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Mi'kmaq Culture (Ages 9-11)

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This playlist introduces students to the culture and traditional way of life of the Mi’kmaq. More generally, students will discover another way of approaching the world and will broaden their knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Waseteg Maq and the Spirit of the Woods Vistas: Little Thunder Summer Legend

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Mi'kmaq Culture (Ages 9-11)

This playlist introduces students to the culture and traditional way of life of the Mi’kmaq. More generally, students will discover another way of approaching the world and will broaden their knowledge of Indigenous Peoples.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
Waseteg
Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
Vistas: Little Thunder
Summer Legend

Playlist

  • Waseteg
    Waseteg
    Phyllis Grant 2010 6 min
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  • Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
    Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
    Phyllis Grant 2006 8 min
    This animated short tells the story of Maq, a Mi'kmaq boy who realizes his potential with the help of inconspicuous mentors. When an elder in the community offers him a small piece of pipestone, Maq carves a little person out of it. Proud of his work, the boy wants to impress his grandfather and journeys through the woods to find him. Along the path Maq meets a curious traveller named Mi'gmwesu. Together they share stories, medicine, laughter, and song. Maq begins to care less about making a good impression and more about sharing the knowledge and spirit he's found through his creation. Part of the Talespinners collection, which uses vibrant animation to bring popular children's stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen.
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  • Little Thunder
    Little Thunder
    Nance Ackerman  &  Alan Syliboy 2009 2 min
    This animated short, inspired by the Mi'kmaq legend "The Stone Canoe" explores Indigenous humour. We follow Little Thunder as he reluctantly leaves his family and sets out on a cross-country canoe trip to become a man.
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  • Summer Legend
    Summer Legend
    Françoise Hartmann 1986 8 min
    This short animation tells the tale of the great spirit Glooscap and how he battled with the giant Winter in order to bring Summer to the North and the Mi'kmaq people. Silas T. Rand, a Canadian Baptist clergyman and ethnographer, and Charles Leland, an American humorist and folklorist, first recorded the legend of Glooscap at the end of the 19th century. Since then, the legend has been retold many times, but never more beautifully than in this colourful animated interpretation.
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