Mi'kmaq

The Mi'kmaq (also Míkmaq, Micmac, Migmaw; in Quebec, Mi'gmaq) are a Canadian First Nations people indigenous to northeastern New England, Canada's Maritimes, and the Gaspé Peninsula of the province of Quebec. They have a population of about 20,000 of whom approximately one-third still speak the Algonquian Mi'kmaq language, which was once written in Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing.

In the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, October is deemed Mi'kmaq History Month.

Mi'kmaq Communities

• Elsipogtog First Nation, New Brunswick (population: 2,484)

Community	Province	Town	Est. Pop.	Míkmaq name
Abegweit	PE	Scotchfort Rocky Point Morell	?	Epekwitk
Acadia	NS	Yarmouth	996	Malikiaq
Annapolis Valley	NS	Cambridge Station	219	Kampalijek
Aroostook Band of Micmac	ME	Presque Isle	920	Ulustuk
Bear River	NS	Bear River	272	L’setkuk
Buctouche	NB	Buctouche	80	Puktusk
Burnt Church First Nation	NB	Burnt Church 14	1 488	Eskinuopitijk
Chapel Island First Nation	NS	Chapel Island	576	Potlotek
Eel Ground	NB	Eel Ground	844	Natuaqanek
Eel River Bar First Nation	NB	Eel River Bar	589	Oqpíkanjik
Elsipogtog First Nation	NB	Big Cove	2 720	Lsipuktuk
Eskasoni	NS	Eskasoni	3 615	Eskisoqnik
Fort Folly	NB	Dorchester	105	Amlamkuk Kwesawék
Micmacs of Gesgapegiag	QC	Maria	1 174	Keskapekiaq
Nation Micmac de Gespeg	QC	Fontenelle	490	Kespék
Glooscap First Nation	NS	Hantsport	?	Pesikitk
Indian Island	NB	Indian Island	145	L’nui Menikuk
Lennox Island	PE	Lennox Island	700	L’nui Mnikuk
Listiguj Mi’gmaq;	QC	Listiguj	3 166	Listikujk
Membertou	NS	Sydney	1 051	Maupeltuk
Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation;	NB	Red Bank	527	Metepnákiaq
Miawpukek	NF	Conne River	2 366	Miawpukwek
Millbrook	NS	Truro	1000	Wékopekwitk
Pabineau	NB	Pabineau	214	Kékwapskuk
Paq’tnkek First Nation;	NS	Afton	489	Paqtnkek
Pictou Landing	NS	Trenton	547	Puksaqtéknékatik
Shubenacadie	NS	Micmac Post Office	2 120	Sipekníkatik
Wagmatcook	NS	Wagmatcook	623	Waqmitkuk
Waycobah First Nation	NS	Whycomagh	810	Wékoqmáq

Note: Mi'kmaq names in the table have all been spelt according to a single orthography; however, there are other Mi'kmaq orthographies in use (compare Kespék versus Gespeg).

External links

• Mi'kmaq Dictionary Online
• First Nations Profiles

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