Mi'kmaq

The Mi'kmaq occupied Mi'kma'ki, a homeland encompassing Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Gaspé Peninsula. Their Grand Council brought together district councils and chiefs, and the Mi'kmaq were one of the nations of the Wabanaki Confederacy.

Around 1534 Jacques Cartier traded with Mi'kmaq people in Chaleur Bay. During the eighteenth century the Mi'kmaq, together with the Wolastoqiyik and Passamaquoddy, signed a series of peace and friendship treaties with the British Crown, beginning in 1725.