Mi'kma'ki
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Mi'kma'ki or Mi'gma'gi is composed of the traditional and current territories, or country, of the Mi'kmaq people, in what is now Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and eastern Quebec, Canada. It is shared by an inter-Nation forum among Mi'kmaq First Nations and is divided into seven geographical and traditional districts with Taqamkuk being separately represented as an eighth district, formerly joined with Unama'ki (Cape Breton). Mi'kma'ki and the Mi'kmaw Nation are one of the confederated entities within the Wabanaki Confederacy.
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Mi'kma'ki | |
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Pre-contact–1867 (as a State) 1867–Current (as an unrecognized country) | |
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Status | Confederated Districts of Wabanaki |
Capital | Mniku, Unamaꞌkik |
Common languages | Mi'kmawi'simk |
Demonym(s) | Mi'kmaq |
Government | Sante' Mawio'mi / Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi |
Kji Sagamaw | |
• unknown-1611 | Henri Membertou |
• 1792-1818 | Francis Peck |
• 1818-1842 | Michael Tooma |
• 1842-1869 | Frank Tooma Jr. |
Sagamaw | |
Putus | |
History | |
• Established | Pre-contact |
1497 | |
• Exclusion from the Treaty of Utrecht | 1713 |
1725 | |
• Indian Act, 1876 | 1867 (as a State) 1867–Current (as an unrecognized country) |
Population | |
• pre-1500 | 35,000−75,000[2] |
• 1500 | 4,500 |
• 1750 | 3,000 |
• 1900 | 4,000 |
• 2016 | 58,763[3] |
Currency | Wabanaki Wampum |
Today part of | Canada |
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Quick Facts Person, People ...
Person | L'nu |
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People | Lnu'k (Mi'kmaq) |
Language | Mi'kmawi'simk |
Country | Mi'kma'ki Wabanaki |
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