http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/15084/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/making-right-wrongs-our-common-past/33379 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Mi&#039;kmaq Rights Should Trump Colonial History </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/cornwallisriverprotestors.jpg" alt="" title="A small group of demonstrators march through Kentville on February 14 to protest the use of Edward Cornwallis&#039; name on public holdings. Photo © Marke Slipp" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/edwardcornwallis.jpg" alt="" title="Portrait of Edward Cornwallis by Sir George Chalmers, Minorca, 1755." width="450" height="335" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/cornwallis1.jpg" alt="" title="Cornwallis&#039; back! (from Daniel Paul&#039;s web site)" width="355" height="449" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/cornwallis_rvr-near_wolfville.jpg" alt="" title="The river winds its way for 48 km through eastern Kings County. Photo © Marke Slipp" width="450" height="162" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/cornwallis_into_minas_basin.jpg" alt="" title="The tidal river empties into the Minas Basin, under the watchful eye of Blomidon. Photo © Marke Slipp" width="450" height="128" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/hadfield11-av.jpg" alt="" title="The Minas Basin and surrounding area. Photo by Chris Hadfield" width="450" height="298" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/hadfield-sw_ns.jpg" alt="" title="Southwestern Nova Scotia, showing the development through the Annapolis Valley. The brown areas to the right are the Minas Basin at low tide, where the river empties into." width="450" height="298" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/danielnpaulmichellejean.jpg" alt="" title="Daniel N. Paul and Governor General Michaelle Jean. 1st Medallion:Order of Nova Scotia. 2nd Medallion: Order of Canada." width="382" height="457" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div>This past Valentine&rsquo;s Day a determined group of young demonstrators and their parents&nbsp;protested the use of Edward Cornwallis&rsquo;s name on public places. </div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attachment"> <div class="field-label">Files attached to this post:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/the_jijuktukwejkproject-2016-07-24.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=550866" title="the_jijuktukwejkproject-2016-07-24.pdf">The Jijuktu&#039;kwejk Project – FAQ</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/making-right-wrongs-our-common-past/33379" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/making-right-wrongs-our-common-past/33379#comments marke slipp Indigenous Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Dominion Stories Fri, 17 Apr 2015 05:07:02 +0000 marke slipp 33379 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca