Stephen Augustine, a Mi’kmaw hereditary chief, has been reunited with his chief’s coat after a week-long national search was helped along by community support.
Community advocacy across Canada helped locate culturally significant coat
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· Posted: Nov 18, 2025 4:56 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Stephen Augustine is a hereditary chief of Sikniktewaq district, one of the seven Mi’kmaw districts. (Submitted by Stephen Augustine)
A Mi’kmaw Grand Council hereditary chief is relieved after a week-long search for a very special coat came to an end, thanks to community support from across the country.
“I broke down. I mean, I cried,” said Stephen Augustine.
“I walked around outside, putting my tobacco down, saying my prayers and thanking everybody and all the spirits that helped to bring the coat back to me.”
Augustine is the chief of Sikniktewaq, a Mi’kmaw district spanning eastern New Brunswick and parts of northern Nova Scotia.
He was returning home from Spain Nov. 10 when he realized his coat was missing. He believed he left it at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport during a layover.
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