by Alanna Syliboy, MCG
Todd’s grandson performing a Mi’kmaw song before the canoe launch.
October is known as Mi’kmaw History month, it gives us Mi’kmaq the chance to educate promote and celebrate our culture. This Mi’kmaw History Month, I was invited to witness the launch of Todd Labrador’s traditionally built Birch bark canoe in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site,
Kejimkujik is a Mi’kmaw word meaning “Little Fairies” or “Little People”, this place has been the home to many Mi’kmaw people for thousands of years and has a energy like no other, every time I go there I feel at home and always have a hard time leaving. The energy is always good a ...
