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Home > Find > Mikwíteʼlmanej Mikmaquʼk = Let us remember the old Miʼkmaq

Mikwíteʼlmanej Mikmaquʼk = Let us remember the old Miʼkmaq
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

2001
Book > Exhibition Catalogue
Creators
Johnson, Frederick
Contributors
Martin, Catherine; Bernard, Tim ; Rosenmeier, Leah ; Confederacy of Mainland Micmacs.; Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology.
Description
"In 1930 and 1931, anthropologist Frederick Johnson, then 27 years old, visited seven Mi'kmaw communities in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. During these visits he tool about 200 photographs that are the core of this book. Over the past 4 years, The Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq and the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archeology have worked together to reproduce Johnson's original images and to create a photographic history of the 20th century Mi'kmaw experience."--Amazon
Language
English

More Information

Alternate Title(s)
Let us remember the old Miʼkmaq
Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
ISBN
1551093502
Statement of Responsibility
Frederick Johnson, photographer ; Leah Rosenmeier, curator ; Tim Bernard, Catherine Martin, editors.
Publication Information
Halifax, NS : Nimbus
Physical Description
[vi],140 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Exhibition of photographs arranged by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and the Confederacy of Mainland Miʼkmaq.
Includes index.
Text in English, with t.p. and preface in English and Micmac.
Contents
Mi'kma'ki : The Mi'kmaw World -- Nikmatut : All My Relations -- Netukulimk : Living in the Land -- Poqjiwsultimkek : The Move -- "Shubie School" : The Shubenacadie Residential School -- Melkiknewa'ltimk : Gaining Strength, Renewing Community -- Frederick Johnson's Work -- Thinking About the Seventh Generation -- Further Resources.
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