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by Carlo Markotic 3 years ago

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Eric and Charlotte

The Mi'kmaq people inhabited various regions across Canada, including Gespegeoag, Sigenigteoag, and others. They crafted their clothing from moose and deer skin, creating leggings, sleeves, breechcloths, and moccasins, often adorned with colorful and floral patterns.

Eric and Charlotte

Other places near those were Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Those are just some.

Gespegeoag, Sigenigteoag, Pigtogeoag and Epeoitnag, Onamag, Esgigeoag, Segepenegatin and Gespogoitnag were the places where Mi'kmaq people lived.

Map of canada

Mi'kmaq

Mi'kmaq interesting facts.

They ate all kinds of fish such as salmon, sturgeon, lobster, squid, shellfish and eels. As well as seabirds and their eggs.
The Mi'kmaq mostly hunted marien life such as walrus, porpoises, whales and seals.
The Mi'kmaq made their bows out of maple! They also made then of wood and string.
The Mi'kmaq stored the lobster thet caght in the ground for later consumption.

Food

The Mi'kmaq main foods were meat, Fish, Wild plants and berries. The type of meat they eat is rabbits, Bears and Foxes.
Mi' kmaq people eat alot of meat. They take out anything from the animal that is not meat, then they take of the skin and then cook their meat over fire then.

With the leftovers, they never let then waste. They may use them for shovels to dig or skin to make clothes.

Tradition and Belifs

Clothing

They made leggings,sleeves and breechclothes of moose and deer skin. Breechclothes were animal hides sowed together and hung from a man's waist. They sometimes had colourful patterns on them.
This is a traditional Mi'kmaq outfit for a gathering. They put alot of floral patterns on clothing.
They also made moccasins out of deer and moose.

Shelter

Wigwams are made of sticks and Tree bark. They bent sticks to the top and tied them together with rope.
This video is of kids and adults building a wigwam. It also shows the inside!

They also put a hole at the top of a wigwam so the fire in the middle of the wigwams smoke goes out the top.

Subtopic

Hunting Wepons and Tools

Bow and arrows are really common. They used them to hunt other annimals.
Deadfalls were used to hunt predators such as foxes and bears.

they us the bones as shovels

Snares were used to hunt rabbits and partrige.