Three of Canada’s First Nations
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Robinson 2009
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Occupied lands in present day PEI, Nova Scotia & New Brunswick.
Lived near water in the summer and away from it during the winter
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Mi’kmaq government was arranged into 7 districts.
Each district had a local leader (Saqamaw)
The Saqamaw for each district would be the communities representative for the Grand Council
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Also known as Ojibwe or Chippewa (they do not like this term, as it was given to them by the early French settlers.
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Organized into to clans called Dodems. Each Dodem had a different responsibility in the community.Responsibilities include: Leadership, Teaching/scholarship, policing, community needs (i.e. – housing), defense, spiritual needs.
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Also known as Iroquois, but they do not like this name as it was given to them by the early French fur traders.
The confederacy was comprised of 6 nations: Cayuga,Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, and Tuscarora
They spoke different languages but all accepted The Great Law of Peace.
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Government – Fifty men sat on the Grand council as chiefs, or Hoyaneh, but they were selected by the Clan mothers.
The Clan mothers had the ability to remove a Hoyaneh if he was not meeting expectations.