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Indigenous Languages

Web sites

Mi'gmaq Mi'kmaq Online
Vocabulary and stories.
Aboriginal Language

Language learning material

Micmac lessons
Published in 1970.

Dictionaries

Federation of Newfoundland Indians Online
Brief word list and local place names.
Micmac dictionary
Micmac lexicon
Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians : who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Online
19th century dictionary. Also available in print in several University of Toronto libraries.
The Metallic Mìgmaq-English reference dictionary
Available at Robarts Library

Reading Material

Muiin aqq Luiknek Tesijik Ntuksuinuk Muin and the Seven Bird Hunters
Bilingual children's book.
Nkij'inen Teluet Kina'matnewe'l Telimuksi'ki We'wkl Atukwaqnn / Our grandmothers' words traditional stories for nurturing
Bilingual Mi'kmaq and English.
The stone canoe : two lost Mi'kmaq texts
English and Mi'kmaq.
Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic prayers : readings in North America's first indigenous script
Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic prayers : readings in North America's first indigenous script
Online version.
A first reading book in the Micmac language comprising the Micmac numerals, and the names of the different kinds of beasts, birds, fishes, trees, &c. of the Maritime provinces of Canada ; also, some of the Indian names of places, and many familiar words a
Published in 1875. Online.
Decolonize Me
Includes two pages of Artists Statements from Jordan Bennett, Stephenville Crossing, Newfoundland
Voyage of Wood Duck / Ta’n Teli Kaqasimilala’sis Malsikws
Comment la riviere Petitcodiac devint Boueuse / Ta'n Tel-kisi-siskuapua'qsepp Petikotiak Sipu / How the Peticodiac River Became Muddy
Kisi Mi'kmaw wi'kek Serena M. Sock
Clay Pots and Bones: Poems
Includes some Mi'kmaq text.

Policy, history and discussion

Foundation for Mi'kmaw/Miigmao language curriculum
The language of this land, Mi'kma'ki
Best practices and challenges in Mi'kmaq and Maliseet/Wolastoqi language immersion programs
Finding Our Talk
Television series from Mushkeg Media. One episode on Mi'kmaw language.
Finding Our Talk 3
Television series from Mushkeg Media. One episode on Mi'kmaw language.
I got it from an elder : conversations in healing language

Bibliographies

Guide to the Mi'kmaw Holdings at the Beaton Institute