Mi'kmaq (Mi'kmaw)

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      Mi'kmaq (Mi'kmaw)

        679 Archival description results for Mi'kmaq (Mi'kmaw)

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        Indian Island, Whycocomagh
        CA BI 84-805-14905 · Item · 1939

        Item is a postcard of "Indian Island" near Whycocomagh; "view from Hillcrest Hotel."

        CA BI 84-816-14916 · Item · 1906

        Item is a postcard of "Indian Island" near Whycocomagh; "moonlight scene."

        Indian Princesses (Micmac)
        CA BI 89-687-18882 · Item · 25 Jul. 1969

        Item is a photograph of Shirley Fairclough.

        Indian Princesses (Micmac)
        CA BI 89-688-18883 · Item · 25 Jul. 1969

        Item is a photograph of Dorothy Campbell.

        CA BI PAM 763 · Item · 1935

        Item is a reproduction of an article originally published for the Canadian Historical Association.

        Indians (Maritimes)
        CA BI 89-859-19054 · Item · n.d.

        Item is a reproduction of an original photograph held in the Notman Photographic Archives at the McCord Museum. The photograph is of a Mi'kmaw camp, near Chapel Island, Cape Breton, NS, about 1915.

        Indians of Nova Scotia
        CA BI PAM 2228 · Item · 1878

        Item is a reproduction of an article originally published in the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, Halifax. Proceedings, 1877. 1878. v.4, pt. 3, p. 260-281.

        CA BI PAM 1521 · Item · 1960-1970?

        Item is a reproduction of several appendices from a previously published source. Source and author(s) unknown. Content deals with the Maritime provinces and includes transcriptions of several significant treaties.

        Interior of St. Ann's Church
        CA BI 77-1184-1318 · Item · 1975

        Item is a photograph of the interior of St. Anne's Church on Chapel Island. Photograph shows the altars, some pews and a painting above the altar.

        CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-38 · Item · 1986
        Part of Inverness County Dance Project

        Interview with Beverly Jeddore about her life, teaching dance, welcoming dance, celebration dance and clothing, beadwork, the game dance, the feather dance, the snake dance, the blanket dance, the wedding dance, the welcoming dance song, the celebration dance song, learning dances, the waltes game, with the community, learning the songs and dances, dances on the footwear, prayer and song, kind of footwear for dancing, older woman in Eskasoni who knows a lot.

        Canadian Museum of History
        CA BI T-1474 · Item · 08 Oct. 1981

        File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Catherine Gallagher who taught at the King's Road Reserve and at Membertou.

        CA BI T-2264 · Item · 1977, 1981

        File consists of an audio recording of an interview Catherine Gallagher, teacher at Membertou. Additional remarks, another tape done by CBC Radio, Sydney.

        CA BI T-2212 · Item · 15 May 1986

        File consists of an audio recording of a an interview with Rosenblum, who defended Donald Marshall Jr.

        CA BI T-2052 · Item · 1982

        File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jessie MacKenzie, East Bay, of her time teaching in Eskasoni.

        Introduction
        Biographical Sketch - born at Piper's Cove
        Attended school at Benacadie - almost 100 children going from Piper's Cove then went to high schoo at Iona
        Started teaching at age 17 - first school was at Christmas Island; taught at Benacadie for 5 years
        Went to teach at Eskasoni in 1937
        All Mi'kmaw children, but some claimed Scottish ancestry
        Gives some Mi'kmaw names: Googoo, Gould, Mathews, Simon a popular first name
        What was the reservation like?
        Land provided by the Government, no taxes, school well equiped, teachers paid by Federal Government. People were very poor at that time, poor housing etc.,
        What about their language?
        They were proud of their language...
        Did you ever try to learn Mi'kmaq?
        Knew a few words at one time; gives a few examples
        They understoo English, the Mi'kmaw agent did everything possible to keep them in school; they had no concept of time
        Their life style was to be in the woods and on the lakes and rivers
        They were very good to each other, very "clannish".
        After a funeral, all the deceased person's possessions were sold to pay the expenses
        No priest at Eskasoni at the time; a "Captain", one of their own people, came & instructed them - he was a very good man
        What about their music & songs?
        They were very musical; they learned to sing the Psalms in Latin
        Some of the Mi'kmaq learned Gaelic...
        Were they good students?
        Not at that time - they didn't care too much for going to school
        Marion Paul - the first student from Eskasoni to become a teacher
        A story about getting caught in a snowstorm going home to Piper's Cove from Eskasoni
        Who wrote the song "Bu deonach leam tilleadh"?
        Hugh MacKenzie, Christmas Island, a bard, a fiddler & a piper
        What would he make songs about?
        He would make songs about anything or anybody: the telephone song, a song about an old barn etc.
        Sings the song "Bu deonach leam tilleadh"
        Tells of teaching Gaelic at East Bay school after she retired from Eskasoni
        Had a class every Thursday afternoon - 90 children

