On Monday, the three Mi'kmaq grandmothers pushed for recognition in Nova Scotia's Supreme Court that the province rests on unceded Mi'kmaw territory

Premier Stephen McNeil told reporters today his government is examining the ruling by Justice Timothy Gabriel and would "have more to say" on the matter.

Marc Miller, the parliamentary secretary to the federal Crown-Indigenous Relations minister, told a First Nations self-governance summit in Halifax that the paternalistic constraints of the Indian Act lead directly to dependency, isolation and indignities.