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The MTI Fisheries Summit brought together Mi’gmaq leadership, Elders, youth, and fishers from across our communities to strengthen how we care for and govern our fisheries.

When decisions are being made in our territory that can impact our lands, waters, and way of life, this process creates a space for Mi’gmaq voices to be heard. It helps gather knowledge directly from community members - including how we use the land, where we go, and what matters most to us.

The Government of New Brunswick has released their Comprehensive Minerals Strategy.

MTI Chiefs have been made aware of JDI’s proposal to cut old growth forests in protected areas and on Crown lands through media reports and information shared by conservation organizations. We understand this proposal was brought forward under the Government of New Brunswick’s Shared Landscape Initiative.

The New Brunswick Auditor General, Paul Martin, has found that the provincial government has done essentially nothing with the Women’s Equality Branch’s report released in 2023, Weaving Our Voices Together (“Weaving our Voices”), which is intended to be the government’s plan in response to the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

RE: S-2, An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements) On behalf of Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc (MTI), we are writing you to urge your leadership to act on the recommendations outlined in the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples’ 2022 report, Make it Stop! Ending the Remaining Discrimination in Indian Registration. We further call on you to honour the voices of the many communities, organizations, and rights holders who have consistently advocated

METEPENAGIAG FIRST NATION (GNB) – Eight Mi’kmaq First Nation communities have signed revenue-sharing agreements with the provincial government.

FREDERICTON – The Chiefs of Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc. (MTI) are releasing the following statement regarding the proposed Centre Village Renewables Integration and Grid Security Project.

The project, proposed by NB Power and Pro Energy, would include the development of a 500 mega-watt natural gas-fired facility near Centre Village, New Brunswick along the Chignecto Isthmus, an area of high cultural, ecological and strategic importance that connects New Brunswick with Nova Scotia. The project also includes infrastructure to connect renewable energy sources and strengthen the province’s electricity grid. It is in the early stages of the Federal Impact Assessmen

Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn received notification of the proposed Centre Village Renewables Integration and Grid Security Project, on July 14, 2025. Although MTI staff were aware of a possible project, the MRIA could not be initiated until the Initial Project Description was received on July 14, 2025.

Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc. (MTI) extends our deepest condolences to the family, loved ones, and community of Bronson Paul of Neqotkuk First Nation. We hold his family, especially the children and those closest to him, in our thoughts during this time of profound grief.

Over three years after the Commissioner of Systemic Racism released her Final Report. Today, the Government of New Brunswick announced an update on the recommendations and the update still fails to address many of the concerns and recommendations MTI raised during its meetings with the Commissioner and in its response to the Commissioner’s report.

The Nature Trust New Brunswick (NTNB) has generously donated 39 hectare (97 acres) of land to the Mi’gmaq land trust, Keki’namuanen Msit Wen Wlo’tmnen Nmaqami’kminu (KMWWN). The property is located in the Gespe’geweq district of northern New Brunswick near Blackville and the communities of Natoaganeg and Metepenagiag.

We are aware that in July, the Nova Scotia government has suspended the licensed Cape Breton moose hunt for three years because of a significant drop in the population.

Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Inc. (MTI) extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends and community of Elsipogtog following the recent shooting of Iggy Dedam by the NB RCMP during what was intended to be a wellness check.

A traditional blessing of the land ceremony took place today to mark the official start of construction for its new energy project in New Brunswick, Canada.

It has been over a year since the Commissioner of Systemic racism released her report and made recommendations to the Government of New Brunswick.

MI'GMAG'I –On December 12th, 14 individuals from Mi’gmaq communities across the province became part of the inaugural cohort of Mi’gmaq Peacekeeping Inc.

Minister Holland’s announcement of an updated Forest Strategy, made without full First Nations involvement, represents another unjustified infringement of Mi’gmaq rights, and a new low in this government’s relationship with First Nations.

Systemic racism is a reality of daily life for First Nations in New Brunswick, as it has been for centuries. Racism is embedded in New Brunswick’s laws and institutions and has been central in attempts to dispossess the Mi’gmaq of our lands, to remove our children from our communities, and to separate us from our language and culture.