The Mi'kmaq (also Míkmaq, Micmac; in Quebec, Mi'gmaq) are a First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England, Canada's Maritimes and the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec. They have a population of about 20,000 of whom approximately one-third still speak the Algonquian Mi'kmaq language.
In the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, October is deemed Mi'kmaq History Month.
Mi'kmaq Communities
Elsipogtog First Nation, New Brunswick (population: 2,484)
Note: Mi'kmaq names in the table have all been spelt according to a single orthography; however, there are other Mi'kmaq orthographies in use (compare Kespék versus Gespeg).
External Links
Mi'kmaq History Month (http://www.snws.ednet.ns.ca/mi%27kmaq.htm)
Traditional Micmac territory is concentrated in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, but the Micmac people also had a presence in parts of Quebec, Newfoundland, and Maine.
Micmac glossary of cultural terms, with discussion of each entry.
Maliseet and Micmac language classes at the University of New Brunswick.
Feeds |
Contact