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Pestie'wa'taqatimk
CA BI FT-2.8a · Item · 1981

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

Item is available for streaming: Item is available for streaming: https://youtu.be/nZvBTiYChjs [https://youtu.be/nZvBTiYChjs]

CA BI 96-1140-27828 a-m · Item · 1990

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

Mi'kmaw resource guide
CA BI PAM 4000 · Item · 2003

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

Residential Schools
CA BI PAM 4004 · Item · 1990-1998

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

Mikmaq Calendar
CA BI PAM 3889 · Item · 1990

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.

Loon Rock
CA BI PAM 3887 · Item · 1996

Item is a first edition of this book.

The voyage of Wood Duck
CA BI PAM 3797 · Item · 1995

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.

CA BI PAM 3323 · Item · 1980

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.

CA BI PAM 3260 · Item · 1897

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.

Micmac Magic and Medicine
CA BI PAM 3251 · Item · 1896

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.

CA BI PAM 3247 · Item · 1871

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

CA BI PAM 3243 · Item · 1895

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

CA BI PAM 3240 · Item · 1925

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

CA BI PAM 3239 · Item · 1922

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

Half-Breed
CA BI PAM 3237 · Item · 1924

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

Micmac Tales
CA BI PAM 3236 · Item · 1925

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

A melange of Micmac notes
CA BI PAM 3235 · Item · 1986

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.

CA BI PAM 3226 · Item · 1895

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.

CA BI PAM 2780 · Item · 1977

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.

Nine Micmac legends
CA BI PAM 2779 · Item · 1988

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.

The Micmacs
CA BI PAM 2778 · Item · 1984

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

A'tukwagnn : Micmac stories
CA BI PAM 2767b · Item · 1986

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.

Atugwagnn : Micmac stories
CA BI PAM 2767a · Item · 1985

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.

The Mi'kmaq treaty handbook
CA BI Pam 2707 · Item · 1987

Item is a guide to the treaties signed by representatives of the British Crown and the Mi'kmaq Nation during the eighteenth century.

CA BI PAM 2577b · Item · 1986

Item is a reproduction of this paper, which includes a discussion of relocation/centralization of Mi'kmaq to Eskasoni and Shubenacadie Reserves, 1942-69; history of Indian policy, failure of scheme, paternalism and corruption of Dept. of Indian Affairs, social problems, and resurgence of Mi'kmaw culture.

CA BI PAM 2577a · Item · 1986

Item is a reproduction of this paper, which includes a discussion of relocation/centralization of Mi'kmaq to Eskasoni and Shubenacadie Reserves, 1942-69; history of Indian policy, failure of scheme, paternalism and corruption of Dept. of Indian Affairs, social problems, and resurgence of Mi'kmaw culture.

CA BI PAM 2521 · Item · 1972

Item is a reprint of the account of the Mi'kmaq first published by Nicholas Denys in 1672.

CA BI PAM 2477 · Item · 1949?

Item is a textual history of Sisters of Charity, Halifax, 1849-1949. Mentions Mi'kmaw "Residential School" at Shubenacadie where girls were taught "home economics & boys taught woodwork & farming; both recieved spiritual training." Also mentions "Indian Reserve Convent, Micmac, Nova Scotia."

CA BI PAM 2456 · Item · 1984?

Item is a pamphlet explaining the activities, programs and goals of the Native Council of Nova Scotia.

CA BI PAM 2400 · Item · 1981

Item is a program for the 1981 Nova Scotia Indian Games; musical events, sports, princess pageant, old pasn games (Mi'kmaw traditional game) including: construction of sweat lodge, arts and crafts, demonstrations, waltes, chants & competitions.