The Mi'kmaq community reclaiming land and identity | WIDE

Off the coast of Quebec, the island of Newfoundland is as isolated as it is icy. But its rich resources of fish attracted Europeans to settle there.
The Mi'kmaq community of Miawpukek was forced away from the coasts where it once resided, and suffered the oppression and erasure of its rites and language for centuries. Today, led by the Chief Misel Joe, the Mi'kmaq fights to preserve its identity.
Documentary: Islanders, Apart Together - Newfoundland: The eagle and the river
Directed by: Alexandre Mostras
Production: WINDS and Ushuaïa TV
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[@channthachayatem3453]

Love the story and culture of each community on the planet. I am watching from Cambodia.

[@joegrande4848]

God bless you guys for protecting the water and land 😊❤

[@julieanntregeagle2594]

My great…grandfather was Chief Henry. I take great pride to know that I carry some of his DNA.

[@joegrande4848]

One of my Native American ancestors was a war chief on my mom's side of the family 😊

[@AJ_real]

Thanks for showing us this culture.

[@robertbrown3400]

I have a question and it is not meant to be insulting or demeaning in any way. I actually have been curious about the answer for years. It doesn't seem to me that the Northeast Algonquian tribes wear their own traditional garb all the time at the pow-wows. They wear the traditional dress of other tribes from further west. If I am wrong, please correct me. If I am correct, why is this done? Again, I really want to know the answer if someone pleases, this isn't an insult.

[@NAMULTISS]

Kwe’ hello. Contact took place in 1497, that is how far we are removed from our traditional clothing, first treaty signed in 1725, then in 1749 the bounty on scalps to wipe us out was put out, then when that did not work Residentialschools opened in (1830) formally 1867- 1996 to assimilate us. Less then 10 yrs later came the Indian act of 1876 this prohibited us from gathering and practicing our culture tell 1951. Then came along the white paper of 1969 to try and gain authority over our territory the reason for that was ignoring that nation to nation agreements signed back in the 1725. That’s is 298 years of treaty denial. And 526 years of contact, where as the western cultures have only had contact since 1870 when Rupert opened up to the settlers. So there cultures were still fresh with culture identity so 153 yrs is only 2 people back. So we had to gather what we could of the old ways from the many other cultures that we historically traded with. Hope this kinda of brings a bit of information on why and how we adopted the fancy dance practices. And western provinces learned from our treaties since we were the first to sign as sovereign nations and courts up hold those living documents.

[@nomadchopper]

Good 😊 on my Mikmaq family and ancestors ❤

[@thenightfly3685]

Funny no mention of how your ancestors helped wipe out the Beothuk of Newfoundland... and to hear the bullshit that all of this is his land.. you crowd don't own shit here in the Province... and I guess now you Crowd out on the Port Au Port Peninsula are finding that out... it's like payback

[@joegrande4848]

Amen brother same here 😊❤

[@Elonmuskasseater69]

Wow

[@squashtomato7803]

I’m so sorry for what my ancestors did to these 😢beautiful people. My soul hurts 😢 and I ask forgiveness for what we did. Researching my ancestry led me here. Nova Scotia - what happened was horrible. 😢

[@thenightfly3685]

But they are not Newfoundland Indians but from Nova Scotia so who cares. They are a big reason own Newfoundland Natives, the Beothuck were wiped oit

[@ChrisVanSlykeCVS]

Cry me a river. If you want to play the pity game then you can do that ad nauseum back 300 000 years when homo sapiens first appeared. Groups treated groups brutally by todays standard but unless you know what it was like back then how dare you moralize one groups actions over another or take responsibility simply because of your ethnicity?

[@muinej]

​@@thenightfly3685 new scotland did not exist and is a present day colonial site ... we lnu are all from mi"kma'ki and have neen here outside of the time of your memory ... your mythology about our brothers the petaouquog is just that myth put on paper is in our opinion (his)story my oral history has been repeated a thousand times yours ... m'sit noqmaq ...

[@MOSINHO.]

