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Three of Canada’s First Nations

Robinson 2009. Three of Canada’s First Nations. Mi’kmaq – ‘my brothers’. Occupied lands in present day PEI, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick. Lived near water in the summer and away from it during the winter. Mi’kmaq – ‘my brothers’. Mi ’ kmaq government was arranged into 7 districts.

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Three of Canada’s First Nations

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  1. Robinson 2009 Three of Canada’s First Nations

  2. Mi’kmaq – ‘my brothers’ • Occupied lands in present day PEI, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick. • Lived near water in the summer and away from it during the winter

  3. Mi’kmaq – ‘my brothers’ • Mi’kmaq government was arranged into 7 districts. • Each district had a local leader (Saqamaw) • The Saqamaw for each district would be the communities representative for the Grand Council

  4. Anishinabee – ‘the original people’ • Also known as Ojibwe or Chippewa (they do not like this term, as it was given to them by the early French settlers.

  5. Anishinabee – ‘the original people’ Organized into to clans called Dodems. Each Dodem had a different responsibility in the community. Responsibilities include: Leadership, Teaching/scholarship, policing, community needs (i.e. – housing), defense, spiritual needs.

  6. Haudenosaunee – people of the longhouse • Also known as Iroquois, but they do not like this name as it was given to them by the early French fur traders. • The confederacy was comprised of 6 nations: Cayuga,Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora • They spoke different languages but all accepted The Great Law of Peace.

  7. Haudenosaunee – The People of the Longhouse • Government – Fifty men sat on the Grand council as chiefs, or Hoyaneh, but they were selected by the Clan mothers. • The Clan mothers had the ability to remove a Hoyaneh if he was not meeting expectations.

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