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Anna Mae Pictou Aquash was a famous Indian rights activist from Nova Scotia in the early 1070's. She was murdered in 1975 and her murder was never brought to justice.
A recent hero of the tribe was Donald Marshall who fought for the rights of Mi'kmaq peoples and the criminal justice system of Canada and went on to champion the traditional fishing rights of his people based on treaties signed by the Canadian Government.
Rita Joe was also a famous Mi'kmaq poet and song writer from Cape Breton. She was awarded Canada's highest honor, Member of the Order of Canada for her works including " Poems of Rita Joe" and "Songs of Eskasoni"
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How do the mikmaq teach history of their people?
the mikmaq aka (L'nu) taught history throught stories and legends. Example: The mikmaq land was destroyed, the forests burnt the river dryed, no animals left but a few, so Bear came and taught the mikmaq to respect the land and use everybit of its catch, and not to waste. This might have been the telling of the asteroid that hit north America 13,000 years ago.
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Oral history helped pass down stories and legends
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they now call it mikmakik, but the word mikmaq is influenced by the french, so it could have been L'nukik since the mikmaq called themselves lnu
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