Mi'kmaq Resources

Musquodoboit. Kejimkujik. Quispamsis. Just a few of the place names that reflect the history of the Mi’kmaq people in the Atlantic Provinces. Explore the Mi’kmaq culture – past and present -- through these resources from Halifax Public Libraries and others.

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Mi'kmaq Heritage Month Programs

Suggested Reading Lists

• Begin Researching your Mi'kmaq Ancestry
• The Mi'kmaq: Selected Articles from Halifax Public Libraries

Some great resources from Halifax Public LIbraries' catalogue:

• People (Biography)
• Arts & Culture
• Languages
• History
• Justice
• Mi'kmaq Today
  

Digital Collections

• The book of Exodus in Micmac [microform] (1870)
  (Source: Internet Archive)
• A first reading book in the Micmac language (1875)
  (Source: Internet Archive)
• Mi'kmaq Holdings Resource Guide
  (Source: NS Archives & Records Management)
• Micmac News (Membertou), 1965-1991
  (Source: Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University)
• Mi'kmaq Portraits Collection
  (Source: Nova Scotia Museum)
• Birch Bark Canoe Building - Traditional Birch Bark Canoe by Todd Labrador
  (Source: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic)

Other Online Resources

• General
  • Assembly of First Nations
  • First Nations Seeker
  • Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
    
    
• Arts & Culture
  • "The Mi'kmaq" Info Sheet (Nova Scotia Museum)
  • "Mi'kmaq Culture - Overview." Mi'kmaq Spirit
   
• Language
  • Aboriginal Language Initiative
  • Mi'gmaq Mi'kmaq Micmac Online Talking Dictionary
  • Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw Language Centre of Excellence
  • Omniglot: Mi'kmaq language, alphabet and pronunciation
   
• History
  • Aboriginal Peoples: The Mi'kmaq (The Micmac)
  • American Indian History - Mi'kmaq First Nation: We Were Not the Savages (Daniel Paul)
  • Carved in Stone: Mi'kmaw Petroglyphs Recorded by George Creed 1887-88 (NS Museum)
  • Mi'kmaq Resource Centre 
     
    
• Genealogy
  • Ancestry.com - Family History & Genealogy Message Board - Mi'kmaq
  • Genealogy & Family History: Aboriginal Peoples (Library & Archives Canada)
  • Ne-do-ba (Abanaki Genealogy of Interior New England)
     
    
• Justice/Politics
  • Legal Resources - Aboriginal Community (Legal Services Society (BC))
  • Reflections: 20 Years After the Marshall Inquiry."
    The Society Record Vol. 27, No. 4 October 2009.
  • Mi'kmaq - Nova Scotia - Canada Tripartite Forum
  • Mi'kmaq Rights Initiative
  • Nova Scotia (Attorney-General) v. Nova Scotia
    (Royal Commission Into Marshall Prosecution), [1989]
    2 S.C.R. 788
   
• Mi'kmaq Today
  • Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq
  • Mikmaq.ca
  • Mi'kmaq Nova Scotia First Net
  • Mi'kmaq Kina'matnewey
  • Native Council of Nova Scotia
  • Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources: Mi'kmaq Sustainable Resources
  • Union of Nova Scotia Indians