Lieutenant Governor Arthur J. LeBlanc (bottom left), along with Norman Sylliboy, Grand Chief of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council, were the first to sign the Mi’kmaw Language Act in Potlotek on July 17. Also on hand for the historic occasion were Premier Tim Houston and Minister of L’nu Affairs Karla MacFarlane.

POTLOTEK FIRST NATION: On the same day that the 2022 Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Summer Games opened, legislation to recognize Mi’kmaw as the province’s first language was proclaimed. During a ceremony in Potlotek First Nation on July 17, Mi’kmaw Chiefs signed a resolution to affirm and uphold the provincial legislation on behalf of their communities. “As…

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