Evening Fall
October 2017
Lovely sunset outside NQ office as we stroll home after a day’s prep on our (you won’t have to wait long for it) surprise…
One Point, Two Points, Three Points Mi’kmaq
BY Shannon Webb-Campbell
THE SAME WEEK I received a rejection letter from Indigenous and Northern Affairs declaring I was no longer recognized as Qalipu Mi’kmaq First Nation, my back gave out.
Red & Blue
BY Terry Doyle
“We should really go to the Beaumont Hamel ceremony. A hundred years,” Jill said. “Where is it?” “The Rooms.” “But it’s Canada Day,” Tyler said. “It’s Memorial Day. Until noon…
The Healers
BY Shannon Webb-Campbell
While I was home in Newfoundland this past summer, I was given a copy of a series of graphic novels by David Alexander Robinson dubbed Tales from Shadow River, illustrated stories about Indigenous people (Highwater Press). The Healer: Mary Webb, retells the life of my paternal great-great-grandmother, Mary Webb, a Mi’kmaq healer and midwife to 700 babies around Bay St Georges on NL’s west coast.