Mikmaq group by Miss Bruno https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6 Social Studies Project: Mikmaq en-us 2017-11-07 22:18:20 UTC 2023-06-16 21:52:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Tent.png Homes missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206397768 The mikmaq people lived in wigwams . They had villages of wigwams. Now we have more modern homes with appliances. These wigwams were made of wood birch bark . There would be one family in each wigwam ]]> 2017-11-13 18:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206397768 Clothing missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206398006 They would skin killed animals to make clothing, they would use Deer and Moose skin to make leggings, sleeves, breechclouts and moccasins.]]> 2017-11-13 18:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206398006 Entertainment missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206398856 They enjoyed relief from the mosquitoes and blackflies which kept away the sea winds . They enjoyed hunting and gathering.]]> 2017-11-13 18:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206398856 Other missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206401506 Mikmaq people would speak English and their own language which is called Mi'kmawi'simk. They were enemies with Beothuk and Iroquois. I hope you enjoy this little traditional Mik’maq song

https://youtu.be/ZNVTN0hqZA0

]]> 2017-11-13 18:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206401506 Beliefs missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206887385 The Mikmaq people believed in a legendary hero named Glooscal.Their God was named Khimintu. To them he was their creator. The Devil was Kji .They were converted to Catholicism by the Jesuits in 1611.They Believed all thing had souls .Now they have the same beliefs as the Catholics.]]> 2017-11-14 18:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206887385 Art missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206890400 Contemporary Mik'maq artists  like Alan Syliboy have now included artistic Mik’maq traditions, like rock painting and ornate quillwork clothing.Mik'maq chants mean expressing emotion, rather than words with meanings.

]]> 2017-11-14 18:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206890400 History missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206891076 In what is now Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, a part of the Gaspé Peninsula and eastern New Brunswick, the Aboriginal people who greeted the first European visitors to their coasts were the Mik’maq.


]]> 2017-11-14 18:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206891076 Culture missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206897718 Mikmaw tribes were always best in the Canadian Maritime Region, although they had a VERY similar language to Abenaki and Maliseet. An interesting fact is that Mik’maq is pronounced meeg maw

]]> 2017-11-14 18:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206897718 Food missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206899798 The Mik’maq Citizens Hunted for there food they also grew there food. The men hunted and fished while the women grew the crops. They ate many plants. Mik’maq citizens also ate caribou, moose, seals, walruses, berries, squash and ,made maple syrup tree sap.]]> 2017-11-14 18:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206899798 Social Organization https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206901604 They have an organized government . They called their chief Saga Mor. Laws, Police, and Services . Now elected chief before chosen by tribe.

]]> 2017-11-14 18:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206901604 Ceremony missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206905378 Ceremonies connect the people spiritually and mentally. They embrace there culture.The traditional Mi’kmaq cultural ceremonies are not as widely practiced today due to assimilation into European culture.
To keep their culture alive, it is important that the Mi’kmaq citizens 
continue to take part in the ceremonies and rituals of theirs ancestors.
]]> 2017-11-14 18:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206905378 Jobs. missbrunosclassroom https://padlet.com/missbrunosclassroom/mikmaq6/wish/206905747 Men and young boys hunted and gathered food while the woman and young women picked and farmed plants and berries. Another job for the men was to build homes while the mothers took care of their kids.Mothers also had to produce more children to populate the country and tribe.

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