welcome MicMac gathering song...by george paul

[@tanyahuntley245]

10th generation here o the upper coastal northeastern coastal Atlantic , I honour my beloved grandmother and my culture 🪶

[@tomreichenbach6849]

Yeah Nice sounds wonderful voice👍🤩🌞 Aho

[@JLC1117]

Beautiful- on Honor of My Ancestors.

[@lisacoolen1235]

Beautiful!! I have recently learned that I am Mi'kmaq....people always asked what I was because of my skin color and just the way I look!?...but I was told I was "white" when I asked my parents...so horrible, it's a sin, but my mom was told she was white.... And now knowing "who" I am, explains a lot to me why I am the way I am....I am Mi'kmaq! Well this song is beautiful!!!

[@TheMarlenaEffect]

Where do you think you are from? The singer of this song is my cousin

[@anativeamerican3140]

Aren't we all cousins then

[@kevinrees5855]

M'Sit Nogoma !

[@christinewhite6993]

Yes we are most likely related! Lots of French names...Leblanc, Hache, Landry, Gallant, Doucette, Cormier, and so on. Hi Cuz!

[@jonathansgarden9128]

Hello, my mother is a LeBlanc Cajun and i have confirmed that i have Mi'kmaq several times over in many Cajun lines, also Mexican native tribes as well. I don't exactly look Native, but 2 of my 4 cousins from the same side, do, despite having fully european looking other parents. People assumed i was Spanish which i actually am too through the same lines, but the darkness when i tan is unique

[@thewandererdesbois6318]

i have mi'kmak blood in my veins im proud of my heritage. My father passed away this winter and ill go in gaspesie to honor my father's land and a multiples rituals in gespeg. honoring my roots

[@adelelively8151]

im only a small part.... but i honor my granddad... i love and miss him the strongest man i new miss you grappy muise

[@joannetobin7523]

My mother was adopted into her family and when I was 10 found out she had 16 brothers and sisters..10 years later after speaking to some biological Aunts and Uncles found out her Grandmother was pure Mi' kmaq. My father side (his great grandmother) is also Mi' kmaq from the same reserve in Nova Scotia. I've been learning the culture and the language. The language is dying. Every generation less and less people are speaking it. I've been studying off KZbin. It's teaching me a lot. I am even taking notes and I'm creating a word book and teaching my children.

[@anthonyjubinville258]

My passed away grandmother have been born in the Village of Saint-Nil (now it is Matane). But lots of my family are in this area. When I heard Mi'kmaq songs, I have tears rolling on my face... It is talking to me very much.

[@adelesaunders9737]

Loved this. I am Scottish and it resonated with me somehow. I connected with it.

[@dragonflower72]

i am very proud to have Mik'maq as part of me through both my mother and father. it explains how i love the earth so much. i have much love for the trees of our earth.

[@hannahward1914]

Many of us have learned fro genealogy that we have mi'maq heritage. Proud of it too. I love and respect nature perhaps that is part of my being

[@christinecaliguire2903]

Hannah Ward I think we like nature more then the normal person

[@jonathansgarden9128]

This makes so much sense. Only 2 days ago, it was confirmed to me that i have more Mi'kmaq in my geneology than i ever had realized before, and i have always loved nature more than the average person and wanted to honor it. I also always have had a soft spot for Native Tribes and rights

[@iryssiaOof]

Im on the 8th generation, yet i love learning about mmy ancestors !

[@france492]

je suis métisse Mi'kmaq et je suis si heureuse de découvrir mes origines même tard .

[@TanitZelda]

France bédard moi aussi!! Et je n’habite pas en Canadá mais à Texas 🇺🇸 ! Grâce aux examens d adn j’ai su ça !

[@anativeamerican3140]

What?

[@MrJaseg1971]

@@anativeamerican3140 negemow gelusit wenjui'sit! They are of Mi'gmaq origin or family history.

[@jonathansgarden9128]

Moi aussi, ma cousine (je suis Cajun/Acadian de Louisiane, et je suis Mi'kmaq aussi

[@pierrefournierchanteur7543]

Very nice music George We are Mi'kMag blood broder George, I'm living at Roberval ((Quebec Canada) and my communauty living on moisie river on Canadian Noth-Coast.. I'm a singer too... Emset Nogamag !!!! Pierre

[@lisajackson7023]

my great grandpa was Lawrence Gedeon from Gesgaspegiag ...my grandmother is Adelaide Gedeon. thank you for this music

[@unitedstatesofconsciousnes7272]

One Paternal Great Grandmother was Mi'kmaq from NS. I met her when she was 96 years old. I was too young to really appreciate what that part of my heritage really meant at the time especially growing up labeled as a first generation Canadian"immigrant" from Bermuda - when some of my lineage is indigenous Canadian.- lol funny. This music is really beautiful and connects me to a unique space.

