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History Matters: The Seven Sacred Teachings of the Mi’kmaq

Date:
Time:
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Venue:
Halifax Central Library
Location:
5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax. More info
Link:
https://halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/6a907fcd4cb69d003e23ccad
Calendar:
Community event

Venue room: Lindsay Children’s Room

Hosted in person and online via Zoom. Details at above link.

We invite you on a journey with Matt Connolly, Speaking Wolf of the Qalipu band, for a PowerPoint presentation of the Seven Sacred Mi’kmaq Teachings.

Joining him is Corinne Hoebers, author of Tethered Spirits, as she talks about her historical fiction novel of the Mi’kmaq and the settlers in 18th-century Nova Scotia, and the deep need for diverse cultures to pause, learn, and listen to utterly understand one another. By looking honestly at our shared past, we can learn the value of cultural awareness.

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Matthew Connolly, Speaking Wolf of the Qalipu (pronounced Kal-a-boo) Band, was born in Corner Brook, NL. Upon retiring from the military, he became involved in safety training requirements and program development, working at both land and marine work sites. A father of two daughters and one son, he has been married to his wife, Dixie Lee, for 30 years. Matthew’s passion is sharing Aboriginal Mi’kmaw ancestry and cultural information.

As a direct descendant of one of the first 1753 settlers of Lunenburg, Corinne Hoebers’s passion for history moved her to write her first self-published novel, Call of a Distant Shore, which won the Silver Medal for Canada Past, Best Fiction 2009, from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Soon after, she began a comprehensive journey that led her to write Tethered Spirits.

History Matters is a monthly series of presentations and discussions about the personalities, places, and events found across time and space in the history of Nova Scotia. The Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society presents these talks by both academic historians and community researchers.

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