in the past.