'We Had Something Good and Sacred Here': ReStorying A'se'k with Pictou Landing First Nation

• Main Author: Bennett, Ella
• Other Authors: School of Resource & Environmental Studies, Master of Environmental Studies, Tuma Young, Dr. Karen Beazley, Dr. Debbie Martin, Dr. Heather Castleden, Received, Not Applicable
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Boat Harbour; Environmental justice; Community-based participatory research; Mi'kmaq; Pictou Landing First Nation; Canada; Mi’kmaq
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/35453

For generations of Mi’kmaq from Pictou Landing First Nation, A’se’k (often referred to as Boat Harbour) provided cultural, recreation, and livelihood functions. For almost 50 years, this once-healthy tidal estuary has been receiving effluent from a nearby bleached kraft pulp mill. This study was car...