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Walking Mi'kma'ki is a collaborative project developed in MFAR-6350-1 Practicing Land Acknowledgement / MAED-6350 Museum & Curatorial taught by Dr. Leah Decter and Dr. Carla Taunton at NSCAD University. The participating artists are: Sarah Brooks, Emily Davidson, Tania Fuentes Villa, Megan Hosmer, Fayrouz Ibriahim, Hana Kujawa, Colleen MacIsaac, Claire Tallarico, Rena Thomas, and Sydney Wreaks.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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Sydney, canvas, and no household garbage

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Sydney, canvas, and no household garbage

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Audio file from the tall part of the K - Sydney and Colleen

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Photogram from Mi'kma'ki objects

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Photograms made by Rena, Megan and Hana using things picked up when walking the K and when Renda walked/biked the M

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Detail of New Brunswick cadastral map No. 124, PANB. Three lots granted to John Davidson are highlighted and conversion from chains to kms is noted for each.

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Cadastral map detail for i' route planning

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Cadastral map detail for i' route planning

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The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (PANB) notes that:
"New Brunswick cadastral maps show the basic features of the province along with the boundaries, lot number, and grantee’s name for land granted by the province. These maps are cumulative, showing all grants regardless of date."

I have not yet determined which of these lots were granted to Lieut. John Davidson and which were granted to his son John C. Davidson. However, both father and son worked as surveyors. My ancestors directly benefited from and operationalized the dispossession of territory from the Wolastoqewiyik.

For more on Wolastoqey land dispossession and the Loyalist invasion of Wolastokuk see Andrea Bear Nicholas, “The Role of Colonial Artists in the Dispossession and Displacement of the Maliseet, 1790s-1850s,” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'études canadiennes, vol. 49 no. 2, 2015 https://nben.ca/fr/premieres-nation-proces-et-politique.html?download=4824:the-role-of-colonial-artists-in-the-dispossession-and-displacement-of-the-maliseet-1790s-1850s-andrea-bear-nicholas-26-avril-2016

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The route and measurements for the i' are based three lots of land owned/stolen by my ancestors Lieut. John Davidson (and/or his son John C. Davidson)

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First, I converted the measurements for three lots of land listed as John Davidson or J. Davidson on PANB archival cadastral maps from chains to kilometres. Then, I used Google Maps and a paper map to draw out the size and shapes of these lots so they corresponded to the existing street grid of Halifax. Finally, I created an i' route that touched at least one side of each of the lots.

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Rene's audio from first i

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Audio of first '

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Rena's images from the last part of M1

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Rena's images from the first i

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Rena's images from the first '

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Visited Sat in the rain - walking from the North End 