Intrigues
The Micmacs (sometimes spelled Intrigues or, better, Mi' gmaq ) are Amerindian people belonging to the Peuples algonquiens.
History
They were found and one finds them still today in Gaspésie, around the Baie of Heats and a little more to the south in what today is the New Brunswick and the Nova Scotia. A few centuries ago, they were wandering. They thus lived of Chasse, fishing and Cueillette.
French and British modes
When the French were established in Acadie, in 1603 and 1604, the Intrigues became commercial partners and friends for them. The missionaries even succeeded in baptizing the Membertou chief and the members of his family. The Intrigue are also farmers. During the following centuries, the Intrigues will furont useful allies of the French Crown then British.
Contemporary time
The micmaque nation always counts a population of some 20.000 inhabitants, of which roughly the third preserved the use of the micmaque language algonquienne. In Nova Scotia, October is indicated the “Month of the micmaque history”; the Intrigues there celebrate each year the Festival of the Treaty on October 1st…
Population
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