        Interview with Lee Cremo
        CA BI T-883 · Item · 1977

        File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Lee Cremo in Eskasoni. Lee Cremo's background as a fiddler, the various fiddle styles in Cape Breton. Also, prejudice and the gap between white and Mi'kmaw ways of thinking.

        Interview with Lee Cremo
        CA BI T-2412 · Item

        File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Lee Cremo.

        CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-39 · Item · 1986
        Part of Inverness County Dance Project

        Interview with Lee Cremo - 1st part - about his life, father and the fiddle, learning, Easter Open (speaks about that contest), his first record, Tennessee Championship, his bowing and style of playing, playing for dances, differences in styles of dancing, step-dancing and tap-dancing, his music band, Mi'kmaw music on fiddle and God and music, verbal music, First Nation Meeting in Saskatchewan, dance at Christmas Island, fiddle music considered evil, fiddlers in Mi'kmaw community, occasions for dancing, performance dances, wedding dance, chief of dancing, wedding dance.

        Canadian Museum of History
        CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-40 · Item · 05 Aug. 1986
        Part of Inverness County Dance Project

        Interview with Lee Cremo - 2nd part (continuation from tape LEB/SAY-Ac-39) - talk about wedding dance, speaks about developing music in children, chanting or singing during wedding dance, special wedding song, birthdays, praying, singing for dancing, he sings the song for the dance, celebration dance, Nescaouette dance, learning to dance, dances in home, respect for elders, his wife explains about dancing and dance at Chapel Island, dance died out on Chapel Island, Mi'kmaq life, learning dancing, understanding Mi'kmaw dance movement, step for dances, respect in dancing.

        Canadian Museum of History
        CMH 86-46-86-46 LEB/SAY-Ac-41 · Item · 05 Aug. 1986
        Part of Inverness County Dance Project

        Interview with Lee Cremo - 3rd part (continuation of LEB/SAY-Ac-40) - talk about Nescaouette, children learning dances, Chief of dance and differences in arm positions for dancing, fish type person, stiffer upper body, different styles of fiddling for dancing, other dances, language, dance tradition kept up, occasion for dancing, play for what type of dance, Mi’kmaw tunes on fiddle, eagle dance, feather dance, traditional dance, singing to this dance, lullaby, traditional instrument for Mi’kmaw dancing, rattle, melodies on the fiddle, step-dancing, wedding dance, harvest dance, three kinds of dancing, Mi’kmaw greetings with demonstrations, shoes, clothing.

        Canadian Museum of History
        Interview with Rita Joe
        CA BI T-3276 · Item · 04 Dec. 1997

        File consists of an audio recording of Rita Joe's thoughts on life.

        Interview with Winnie Chafe
        CA BI T-900 · Item · 1977

        File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Winnie Chafe, Glace Bay. She mentions that the Scottish, French and Mi'kmaq all settled in Frenchvale and that the Mi'kmaq taught the other settlers to hunt and trap.

