Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey
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Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey to Present at 14th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers

November 1st, 2000

Education Ministers, educators and administrators from around the globe will converge in Halifax November 26-29.  Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey has been honoured by being asked to sit on a panel discussion representing Mi’kmaw Educational perspectives in Nova Scotia.  Chief Lindsay Marshall will sit on a panel regarding aboriginal perspectives on education with others from around the globe.
Pictured are the Wagmatcook students preparing materials to be placed into a time capsule that will be buried for 25 years.  Included are flags, Mi’kmaw/English Bible, wampum belt, dream catcher, medicine wheel, treaties, music, and a medicine pouch.  The class won the March Help Desk contest, “Time Capsule”.

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