Mi’kmaq Studies 10

 Eskimo-aleut  Spoken in Arctic regions, Alaska, Labrador, and Greenland  Language of Inuit is Inuktitut  Athabaskan  Spoken in Territories and Northern Prairies, Southwestern USA  Languages: Beaver, Chipewyan, Navaho, Apache  Siouan  Spoken in Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, USA  Languages: Dakota  Iroquoian  Spoken in Ontario, Quebec, New York, and other states  Languages: Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Huron, Tuscarora

 Algonquian  Most extensive of North American Language Families  Spoken along the Atlantic Coast from Labrador to Carolinas, across Quebec and Ontario, in the Prairie Provinces, and into Mississippi River drainage  Languages: Beothuk, Cree, Ojibwa, Potawatomi, Blackfoot, Montagnais, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq  Only Maliseet and Mi’kmaq are spoken in the Maritime Provinces

 Dark orange: Cree (Algonquian family)  In Canada, it is spoken primarily in Quebec, Ontario, and into the Prairies  Brown: Algonquian family  In Canada, it is spoken in the Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, Prairies  Mi’kmaq and Maliseet are the only two Native Languages that are spoken in the Maritimes  Purple: Eskimo-Aleut (Inuktitut)  Spoken in the Arctic regions  Light Green: Siouan (Dakota)  Spoken in Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba  Dark Green: Athabaskan  Spoken in the Territories and Northern Prairies  Light Orange: Iroquoian  Spoken in Ontario and Quebec

 What problems do you think arose from the language barriers that were present between the Mi’kmaq and the European settlers?  How do you think they overcame these barriers?  Who do you think tried to learn the others’ language?  Keep these ideas in mind when working on your journal entries!

 Mi'kmaq Online Dictionary – words Mi'kmaq Online Dictionary – words  Mi'kmaq Online Dictionary – Songs Mi'kmaq Online Dictionary – Songs

 Use the picture provided to find the Mi’kmaq translation of 10 things found in the picture.  These two sites will be helpful, but feel free to search for others:  