Wilfred Ward knows the old stories and ways
Wilfred Ward Wilfred Ward is a Metepenagiag Heritage Park Inc. board member, community Elder, and one of the three original members of the committee set up to decide what to do with artifacts recovered from the archaeological explorations. The others are Joe Mike Augustine’s daughter, Madeline Ward, President and Chair of The […]
Overwhelmed with respect for enduring people – Patricia Allen
Oxbow Crew from either 1978 or 1979. Back row, left to right: Gilbert Matchett, Scott Finley, Howard Augustine, Patrick Levi, Edward Levi; Center row: Carmella Levi, Adele Emin, Rhonda Dunnett, Glenda McAllister, Madeline Augustine,Pat Allen; Front Row: Toni Paul, Tommy Haddad, Mary Louise Cloud, Albert Ferguson. Delbert Ward, as a student, […]
Archeologist calls Metepenagiag Heritage Park a model for First Nations relations
Dr. Chris Turnbull After Metepenagiag Chief Donald Ward had known Dr. Chris Turnbull for about three years, he told him “I have decided to trust you.” Turnbull, the very first archaeologist hired by the Province of New Brunswick, had met Joe Mike Augustine in September 1972. Paul Morrissy, Director of Native Studies at […]
Oxbow dig student worker heads Metepenagiag Heritage Park
Metepenagiag Heritage Park – ©Nelson Cloud In the summer of 1984, powerful emotions washed over a raven-haired young Mi’kmaq woman as she stared at a few bones in her hand. She realized, for the first time, her connection to ancient traditions and culture and ancestors who had lived on the same spot for 3000 […]
Vehicles we met in Italy
Here are some of the very different vehicles we saw in Italy. Some are just tiny. Others, like this UPS vehicle, above, suit the delivery of packages to retailers in the narrow streets and alleys of Capri. Sanitation workers haul tiny dumpsters out of narrow alleys. These small dump trucks, […]
Cats we met in Italy
Click on the pics to enlarge them. Click again to enlarge again. Here are a few cats we met in Italy. The little black guy on my chest came to our villa in Umbria and convinced us he was homeless and starving. Two days later a very distraught Italian lady came by crying […]
Science verifies Cadogan sex law
One of Cadogan’s laws is that there are only two things going on in the universe. One of them is sex. The other is foreplay. It is gratifying to be able to report that science has confirmed the validity of this observation. An article about a book by two evolutionary psychologists, Satoshi […]
Recognizing a stroke
Recognizing a stroke Remember the “3” steps, S..T..R Read and Learn! Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke […]
A simpler place and time
From left: Havre Aubert; High Tide at villa; Moonrise at villa; Reynard de La Madeleines. To enlarge, click on pic and click again. “He’s leaving on that midnight train to Georgia. Said he’s going back to find a simpler place and time. And when he takes that […]
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