National Aboriginal Day
In cooperation with national Aboriginal organizations, the Government of Canada designated June 21 National Aboriginal Day. This date was chosen because it corresponds to the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, and because for generations, many Aboriginal groups have celebrated their culture and heritage at this time of year.
National Aboriginal Day is a wonderful opportunity to become better acquainted with the cultural diversity of Inuit, Métis and First Nations peoples, discover the unique accomplishments of Aboriginal peoples in fields as varied as agriculture, the environment and the arts, and celebrate their significant contribution to Canadian society.
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Thu, Jun 21 NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY CELEBRATIONS. 10 am to 5 pm. New Brunswick Museum, 1 Market Square. Themed activities throughout the day. Try your hand at traditional porcupine quillwork or examine beautiful beadwork. Entertainment and refreshments planned for 6:30 pm. All day, view the Museum’s virtual exhibition Koluskap: Stories from Wolastoqiyik at www.nbm-mnb.ca. Free admission. (506) 643-2300.
Aboriginal Peoples in the Atlantic Region
Information pertaining to Métis, Non-Status Indians, and urban Aboriginal people can be found at the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status web site.
The Mi'kmaq
The Mi'kmaq are part of the Algonquian linguistic family. There are 22,295 in the Atlantic Region, of which nearly 16,121 live on-reserve.
When the Mi'kmaq first encountered Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, their territory stretched from the southern portions of the Gaspe peninsula eastward to most of modern-day New Brunswick, and all of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
This area was divided into seven smaller territories loosely united by a common language, kinship and political alliances. Unlike some of their southern neighbours, their society was not based on agriculture; they hunted, fished and gathered their food. This meant their settlement patterns were largely governed by the rhythm of the changing seasons.
The Maliseet
The Maliseet are part of the Algonquin linguistic family. There are 5,269 in the Atlantic Region, of which nearly 3,030 live on-reserve.
The Maliseet are the only other Aboriginal people living in the Maritime provinces today. Their lands once stretched along the banks of the St. John River (in present day New Brunswick and Maine) and extended as far west as the St. Lawrence. The Maliseet, like their Mi'kmaq neighbours, are Algonquin. But while the two nations share a similar natural environment and way of life, their languages and culture are quite distinct. The Maliseet are closer to the neighbouring American Native peoples in Maine, New Hampshire and Quebec than to their Mi'kmaq neighbours to the north and east.
The Innu or Montagnais-Naskapi Indians
The Innu are part of the Algonquin linguistic family. There are 1,235 in the Atlantic Region.
The Innu (or Montagnais-Naskapi people) of Quebec and Labrador Peninsula trace their ancestry to several regional groups. The Naskapi (or Mushuau Innu) - sometimes called the "Barren Land People" - occupied the desolate interior lands of the far north; the Montagnais (or Mountain People) lived in the forests of the south. Both groups belong to an extremely ancient caribou-hunting culture.
The Inuit
The Inuit are part of the Inuktitut linguistic family. There are 2,634 in the Atlantic Region.
The Labrador Inuit live in the northern reaches of Labrador peninsula. They are kindred to a much larger nation, with traditional homelands that stretch from Soviet Siberia to the northern Canadian Arctic, from Alaska in the west to Greenland in the east. While they speak a dialect of the shared language, their technology, culture and organization set them apart.The present day Labrador Inuit are descendants of the prehistoric Thule, hunters who were drawn to Labrador by its abundance of whales and other wildlife, Labrador Inuit are one of the founding peoples of Canada; a maritime people, deeply connected to the environment. In Inuit culture, they speak of "the land" as encompassing the land, sky, watersheds and ocean areas on which the Inuit has depended for thousands of years.
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Aboriginal contacts in New Brunswick
Big Cove First NationSite 11, Box 1
Big Cove
New Brunswick Canada E0A 2L0
506-523-8200
Fax: 523-8230
Buctouche Micmac Band
R.R. #2, Box 9, Site 1
Buctouche
New Brunswick Canada E0E lG0
506-743-6493
Fax: 743-8995
Burnt Church First Nation621 Bayview Drive
Burnt Church
New Brunswick Canada E0C 1K0
506-776-1200
Fax: 776-1215
Eel Ground Indian BandR.R.# l Box 9, Site 23
Newcastle
New Brunswick Canada E1V 3L8
506-627-4600
Fax: 627-4602
Eel River Bar BandP.O. Box 1660
Dalhousie
New Brunswick Canada E0K 1B0
506-684-3360
Fax: 684-5840
Fort Folly Indian BandPO Box 971
Dorchester
New Brunswick Canada E4K 3V5
1-506-379-3400
Fax: 379-3408
Indian Island61 Indian Island Drive
Indian Island
New Brunswick Canada E4W 1S9
506-523-4875
Fax: 523-8110
Kingsclear Indian BandR.R. #6, Comp. 19, Site 6
Fredericton
New Brunswick Canada E3B 4X7
506-363-3028
Fax: 363-4324
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation1771 Main Street
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
New Brunswick Canada E7C 1W9
506-739-9765
Fax: 735-0024
New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council320 St. Mary's Street
Fredericton
New Brunswick Canada E3A 2S4
506-458-8422
Fax: 451-6130
Oromocto First NationP.O. Box 417, R.R.#1
Oromocto
New Brunswick Canada E2V 2J2
506-357-2083
Fax: 357-2628
Pabineau Indian BandBox l, R.R. #5, Site 26
Bathurst
New Brunswick Canada E2A 3Y8
506-548-9211
Fax: 548-9849
Red Bank Indian Band (Metepenagiag)P. O. Box 120
Red Bank
New Brunswick Canada E0C 1W0
506-836-2366
Fax: 836-2787
Saint John River Valley Tribal Council7 Wulastook Court
Woodstock First Nation
New Brunswick Canada E7M 4K6
506-328-0400
Fax: 328-0987
St. Mary's Indian Band247 Paul Street
Fredericton
New Brunswick Canada E3A 2V7
506-458-9511
Fax: 452-1793
Tobique Indian BandR.R.# 3
P.O. Box 840
Perth
New Brunswick Canada E0J 1V0
506-273-5400
Fax: 273-3035
Union of New Brunswick Indians370 Wilsey Road
Fredericton
New Brunswick Canada E3B 6E9
506-458-9444
Fax: 458-2850
Woodstock First Nation3 Wulastook Court
Woodstock
New Brunswick Canada E7M 4K6
506-328-3303
Fax: 328-2420
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