Mi'kmaq

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Mi'kmaq
The Mi'kmaq (; (also spelled Míkmaq, Mi'gmaq, Micmac or MicMac) are a First Nations people, indigenous to northeastern New EnglandCanada's Atlantic Provinces, and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec. The word Míkmaw is an adjectival form of the plural noun for the people, Míkmaq. The nation has a population of about 40,000 of whom approximately one-third still speak the Algonquian language Lnuísimk which was once written in Míkmaq hieroglyphic writing and is now written using most letters of the standard Latin alphabet. In the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador October is celebrated as Mi'kmaq History Month and the entire Nation celebrates Treaty Day annually on October 1st.
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Micmac
Noun
1. a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada
(hypernym) Algonquian, Algonquin
2. the Algonquian language of the Micmac people
(hypernym) Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language



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