In 2013, our community (commonly known as Indian Brook or Shubenacadie First Nation) reclaimed its traditional Indigenous name, Sipekne’katik, meaning “where the wild potatoes grow.”

Sipekne’katik is one of the seven geographic districts of Mi’kma’ki – the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq. We are one of seven Mi’kma’ki districts with approximately 1,400 hectares of land holdings, including 408.3 hectares in New Ross, 43.5 hectares in Pennal 19, 412 hectares in Shubenacadie, 55.7 hectares in Wallace Hills and 690 acres of fee-simple land.