Biomedicine and the traditional healing practices of the Mi‘kmaq are outgrowths of their respective cultural backgrounds. In the socialized biomedicial milieu of contemporary Nova Scotia this has created unique and nuanced ...

Mi'kmaq tribal consciousness is an inherent trait of the Mi'kmaq people to adapt and to survive in the twentieth century. The Mi'kmaq have in their tribal makeup an unique ability to face adversity and endure with no drastic ...

This thesis is a political history of the development of the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) in Nova Scotia. Rather than position assimilation as the central objective of the DIA, this research proposes that protecting ...

The community of Pokemouche existed since before European contact. During the early European contact, fur traders were looking to gain as much profit as possible and made lopsided exchanges which often involved alcohol. ...

This thesis explores, through authorial voices, contents and meanings of an Aboriginal tourism initiative in Eel River Bar First Nation, New Brunswick. Such meanings are constructed and are intimately linked with endogenous ...

During the eighteenth century, the Mi'kmaq Nation entered into a series of peace and friendship treaties with the British which established a political and legal relationship between themselves and the British crown. Mi'kmaq ...

The structure and membership of First Nations political organizations can reveal much about the culture of an aboriginal society. This thesis is an examination of the cultural experiences found within the political ...