4:00 sound he has a french Cajun accent down in Louisiana. 😮

[@bpcj4891]

That's because the Cajun accent comes from Acadian. "Cajun" means "Acadien" when spoken in the French accent. After the Great Deportation of Acadians by the English in 1755, many eventually made their way to Louisiana. The relation to the Mi'kmaq is that they were allies with and intermarried with the Acadians.

[@julieanntregeagle2594]

The Mi Kmaq carries holy sacred blood. Some feared them because of it and so they tried to annihilate them.

[@thenightfly3685]

Nobody owes them shit here in Newfoundland

[@ChrisVanSlykeCVS]

holy sacred blood what is that supposed to mean. Are they superior? Are you racist?

[@joegrande4848]

​@thenightfly3685 it's their land originally they were the 1st people there 1,000s of years before Europeans

[@thenightfly3685]

@@joegrande4848 buddy, there is zero evidence of the migmaw here in Newfoundland before 1610, when they were brought here to kill off the Beothuk of Newfoundland. You crowd will never convince anyone here in Newfoundland of those lies, even coming from an Irish Newfoundlander. This place here called Newfoundland, is a special place that will belong to the people that made it what it is, the people that defeated it and hold dear to what it means to us and everyone one here, but don't ever get it in your migmaw head, that this most unique piece of rock belongs to a crowd that came from Nova Scotia and the Gaspe Bay.

[@thenightfly3685]

@joegrande4848 it's whose land?? The migmaw?? Buddy give your head a shake. You lot were brought here by the French. What you should do, is go down on the east coast and knock on doors and tell them that, especially the people on the burin Peninsula and watch what happens. That's the problem when you crowd start believing in your own bullshit. What was it your buddy Weasel Misel Joe said, that you lot came across the Strait of St Lawrence in those birch bark canoes and you crowd expected us to believe that bullshit. You crowd should do a video of that in your canoes so we here in Newfoundland can get a great laugh. The best part of all this is going around stephenville and reminding your people of their history here on how you got here and remind them that they, and probably yourself are all descendants of murderers!!

[@johnporter4718]

Why do we have to differance ,we are all humans and should treat everyone the same ,we are only figments of our imagination, so don,t try and difference enjoy our limited time on this earth

[@johnporter4718]

I certainly respect your opinion, but if history is right we're,nt the micmac brought over from nova Scotia to obliterate the Beothuck

[@Smitty-tc4ni]

How do a people not from Newfoundland get a reserve on Newfoundland?

[@thenightfly3685]

That is always a big question. No one owes them anything here

[@joegrande4848]

It's their bloodline tied to the mi'kmaq people 😊

[@Smitty-tc4ni]

Definitely not MikMac bloodlines. The MicMac helped kill off the Beothuk people with French and English!

[@phill8005]

Oh, I am so sick of the constant victimhood. All people fought for lands and natural resources. Why are whites held to a standard that none other are? BTW, I am descended from Daniel LeBlanc who was a Micmaq and there are those who say that this tribe was part Celtic.... hence Mic and Mac.

[@thenightfly3685]

Well if you want that bullshit them you better head back to Nova Scotia cause no one owes them anything here

[@rosestewart1606]

It's not that at all...here they are telling the history and today what took place would be considered illegal. These people were occupied and prevented from participating in the old economy and the new economy. When my mother was growing up, indigenous people weren't allowed to own businesses. They weren't even allowed off the reserve without a pass. Many of the common practices for the century after the creation of Canada would be considered crimes against humanity...and as they point out here had they been even given a say in how the environment was treated a lot of current issues would have never happened. They didn't get the right to vote until 1963 and only got access to the courts decades after that...the Supreme Court upheld the treaties that we're made in the 1700s. So it's not an attitude of victimhood....it's an expectation that all people are equal under the law. This is no different than what was done to the Palestinians and other indigenous people around the world. It's not about skin colour. It's the effects of settler colonialism which isn't successful without taking all of the rights of indigenous people away. The same was done to Ireland and Scotland.

[@joegrande4848]

Ignorance is bliss brother 😢

[@phill8005]

@@joegrande4848 Ignorance of what?

[@charlesleblanc6638]

That's interesting that Daniel LeBlanc was Micmaq ... I never herd that. I'm also a descendant of Daniel, but how would he have that white man name, I'm curious ? It would however explain all my Native practices !