Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey to Present at 14th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers
November 1st, 2000Education 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”.