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 England
,
Canada
'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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