[@justin48784]

my fathers mother is mi'kmaq and i know nothing of her trying to do family tree on her all i know she was born in nova scotia and the name and year of birth i havent gotten any thing i been looking for a while and i dont look in the same provance

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

She passed away in the house that I live in today. Medicine is so advanced today... That's why if we could marry the 2 together we could find a better way!

[@MrJaseg1971]

Apnamultess wo'gumal. Wela'lin, na ta'n teliula'lin George.

[@maggiedurnford3879]

Beautiful Christmas 🎄 song, my blood brother, HAPPY NEW YEAR. A'HO SWEETIE.

[@Mpaul81]

awesome job on modernizing this song a bit dad. sounds good gitpu falls asleep whenever i put ur music on lol

[@heatherm4689]

Thanks for the nice song my family didn't tell me I am part Native as I have very white skin l , need to know more I'll keep looking on the net I want to know about myself and my people. 😊

[@priscillasappier1735]

Thank you for soothing my rage with your beautiful voice George Paul

[@paulthebeau7061]

Wow the contemporary twist with the music is amazingly complimentary and it makes me understand the vocal melody even more. Infinite respect for Eastern Eagle.

[@noahshecapio3645]

i love my heritage of mikmaq of eskasoni and james bay cree of mistissini lake tahoe

[@francinel8154]

Love that song. You just look like my uncle, and he was also a signer and musician.

[@starlightlimo3394]

Cool tune

[@MKNdesigns]

George Paul: Thank you! It is so difficult to find the REAL THING nowadays! You've managed to make it traditional and modern, it is my hope that more and more of our young people will do the same as they come into their musical talents and so. It was refreshing and calming to hear and reminded me of so many things of my youth. Again thank you and WELL DONE! Welalin, Krissy

[@MaeSekhmet]

Wonderful, thank you for sharing your work! :)

[@williamgouveia4727]

I just learned l have Mikmaq ancestry. My grandfather was Levi Goguen of Shediac and his ancestor was Joe Goguen who lived 5 years with the Miramichi and Burnt Church bands and became their translator and lawyer in hunting and fishing disputes.

[@caroline6085]

Beautiful would love to see the Mi'kmaq and English lyrics for this so I can learn it?

[@Saguanay]

Its just a chant, nothing to translate into.

[@savemyplace235]

@@Saguanay But do you know what the words mean?

[@Saguanay]

@@savemyplace235 No and haven't spoken to anyone who translates it. Sarah Denny said they don't translate and are just chants and have been passed down. Kwa’nu’te is the 2nd song that he is singing and it is a feast song. It was recorded in 1961 being sung by Chief Ben Christmas.

[@lp8005]

Wonderful combination, love it.

[@gerrycompanion7102]

Great chants and the music & drums were fantastic..Loved it !

[@heatherm4689]

Love love I am Mic Mac

[@deborahamazonamazon2900]

My ancestor may be Wesqet Sipu..Fish River Native Americans of Eagle Lake Maine

[@davidpatrick344]

they have a web page

[@jenniferdoyle2433]

proud of my micmac bloodline

[@kennycloud1801]

Welalin jorge

[@EveMele]

Super! ♥

[@phaya6724]

ma grand-mere Mi'kmaq

[@lorenzodibari4083]

Would love to have the lyris

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

What a Hot mess we've found ourselves in. My uncle Rudy... I was supposed to go for an Echo Cardio Gram !!!

[@PhilipY65]

Is there another more "Traditional" Gathering song? The one I remember learning starts out...Weshqwe no jigga no gigga ma Hola dig mege ya

[@thestonecanoe3159]

PhilipY65 friendship song honor song

[@TheMarlenaEffect]

Proud of you cousin.. I love how you remixed this. Love you!!

[@EricAll4soundsAlbert]

Kwe :D, great job in the mix here. I'd love to hear that vocal chant go through a Roland Echo box or a dub box delay X-x !

[@priscillasappier1735]

Let’s make a music video 😎

[@Tomahawkwolf10]

Denzhone song. Shalako dance

[@juanmartinez-vk5uj]

AHO

[@timothyball588]

Thank you brother

[@Lithiel]

I'm curious, do the woman on this tribe of people have their own songs too? Do they use drums too? I know in some tribes it's traditional for one gender to sing, or drum, or both- but it really depends. Does anyone know what it's like for the Míkmaq?

[@Shadic24367]

We can make our own songs freely and either gender can sing and dance all they like, along with drumming but it's very uncommon for woman to sing and drum in Mi'kmaq for reasons I don't know, they don't feel like it I guess hahaha

[@Saguanay]

Kwe' George...what is the second piece? After Iko? EDIT: Kwa’nu’te is the 2nd song.

[@taniabergeron5604]

im a micmac :)

[@perrycomeau3304]

Hi

[@CyberAspen]

both sing

[@aleisterlowenstein9526]

Nogoma

[@Shadic24367]

ya'll are the whitest Mi'kmaqs I have ever seen XD meant as a joke of course

[@thunderwolf5969]

this ain't no real song he sounds middle eastern like a red dot ndn