Justin Trudeau announces two multimillion-dollar agreements with the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledges the crowd while listening to Phillip Prosper, a Mi’kmaq storyteller, during an event for National Indigenous Peoples Day in We’koqma’q First Nation, N.S., on Friday, June 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

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By Keith Doucette The Canadian Press

WHYCOCOMAGH, N.S. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked National Indigenous Peoples Day in central Cape Breton on Friday, where he announced a $125-million agreement with the We’koqma’q First Nation to settle a dispute over reserve land sold in 1862.

The prime minister made the announcement in Whycocomagh, N.S., where members of the First Nation say an improper sale deprived them of the opportunity to benefit economically from the land, which has a lake on one side and a mountain on the other.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a proposed $125-million agreement with a First Nation in Cape Breton to settle a …