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Mi'kma'ki, the Land of the Mi'kmaw

CAAL-CBPA Webinar January 16, 2023 Presenter: Gerald Gloade, Program Development Officer, Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre Description: The Archaeological tools found in different parts of Nova Scotia tell the stories of our earliest inhabitants. We will look at these tools and see how they are connected to Nova Scotia’s unique geological inventory. Just as the Country of Canada is divided into the 10 Provinces and 3 Territories, Mi’kma’ki, the Land of the Mi’kmaw, was divided into 9 distinct Districts. We will look at these areas through the Mi’kmaw language, a verb-based language that describes how each of these areas got their name. We, the Mi’kmaw, observed a 13 month annual calendar, based on the 13 times the Moon travels around the Earth as the Earth travels around the Sun to give us our Year. Each of the months is named after something that goes on in the Environment during that Moon period. Pattern recognition was learned through our Planets annual journey around the Sun. The Mi’kmaw have been here in this place since the last glaciers, seeing the patterns laid out over 13,000 times. The lessons we learned from the land are still taught today and although global warming has thrown the cycle off a bit; you can still observe these lessons as they are played out. Where to be and when to be there, was essential to our survival. Our traditional understanding of these annual events gives us a schedule to follow, to prepare, and to collect the gifts from the Creator. Brought to you by the CAAL-CBPA Indigenous Knowledge Committee