2008 has been quite a year at the Chapel Island Mission! Even after a couple of hundred years of annual gathering on the Island, there is still work to be done. This year, UINR’s Laurie Suitor coordinated a team of students, community volunteers and staff to continue the recycling and sewage efforts from last year, … Read More
Lobster in Area 28 Story by Chief Charlie Dennis The Bras d’Or Lakes have always been known to have harvestable lobster. I talked to old fishermen, like Alfred MacKay, Clearwater, and other fishermen from Alder Point who remember fishing in the Lakes. There were so many lobster in those years that you couldn’t squeeze another … Read More
Lorraine Marshall, UINR’s Community Drinking Water Quality Monitor and Sanitary Shoreline Survey Technician was born and raised in Membertou. A graduate of Sydney Academy, she continued her studies at the University College of Cape Breton and, in 1983, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She completed water monitor training at Nova Scotia Community … Read More
We call her Lorraine but many people in Unama’ki know her simply as the “Water Lady.” Thanks to Lorraine’s hard work, we can rest assured that the water we are drinking is safe, clean, and pure. For the past six years, every week, Lorraine Marshall, Community Based Water Monitor, is on the road collecting drinking … Read More
If forestry is your interest, you won’t want to miss this! Internationally renowned speakers, forestry experts, Mi’kmaq Elders, and industry leaders are meeting to take an in-depth look at the state of hardwood forest management in today’s Acadian forests. Forestry management guru, Ralph D. Nyland, is the featured presenter at Sustainable Hardwood Management in Today’s … Read More
Meet UINR’s new Commercial Fisheries Liaison Coordinator. Hubert has experience as a commercial fisherman, captain, teacher, and consultation liaison officer with Kwilmu’kw Maw-Klusuaqn. From Pictou Landing First Nation, Hubert studied at Saint Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia Teachers College, and Dalhousie University. He holds degrees in Business Administration and Education. Unama’ki Institute of Natural Resources … Read More
The Pitu’paq partnership will be making an even bigger presence at the annual Chapel Island Mission this year. The five Unama’ki communities are providing student teams, and a dedicated Mission team has been hired under Nova Scotia Youth Corps program. Tobias Doucette and Eddie Doucette are back again this year, joined by new members Emma … Read More
In this issue we introduce you to the Unama’KIDS! These fourteen Grade 5 students were selected by their teachers to participate in a new UINR project that focuses on natural resources and the environment. One of our goals at UINR is to reach the youth in our communities and work with them to determine what … Read More
With the warm weather and sunshine of summer comes growth, and UINR is growing again! Lisa Young is on maternity leave and, as you see, I am taking some time, on a part-time basis, to fill in for her while she is away. We’ve had some new arrivals at UINR, and I don’t just mean … Read More
The coltsfoot are flowering, the robins are returning, and the smelt are in the brooks! Siwkw was a time when Mi’kmaq families gathered together their belongings and moved to the coast, relying on the resources of the lakes, rivers, and streams for their livelihood. Besides the plentiful resources of the sea, summer camps were more … Read More
From UINR Marten – Vol.4. Issue.1 – Spring 2008
Eagles on the Bras d’Or Story by Chief Charlie Dennis This is a personal observation from information gathered over the years while talking to some of the hunters from Unama’ki. Hunters observe that the number of eagle feathers found along the shoreline around the Bras d’Or Lakes have declined. Most of the eagle feathers that … Read More