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Item is a reproduction of an article of agreement between the Lt. Governors of Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire & Nova Scotia and various tribes, 1727.

Fonds consists of a handwritten notebook of Mi'kmaw hieroglyphic writing, with an attached English translation of prominent Mi'kmaw hieroglyphics.The following is written inside the notebook: "Capt. Simon Denny, Eskasoni, CB, N.S. Presented by: J.D. MacPherson, Supt. Indian Agency, Eskasoni, CB. N.S. Written by: Frank Nevan, Eskasoni, CB. N.S."

Fonds consists of correspondence. Gabriel Sylliboy was a Mi'kmaw chief from 1918-1964.

File consists of a videorecording of Mi'kmaw Christmas customs. Enactment of the presentation of gifts to those who are named after saints. CBC/Beaton Institute Production; 30 minutes

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File consists of thirteen photographs of Mi'kmaq Cultural Day, U.C.C.B., 1990.

Item is a resource document for Mi'kma'ki, including a historical overview, calendar of events, and information on contemporary Mi'kmaq.

File consists of reproductions of academic and newspaper articles that address the topic of residential schools in Canada.

Item is an article originally published in the Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. XVIII, No. 2, 1998, pp. 301-11.

Item is a calendar produced by the Eskasoni School Board for the year 1990. It highlights many significant dates in the Mi'kmaw calendar and features reproductions of historic photographs of the Mi'kmaq.

Item is a first edition of this book.

Item is a resource document published by the NCNS, outlining the history, programs and services of the organization.

Item is a first edition of this book, in which a Wood Duck voyages across the ocean in a canoe, discovering an unfamiliar land and people and dreaming of the future colonization of his own land by these people.

Item is a reproduction of an article published in Ethnohistory, Spring, 1976, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 117-127.

Item is a bound reproduction of these two texts.

Item is a reproduction of the 1752 Treaty or Articles of Peace and Friendship Renewed.

Item is a list of Mi'kmaw place (river) names and their English meaning or translation. Phonetic spelling of Mi'kmaw words.

Item is a list of Mi'kmaw place (river) names and their English meaning or translation. Phonetic spelling of Mi'kmaw words.

Item is a 1957 anthropological overview of the "Malecite Indians" [Sic] of New Brunswick.

Item is a reproduction of an article published in Acadiensis, 10:1 (Autumn 1980), 113-130; it consists of the transcription of a 1756 letter from Varenne, with an introduction by Ken Donovan.

Item is a reproduction of an article first published in the Journal of American Folklore, Apr. - Jun., 1897, vol. 10, no. 37, p. 101-105.

Item is a reproduction of an article first published in the Journal of American Folklore, Jul. - Sep., 1896, vol. 9, no. 34, p. 170-177.

Item is a reproduction of an extract from the North American review, no. CCXXX, January, 1871.

Item is a reproduction of an article originally published in American Anthropologist, Jan., 1895, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 31-42.

Item is a reproduction of the article published in the Journal of American Folklore, Apr. - Jun., 1925, vol. 38, no. 148, p. 300-315.

Item is a reproduction of the article published in American Anthropologist, Jan. - Mar., 1922, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 24-30.

Item is a reproduction of the article published in Kroeber Anthropological Society papers, v. 8/9 (1953).

Item is a reproduction of the article published in the Scientific Monthly, Feb., 1924, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 144-148.

Item is a reproduction of the article published in the Journal of American Folklore, Jan.- Mar., 1925, vol. 38, no. 147, p. 33-54.

Item is a reproduction of a paper on various Mi'kmaw customs and material culture traditions presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Proceedings, 44th meeting, 1895; mention is made to Cape Breton.

Item is a reproduction of a history/description of St. Anne's Day, Chapel Island (1895). Reference to important role of Fr. Maillard. Mentions role of Chiefs and priests, altar, mass, firing of cannon, procession of St. Ann, shrine feast, peace pipe ceremony and marriage customs. Item is a reproduction of an article published in Donahoe's Magazine. July, 1895, pp. 754-758.

Item is a reproduction of the article, published in French Colonial Studies, No. 2, 1978.

Item is an edition of the 1957 Indian Act.

Item is a reproduction of this article originally published in the Canadian Medical Association journal, 1948 Dec; 59(6): 573-7.

Item is a reproduction of a supplement in the Micmac News Vol. 17 No. 08 August 1987.

Item is a first edition of "Decorative traditions, Micmac & Maliseet," a catalogue featuring a selection of Maliseet and Micmac decorative arts from the collections of the New Brunswick Museum ; edited with an introduction by Gaby Pelletier.

Item is a publication of legends based on material collected among the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia in the 1800s by Silas Rand. Contents include: The Star brides --
Three boys and the giants --
The man who hated winter --
The invisible boy --
The captive --
The snow vampire --
The chief who refused to die --
Brother to the bears --
The man who wanted to live forever.

Item is a publication on the Mi'kmaq of the Maritime region of Canada.

Item is a publication of Mi'kmaw stories written at a Mi'kmaw Writers' Workshop held in Sydney, Nova Scotia, in April 1986, under the sponsorship of the Eskasoni School Board.

Item is a publication of Mi'kmaw stories told and written at a Native Language Writers' Workshop held in Campbellton in the fall of 1984; the workshop was produced by Robert M. Leavitt.