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When Andrea Paul of Pictou Landing First Nation is sworn in as Nova Scotia's regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations on Thursday, she'll be wearing a headdress specifically made for her.
Posted: Feb 03, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 3 Rufus Copage, right, is shown this summer with his father, Alfred Ollerhead.(Submitted by Rufus Copage) Rufus Copage is still reeling over the discovery his granddaughter helped him make in early 2020. Using DNA kits from the genealogy company Ancestry, they learned that Copage, of Sipekne'katik First Nation in Nova Scotia, had nine half-brothers and three half-sisters scattered across Canada. He was also shocked to learn that his 89-year-old father, Alfred Ollerhead, whom he had never met and was the father of his newfound half-...