Many people keep rabbits as pets.

A “Leister” is an English term for a traditional fishing spear. All three answers are traditional tools of a Mi’kmaw hunter.

Birch bark is a staple material for fashioning many essential items. It is water resistant, light weight and flexible.

The Jay Treaty allows the Mi’kmaq people to live and to work in the United States and Canada, and to cross the border freely with personal property.

The bowl was hollowed out of a large burl, or knot, which grew on the trunks of large trees.

Porcupine quill embroidery and basket-weaving.

“Kwitn,” a Mi’kmaw birch bark canoe is a sturdy and agile watercraft.

There is one Creator. Legends tell of many beings having various degrees of spiritual powers, but only one supreme Creator figure.

Saint Anne, mother of Mary. Missionaries recognized the respect the Mi’kmaq hold for the role of grandmother as teacher and guardian of culture..

Dropping stones heated in the cooking fire directly into a pot of water is fast and efficient way of boiling the water for cooking or teas. More hot stones were added periodically to keep the water boiling. It is also not unheard of to suspend a birch bark pot over the fire, but the heated stones were the preferred method of cooking.