Mi'kmaq

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Template:Ethnic group The Mi'kmaq (also Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq, or MicMac) are a First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England, Canada's Maritimes, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. The word Mi'gmaw is the singular form of Mi'gmaq. The Nation has a population of about 40,000 of whom approximately one-third still speak the Algonquian Mi'kmaq language, which was once written in Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing and is now written using most letters of the standard English alphabet.

In the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, October is deemed Mi'kmaq History Month and the entire Nation celebrates Treaty Day annually on October 1st.

1 Mi'kmaq subdivisions
2 Other
3 See also
4 External links

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Mi'kmaq subdivisions

Elsipogtog First Nation (population: 2,484)

Note: Mi'kmaq names in the table have all been spelt according to a single orthography; however, there are other Mi'kmaq orthographies in use (compare Kespék versus Gespeg).

Community	Province/State	Town/Reserve	Est. Pop.	Míkmaq name
Abegweit First Nation	PE	Scotchfort Rocky Point Morell	?	Epekwitk
Acadia	NS	Yarmouth	996	Malikiaq
Annapolis Valley	NS	Cambridge Station	219	Kampalijek
Aroostook Band of Micmac	ME	Presque Isle	920	Ulustuk
Bear River First Nation	NS	Bear River	272	L’setkuk
Buctouche First Nation	NB	Buctouche	80	Puktusk
Burnt Church First Nation	NB	Burnt Church 14	1,488	Eskinuopitijk
Chapel Island First Nation	NS	Chapel Island	576	Potlotek
Eel Ground First Nation	NB	Eel Ground	844	Natuaqanek
Eel River Bar First Nation	NB	Eel River Bar	589	Oqpíkanjik
Elsipogtog First Nation	NB	Big Cove	2,720	Lsipuktuk
Eskasoni First Nation	NS	Eskasoni	5,000	Eskisoqnik
Fort Folly First Nation	NB	Dorchester	105	Amlamkuk Kwesawék
Micmacs of Gesgapegiag	QC	Maria	1,174	Keskapekiaq
Nation Micmac de Gespeg	QC	Fontenelle	490	Kespék
Glooscap First Nation	NS	Hantsport	?	Pesikitk
Indian Island First Nation	NB	Indian Island	145	L’nui Menikuk
Lennox Island First Nation	PE	Lennox Island	700	L’nui Mnikuk
Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation	QC	Listiguj	3,166	Listikujk
Membertou First Nation	NS	Sydney	1,051	Maupeltuk
Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation	NB	Red Bank	527	Metepnákiaq
Miawpukek First Nation	NF	Conne River	2,366	Miawpukwek
Millbrook First Nation	NS	Truro	1000	Wékopekwitk
Pabineau First Nation	NB	Pabineau	214	Kékwapskuk
Paq’tnkek First Nation	NS	Afton	489	Paqtnkek
Pictou Landing First Nation	NS	Trenton	547	Puksaqtéknékatik
Indian Brook First Nation	NS	Shubenacadie	2,120	Sipekníkatik
Wagmatcook First Nation	NS	Wagmatcook	623	Waqmitkuk
Waycobah First Nation	NS	Whycocomagh	900	Wékoqmáq

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Other

The spiritual capital of the Mi'kmaq nation is the gathering place of the Mi'kmaq Grand Council, Mniku or Chapel Island in the Bras d'Or Lakes of Cape Breton Island. The island also the site of the St. Anne Mission, an important pilgrimage site for the Mi'kmaq. The island has been declared a historic site. (CBC)

The name "Quebec" is thought to derive from a Mi'kmaq word meaning "strait," referring to the narrow channel of the Saint Lawrence River near the city site.

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