Interview: Anne Darville & Audrey Darville

Keywords:
1950s, Basket making, Centralization, Eskasoni, Halifax Club, Identity, Indian Act, Indian Agents, losing and regaining status, Main Avenue, May flowers, Mi'kmaw, Mi'kmaw Language, Moirs Chocolates, moving to Halifax, Powwow, second world war, spiritual connection
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Anne Darville and Audrey Darville
Date:
Mar. 15, 2017
Location:
Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia

Interview: Roger Lewis

Keywords:
cultural memory, effects of British and French colonisation, history of Indigenous people in Nova Scotia, importance of resources and land, Mi’kmaw diet and food resources, Mikmaw place names, pre-contact, settlers, urban population today
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Roger Lewis
Date:
2016
Location:
Nova Scotia Museum

Interview: Kenny Prosper

Keywords:
certificate of possession, Cole Harbor, crown land, employment opportunities, government jobs, Hammond’s Plains, Indian Act, inheritance of property, living off reserve, Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre, Natives living in the city, relocation, Sambro, Shubenacadie, subsidized housing for Natives, tar paper shacks, Urban Mi’kmaw, wikuom, women losing status, World Wars 1&2
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Kenneth Prosper, Dr. Trudy Sable
Date:
Jun. 23, 2017
Location:
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Interview: Justin Lewis

Keywords:
Canadian Education System, City Native/Urban Aboriginal, discrimination, Family, Fatherhood, Future Aspirations, Identity, Indigenous Status, Living On Reserve, Mi’kmaw, Off Reserve, School life, Sipekne’katik, Status Card
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Justin Lewis and Trudy Sable
Date:
Mar. 23, 2017
Location:
Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Nova Scotia

Field Trip: Steven Ginnish on Mi’kmaw Knowledge and Use of Plants and Animals

Keywords:
aging trees, Balsam Fir pitch, Black Spruce, burls, Forestry, forestry health, Golden Thread, Mother Earth, Red Oak, Tamarack, White Pine
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Steven Ginnish
Date:
Oct. 26, 2000
Location:
Eel Ground First Nation, New Brunswick

Workshop: Sarah Denny and Vivian Basque

Keywords:
Ben Christmas, chants, Ji'kmaqn, Jukwa'luk, Kwanu'te, Mi'kmaw dance troupe, Neskewet, Noel R Denny, outlawing of dances, Roman Catholic Church, Wapikatji'j
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Sarah Denny and Vivian Basque
Date:
Jul. 8,1991
Location:
Naropa East, Halifax (no longer in existence)

Interview: Georgina Doucette – Shawl Making

Keywords:
Colors, Dance Regalia, Dance Shawls, Healers, Healing, Healing color, Powwow, Recovery, Regalia, Residential School, Spirit Name, Turtle
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Georgina Doucette
Date:
Jan. 3, 2006
Location:
Eskissoqnik (Eskasoni) First Nation, Cape Breton, N.S. in home of Georgina Doucette

Interview: Rose Anne Nevin

Keywords:
Albert Lightning, Basketmaking, Beading, Big Cove, Boston, Centralization, Dance, Drugs & Alcohol, Fishing, Grand Council, Grandfather, Grandmother, Indian Island, Kluskap, Mawiomi, Medicine, Moccasins, N.B, Pauls, Powwow, Regalia, Residential School, Sacks, Saint Anne, St. John, Stories, Sundance
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Gary Joseph, Rose Ann Nevin
Date:
Dec. 21, 2005
Location:
Sɨkɨpne’katik (Shubenacadie) First Nation, Nova Scotia

Interview: Joey Gould – Mi’kmaw Dance

Keywords:
Brave Dance, Chapel Island, Dance Competitions, Gould Family, Kabatty, Ko’jua; songs and chants, Mi’kmaw dance, Native Round Up, Neskewet, Noel Stevens, Sarah Denny, St. Anne’s Day
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Trudy Sable, Joey Gould, Brian Guns
Date:
Dec. 19, 1990
Location:
Paqtnkek (Afton) First Nation, Nova Scotia

Interview: Margaret Johnson and Caroline Gould

Keywords:
Boarding Schools, Chapel Island, Christmas, Dance, Eskasoni, Funerals, Housing, Language, Liquor, Nuns, Pesita’wa’taqatimk, Prayers and Prayer Leaders, Priests, Selling Baskets, Stories, Whycocomagh
Archive Collection:
The Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia Archives Collection - Curated by Dr. Trudy Sable
Participants:
Margaret Johnson and Caroline Gould
Date:
Dec. 12, 2005
Location:
Eskissoqnik (Eskasoni), Nova Scotia