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  Mi'kmaq Language and the Mi'kmaq Indian Tribe (Micmac Indians, Mikmaq, Mi'kmaw, Mikmaw, Mikmak)
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.
www.native-languages.org /mikmaq.htm   (810 words)

  
  Micmac - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Micmac Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages).
French missionaries came into contact with them in the early 17th cent., and the Micmacs were allies of the French throughout the history of New France.
The Micmacs are expert canoeists, and, although their economy once centered on fishing and hunting, they now derive their income primarily from agriculture.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Micmac.html   (342 words)

  
  Glossems on Historical Events, Conditions and Movements: The Micmac of Megumaagee.
The Micmac, though they could make as great a show as any nation, were of a milder and retiring spirit; they were, as a consequence, under great pressure from their fiercer southern neighbors.
The Micmac, in a Spinozistic sense, certainly did believe in creation; and, did believe and recognized a higher power as having control of their destiny, a power that was entitled to reverence.
If the Micmac had religious views, they "were of the most vague and indefinite character." They believed in "invisible spirits", some good and some bad, who dwelt in the winds and in the water.
www.blupete.com /Hist/Gloss/Indians.htm   (7429 words)

  
 Micmac (Mi'kmaq)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The origin of the name Micmac or Mi'kmaq, which identifies both a people and their language, is unclear.
Alternative names for the Micmac, which can be found in historical sources, include Gaspesians, Souriquois, Acadians and Tarrantines; in the mid-19th century Silas Rand recorded the word wejebowkwejik as a self-ascription.
Estimates of the Micmac population range from 3000 to 35 000, with 20 000 being a reasonable figure.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005271   (172 words)

  
 Micmac
For the most part, Micmac clans (or bands) were independent with their own chiefs and ceremonies, a system which has been remained largely in place to the present day.
For the Micmac, the deportation was almost as traumatic as it was for the French.
The majority of the Micmac followed suit in 1761, but Rogers Rangers were required to expel the French from their last outposts along the upper St. John River in 1760.
www.dickshovel.com /mic.html   (7079 words)

  
 Welcome to the Official Website of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs
The Micmac Nation, today, is composed of seven districts of 29 bands with a population of approximately 30 thousand.
The Micmac language is an Algonquin one, related to that of the Micmacs’ southern neighbors, the Maliseets, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot and Abenaki.
The Micmac are recognized as excellent producers of porcupine quill on birch bark boxes and wooden flowers of strips of maple, cedar and white birch.
www.micmac-nsn.gov   (323 words)

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