Msit No'kmaq
All My Relations
| While research my Acadian heritage, I learned of the unique
relationship between the Acadian and Mi'kmaq peoples. Where
other Europeans subjugated the indigenous peoples they
encountered (as in Latin America) or displaced them (as in
English America), in French Canada, and especially in Acadia,
the peoples more often lived side by side as equals. There was
some intermarriage, so for many, if not most, Acadians the
family history must include a place of honor for our Mi'kmaq
ancestors.
My 8th-great-grandmother, Anne-Marie, was a Mi'kmaq woman who married a first generation French settler in Acadie, Rene Rimbault. Looked at it one way, it seems so remote -- she was born nearly four hundred years ago. Looked at it another away, there are only nine people standing between her and me. William Cork -
Wilifred Smith - Frederick Smith
- Domithilde LeBlanc -
In honor of her, her ancestors, and her other descendents, here are some links on Mi'kmaq history and culture.
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