        Jane Bernard
        CA BI MG 7A.8-MG 7A.8.1 · File · 1973
        Part of Jane Bernard collection

        File consists of photocopies of papers collected by Jane Bernard, authors unknown. Papers include:

        1. Drawings of utensils used by the Mi'kmaq people. 13 pages.
        2. "How to make a birch-bark canoe." 14 pages.
        3. Mi'kmaw Prayer. 1 page.
        4. History of St.Anne De Restigouche, P.Q. 7 pages.
        5. Three Mi'kmaw legends: a) The hidden life; b) Origin of the war between the Micmacs and the Kwedeches; c) An Army Drowned by a single Man. 6 pages.
        6. Mi'kmaw Grammar. 37 pages.
        7. History of the Mi'kmaq people. 9 pages.
        Jane Bernard collection
        CA BI MG 7A.8 · Collection · 1973

        Collection consists of photocopies of papers collected by Jane Bernard, authors unknown.

        Item · 1986

        Item is an original paper by Eleanor Johnson submitted to Richard MacKinnon's Folklore 100 Class on November 11, 1986. To locate this item at the Beaton Institute, use the following sequence: "Report - Micmac - Title of Item requested."

        CA BI T-2322 · Item · 11 Nov. 1986

        File consists of an audio recording of an original audio recording of Eleanor Johnson's interview with Jeanette Denny, submitted to Richard MacKinnon's Folklore 100 Class on November 11, 1986.

        CA BI T-560 · Item · 1972

        File consists of an audio recording of an interview with Jim Charlie MacNeil and Joe Neil MacNeil. Joe Neil tells a story about a Mi'kmaw woman selling baskets to a Scottish woman who only spoke Gaelic.

        Joe Paul
        CA BI 94-809-25324 · Item · ca. 1900

        Item is a photograph of Joe Paul, also known as Joe Molley, and Mrs. George (Jessie) Hollifield.

        Joe Paul
        CA BI 94-808-25323 · Item · ca. 1900

        Item is a photograph of Joe Paul, also known as Joe Molley, and Mrs. George (Jessie) Hollifield.

        Joe Paul
        CA BI 94-807-25322 · Item · ca. 1900

        Item is a photograph of Joe Paul, also known as Joe Molley.

        Joe Paul
        CA BI 94-812-25327 · Item · ca. 1900

        Item is a photograph of Joe Paul, also known as Joe Molley.

        John Julien
        CA BI MG 7A.3-MG 7A.3.1 · Item · 1783
        Part of Julien, John

        File consists of a reproduction of a document signed by governer Parr appointing John Julien to be Chief over the "Indians of Merimichy."

        John Julien
        Item

        Item is an original essay submitted to Richard MacKinnon's Folklore 100 class, April 28, 1976. Includes two photographs. To locate this item at the Beaton Institute, use the following sequence: "Report - Micmac - Title of
        Item requested."

        Joseph Lawrence MacDonald
        CA BI T-359 · Item · 1972

        File consists of an audio recording recorded in Boisdale. Joseph Lawrence MacDonald tells story from a newspaper clipping found at Big Pond. The following has been transcribed from notes accompanying the
        recording: The legend purports of "an encounter between a giant Mi'kmaw and a descendant of the Great Cameron of Lochleil. A man from Lochaber, Scotland, came to Margaree where a 'warlike' Mi'kmaq, the Sylliboys, were living during the months of March and April where they made maple sugar. 'Sweet drops of the maple cow.' Very descriptive of the Mi'kmaw camp weapons. Solution was suggested by elder - a wrestling match between Cameron's song and the 6'8 tall Chief. Description of fight. Cameron's son won. The Chief returned to Whycocomagh. 1200 acre farm - middle of the Margaree Valley."

        Item

        Item is a discussion of Mi'kmaw culture and lifestyle; mentions prehistoric, historic, present state of culture and economy. To locate this item at the Beaton Institute, use the following sequence: "Report - Micmac - Title of Item
        requested."

        CA BI MG 7A.17 · Collection · 1882-1993

        Collection consists of a compilation of reproductions of correspondence, legal documents, provincial grants and plans concerning the relocation of this Reserve.

        97-536-28384 · Item · ca. 1910

        Item is a laser copy print of a photograph of buildings and adjoining sheds in Kun’tewiktu (Kings Road Reserve).

        Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.