Current Stage: Stage Four – Ratification Click here to read the: Draft MKK Tplutaqn Last updated September 2026. This document is still open for comment
At the Treaty Day ceremonies in 2008, the Chiefs made an official proclamation. The proclamation read: Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia Nationhood Proclamation Two hundred and
On the Mi’kmaw Gazette, laws and publications will be listed as being in different stages, or steps.
The Covenant Chain of treaties represents a relationship of peace and friendship and protects Mi’kmaw self-governance and land rights. As described by Canadian courts, “Aboriginal and Treaty Rights” are communal rights, and individual rights-holders are subject to communal regulation. Our laws carry their own inherent weight, plus hold weight under the treaties and under the Constitution.
Mi’kmaw Laws are not just about using the resources; yes, they can involve stewardship over and wholistic protection of the plants, animals, lands and waters - we have always had Teplutaqn that establish what we should and should not do. Over some of these jurisdictions where the Mi’kmaq have sole and exclusive authority. Other Mi’kmaw jurisdictions will be concurrent, meaning that more than one level of government within Canada will also have authority. But others will be specifically about us and our people. As a result, the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia will pronounce our own Mi’kmaw Laws on certain subjects, just as we did through our Nationhood Proclamation on Treaty Day in 2008 and will continue to do as we see fit.
But these are not decisions that are made alone. They are decisions made by the Mi’kmaw Nation within Nova Scotia. This Gazette will serve as a place for our laws to be posted, shared and discussed with everyone who is interested.
We, the Mi’kmaq, have lived on our territorial lands, ocean and inland waters in the seven districts of Mi’kma’ki since long before recorded time. Kisu’lk
