Muiwlanej kikamaqki - Honouring Our Ancestors : : Mi'kmaq Who Left a Mark on the History of the Northeast, 1680 to 1980 / / ed. by Janet E. Chute.

• HerausgeberIn: Chute, Janet E.,
• MitwirkendeR: Julien, Donald M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2023]; 2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Atlantic Canada History
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1360 p.) :; 61 b&w illustrations

Drawing upon oral and documentary evidence, this volume explores the lives of noteworthy Mi'kmaw individuals whose thoughts, actions, and aspirations impacted the history of the Northeast but whose activities were too often relegated to the shadows of history. The book highlights Mi'kmaw leaders who played major roles in guiding the history of the region between 1680 and 1980. It sheds light on their community and emigration policies, organizational and negotiating skills, diplomatic endeavours, and stewardship of land and resources. Contributors to the volume range from seasoned scholars with years of research in the field to Mi'kmaw students whose interest in their history will prove inspirational. Offering important new insights, the book re-centres Indigenous nationhood to alter the way we understand the field itself. The book also provides a lengthy index so that information may be retrieved and used in future research. Muiwlanej kikamaqki - Honouring Our Ancestors will engage the interest of Indigenous and non-Indigenous readers alike, engender pride in Mi'kmaw leadership legacies, and encourage Mi'kmaw youth and others to probe more deeply into the history of the Northeast.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface: Welcome to Muiwanalej Kikmanaqik - "Let's Honour Our Ancestors" -- Introduction -- Part One: Kespukwitk - Southwestern Nova Scotia -- 1 Charles Alexis and the Bartlett and Charles Families -- 2 Jehan Grand Claude: Patriarch of the Claude/Glode/Gloade Family of Southwestern Nova Scotia -- 3 Paul Guédry dit Labrador and the Mi'kmaw Labrador Family of Nova Scotia -- 4 Marguerite Guédry -- 5 Pierre Momcharret, Chief of Minas -- 6 François Mius dit d'Azy: Forest Aristocrat -- 7 The Panuke Lake-St. Margaret's Bay Connection: The Thoma/Thomas and Phillips Families of Southwestern Nova Scotia -- 8 Bernard Argomartin and the Pennel/Pennell and Hammond Families of Southwestern Nova Scotia -- 9 Stephen Knockwood Jr. of Kings County, Nova Scotia -- Part Two: Wagobagitk, Sipekne'katik aqq Eskikewa'kik - Cobequid, the Shubenacadie District, and Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore -- 10 Paul Peminout and the Peminout Pauls of the Sipekne'katik District -- 11 John W. Johnson -- 12 The Man at the Centre: Chief Joseph Julien, the Halifax County Band, and the Development of the Millbrook Community -- Part Three: Siknikt, Ulustuk, Piktuk aqq Epexiwitk - Chignecto District, Northern Maine, the Northumberland Strait Area, and Prince Edward Island -- 13 The Times, Policies, and Legacy of Joseph Argimault, Chief of Siknikt (Chignecto) -- 14 Jean-Battiste Bouta: Founder of the Paq'tnket Community of Antigonish County -- 15 Donald Joseph Daniel Sanipass, Mi'kmaw Tribal Leader, Basketmaker, Photographer -- Part Four: Kespek (Gespe'g) - Northeastern New Brunswick and Southern Quebec -- 16 Nicholas Prisk II Ouiouche: Community Rebuilder -- Part Five: Unama'ki aqq K'Taqmkuk - Cape Breton and Newfoundland -- 17 Capisto -- 18 Isidore -- 19 François N'8gin'tok -- 20 Jacques Padanuques -- 21 Jean Michau -- 22 Michel Michau -- 23 Denis Michau -- 24 Marie Joseph Le Borgne de Belisle -- 25 Marguerite, Servant at Louisbourg -- 26 The Diplomatic, Trade, and Emigration Policies of Unama'ki District Chief Jeannot Peguidalouet -- 27 Thoma Denny -- 28 Michel Thoma Denny Sr -- 29 Michel Thoma Denny Jr. -- 30 Francis Thoma Denny -- 31 John Denny Sr. -- 32 John Denny Jr. -- 33 Beloni Thoma -- 34 Peter Googoo, Chief of Whycocomagh (Waycobah) -- 35 Andrew Alex, Record Keeper -- 36 Isaac Gabriel Sylliboy -- Part Six: Mi'kmaw Worldview -- 37 Mi'kmaw Worldview -- Afterword -- Abbreviations -- Notes. Part 1 -- Notes. Part 2 -- Bibliography -- Index -- Author Biographies