Mi’kmaw leader Rita Smith ‘saw something that needed to get done and she did it’ [video] – NB Media Co-op
April 30, 2026
Innovative historical research on Mi’kmaw communities, done with Indigenous protocols in mind, sheds light on women’s roles in founding Mi’kmaw communities.
Mi’kmaw historian Mercedes Peters visited Fredericton on April 10, 2026, to give a talk about treaties and the founding of her First Nation.
Born in Mehnakwesk (Saint John), Mercedes Peters is a Mi’kmaw woman and a band member of Glooscap First Nation. She is a PhD Candidate in History at the University of British Columbia where she studies the importance of Mi’kmaw women’s community care work to the assertion of Mi’kmaw nationhood. Peters also works as the Sharing Our Stories Director at the Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre.
