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An introduction to Truro: its history, the Nations whose lands it sits on, and Indigenous community life today, with sources.
Millbrook First Nation’s largest community lies about 8 km south of town. The Mi’kmaq lived here first, with a village along the Salmon River. Their name for the place, Wagobagitik, means the end of the water’s flow. In the 1700s the British signed a series of Peace and Friendship Treaties with the Mi’kmaq and neighbouring nations. The treaties did not transfer any land. Between 1867 and 1915, the reserves that now make up Millbrook First Nation were set aside. They range from under 10 to about 300 hectares, and the Millbrook reserve near Truro is the largest by population.
Truro is in Mi’kma’ki, the homeland of the Mi’kmaq, which is covered by the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Those treaties contained no land transfer provisions, and Millbrook First Nation’s main community sits just south of town.
Nearby: Millbrook First Nation · Bible Hill · Brookfield · Stewiacke · Tatamagouche · Great Village
Millbrook First Nation is a Mi'kmaq community with seven reserves across Nova Scotia. Its main reserve, about 8 km south of Truro, is home to 921 people. Cole Harbour, with 208 residents, is its second-largest community. Lawrence Paul led Millbrook as chief for 28 years, from 1984 to 2012, before Bob Gloade took over. The Nation describes itself as a leader in business and development in the region. It runs departments for education, fisheries, housing, youth and recreation, and economic development. Its Mi'kmaq Cultural and Heritage Centre is a place to share history and tradition with visitors and students. Millbrook has produced several notable people. They include the activist Nora Bernard and the artist Alan Syliboy, along with former chief Lawrence Paul. The Peace and Friendship Treaties still shape life here. In 1999, the Supreme Court's Marshall decision confirmed that Mi'kmaq treaty rights to hunt and fish had never been extinguished. That ruling affects Mi'kmaq communities across Nova Scotia, including Millbrook.
More on the region: Indigenous Nova Scotia · all of Canada.
XUSI is an Indigenous-owned business from Saskatoon, started in 2020 by two brothers from northern Saskatchewan. Along with our clothing, we bring Indigenous youth workshops and custom screen printing to Truro and across Nova Scotia.
Strong Roots Strong Future is our interactive workshop for Indigenous youth, led by the two brothers who founded XUSI. We travel to schools, First Nations and Indigenous communities, youth organizations and funding programs in Truro and across Nova Scotia. Youth ages 10 and up work through identity and culture, financial literacy, fitness, entrepreneurship and business skills, career readiness and hands-on screen printing.
Custom t-shirts, hoodies and crewnecks for Truro schools, sports teams, businesses, events and First Nations and Indigenous organizations. Send us an idea, get free design help and a full quote before anything is printed. We print in Saskatoon and ship to Truro. 10-garment minimum, up to 4 colours per design.
Heavyweight cotton tees, hoodies, crewnecks and A-frame hats with Cree words and the stories behind them. Fitness is part of how XUSI started, so our pieces are built for the gym and the street, and we ship them to Truro.
Yes. Orders of $90 or more ship free to Truro and anywhere else in Canada. Smaller orders show the shipping cost at checkout. Every order is packed in Saskatoon and leaves our shop within 1 to 3 business days.
Yes. Custom screen printing starts at 10 garments, with up to 4 colours per design. Every order gets a full quote before anything is printed, and design help is included. We print in Saskatoon and ship the finished order to Truro.
No. XUSI is a separate Indigenous-owned company founded in Saskatoon in 2020 by two brothers, on Treaty 6 territory. We have no partners, stockists or events in Truro or Millbrook. Many of our designs carry a Cree word, and we explain each one on our meanings page.
Last reviewed . Facts on this page come from the sources listed below.
Putting nêhiyawêwin on a shirt is a small way of keeping it in use. XUSI does it on purpose: each design carries a Cree word, and each one is explained in the founders’ own words for whoever picks it up in Truro.
The brand is Indigenous-owned and based in Saskatoon, on Treaty 6. Read every meaning on the Meanings page, or shop Cree language clothing.
