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Mi'kmaq Lifestyle and Tradition



Four Directions Teachings (The best culture site I have found)

The Mikmaq People:Article on the traditional Mi'kmaq way of life (including clothing, food, and transportation.)
Newfoundland Micmac Culture: Pre-contact hunter-gatherer lifestyle of the Micmac Indians.
The Micmac of Megumaagee: Essay on Micmac Indian culture in early Nova Scotia, drawn from several older sources.
Mi'kmaq People: Ethnographic and linguistic information about the Mikmaq people today.
First Peoples: Micmacs: Demographic and linguistic information about the Micmac Nation of Quebec.
Community Profiles of Mi'kmaq Reserves: Ethnographies of ten Micmac nations in Canada, with history, photographs, and population statistics.

Cultural Overviews of the Micmac Indians

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A Little Piece of Mi'kmaq Culture: Mi'kmaq resources including interviews, fact pages, and a video clip collection.
The Micmacs of Quebec:Articles about contemporary Micmac life.
Muiniskw: Articles on Mi'kmaq history, culture, and traditions by a Mi'kmaw woman from Kejimkujik.
Micmac Gender Roles:Micmac gender, sex, and childbearing traditions.
Mi'kmaq Portraits Collection: Mi'kmaq photos and drawings from the Nova Scotia Museum viewable online.

Pictures of Micmac Clothing


Wearable Art
Mi'kmaq Clothing
Micmac Cap
Micmac Moccasins
Micmac Coat
Indian Regalia:

Tidbits



Canoeing Cultures: Mi'kmaq:
Abenaki Micmac canoe-building and traditional culture.
Algonquian Bark Canoes:
Carved in Stone
Mi'kmaq Petroglyphs:
Mi'kmaq Flags: Flag of the Mikmaq Nation, Grand Council, and individual Mi'kmaq bands.

Mi'kmaq Recipe Pages


Carved in Stone
Micmac Days and Months:
Micmac Recipes
Mi'kmaq Venison Stew
Wild Rice Tarts:

Traditional Mi'kmaq Indian Games and Toys



Mi'kmaq Games
Waltes Game
Waltes:
Micmac Waltes Bowl
Waltes Multimedia:

Micmac Doll
Micmac Doll's Cradleboard:

Mi'kmaq Religion and Mythology

Glooscap Stories and other Micmac Legends:
Storytelling: The Art of Knowledge
Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Storytelling:
Native Spirituality:
Micmac and Maliseet Spirituality:
Maliseet and Micmac religion, rituals, and mythology.
Mi'kmaw Language, Spirituality & Medicine:Mi'kmaq spiritual beliefs and use of healing herbs.
Mi'kmaq Culture:
Sacred Symbols: The Mi'kmaq significance of eagle feathers, peace pipes, sweetgrass, drums, and the sweat lodge.
Mi'kmaq Ceremonies and Symbols:
Mi'kmaq Spirit: Micmac religious traditions including the medicine wheel, sacred pipe, fasting, and the role of Mi'kmaw women.
Religious Traditions of the Micmac of Newfoundland: Historical passages on Micmac Catholicism and native mythology.
Traditional Lifestyles:

Mi'kmaq Literature and Arts




Windspeaker
Rita Joe:
Song of Rita Joe
We are the Dreamers:
Gail Tremblay
Indian Humor
Onondaga poet and visual artist.
Dr. Daniel N. Paul
:Essay by Micmac author Patricia Clark Smith.
Native American Authors: Mi'kmaq:
Maine Native American Basketmaking
Northeast Tribes Basket Gallery:
Maine Indian Baskets
Micmac Baskets:
Porcupine Quill Decoration on Birch Bark
Porcupine Quill Embroidery:
Brilliantly Beaded
Micmac Bead Work:
Micmac Flute Carver:
Autumn Leaf Productions
Micmac Crafts:
Red Crane Studios:Alan Syliboy, Mi'kmaq artist.
Lee Cremo Page:
Morning Star:
Medicine Dream Homepage
Miawpukek:CD of traditional Mi'kmaq songs and chants. CD of Christmas songs in the Mi'kmaq language.
Songs of the Wabanaki
Penobscot and Micmac music and drumming.
Indian Bay Singers:
Native American Art:

Mi'kmaq History



Mikmaq History: Micmac history from the First Nations Histories.
History of the Mi'kmaq People: Precolumbian history of the Micmac Indians, with pictures and a map.
History of the Mi'kmaq People: Archaeology, historical timeline, and Mi'kmaq oral history.
The Micmac:Brief history of the Micmac tribe from Northeast Wigwam.
Northern Algonquians in the New France Era:
Montagnais,
Ojibway,
Separation of the Micmac Indians from the Beothuk: Micmac oral history
Beothuks Red Indians
Míkmawey Mawiómi: Micmac political history.
Maine Timeline of Native American Culture
Wabanaki Indian Collection
Ready to Tell Overdue Story: People of the Dawn:
The Wabanaki Confederacy:
History of the Micmac People: History of the Tarrateen War (1607-1617).
Edward Cornwallis' Troubled History:
Compensation for Residential School Survivors
Shubenacadie Indian Residential School:
Out of the Depths
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Indian Residential Schools:
Institutional Child Abuse in Canada
Aboriginal Peoples and Residential Schools:
Glooscap Returns: Rebirth of the Mi'kmaq Nation: History of Mi'kmaq treaty rights in Canada.
Mi'kmaq Resource Center: Information about the Mi'kmaq Resource Centre's repository of Mi'kmaq documents.
Personal Histories of Mi'kmaq People
Stories of the Mi'kmaq Indians:
History of the Newfoundland Mi'kmaq People:
Micmac Native Traditions: History of the Micmacs on Prince Edward Island.
A Biography of Anna Mae
Anna Mae Pictou Aquash
Murder of Anna Mae Aquash:
Russell Means Points Finger
Who Killed Anna Mae?
Anna Mae Justice Awareness Fund:
Indigenous Women for Justice
Life and Death of Anna Mae Acquash:
Margaret Labillois: Biography of the Mi'kmaq elder, the first female Chief in New Brunswick.
Fort Folly History
Waycobah History
Conne River History
History of the Miramichi:
Mi'kmaq and Acadian Good Relations: History of the alliance between the Mi'kmaq tribe and the French Acadians.


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