October is Mi’kmaw History Month
Treaty Day, (October 1st) marks the beginning of Mi’kmaw History Month in Nova Scotia as proclaimed in 1993 by then Premier John Savage and Mi’kmaw Grand Chief Ben Sylliboy.
This year’s Mi’kmaw History Month poster theme A’tukwemk aq A’tukowinu’k – Storytelling and Storytellers.
To learn more about Mi’kmaw History Month click here.
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