Today’s word of the day in #Mikmaq

Etmgwiet (e·dêm·kwi·et)

Etmgwiet means “they are recovering from an illness”

🇨🇦 Mi’kmaq & Parks Canada strike historic partnership in Nova Scotia🪶
https://thenarwhal.ca/mikmaq-parks-canada-nova-scotia

* many Mi’kmaq “refused to enter a national park because of the past.” In recent decades, relationship with Parks Canada has shifted
* both groups to jointly care for N.S. parks/heritage sites
* formalizes modern-day relationship while recognizing/implementing the Peace and Friendship Treaties, signed in the 1700s between Crown & east-coast Indigenous communities

#NovaScotia #Indigenous #Mikmaq

Today’s word of the day in #Mikmaq

Si'gowigu's (sii·go·wi·guus)

Si'gowigu's means the month of March.

N.S. RCMP issues more cannabis tickets as crackdown on First Nations stores continues

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11734681/ns-first-nation-cannabis-store-raids-tickets/

Today’s word of the day in #Mikmaq

Mes'tesg'g (me·sê·des·kêk)

Mes'tesg'g means to arrive late for/to miss

Today’s word of the day in #Mikmaq

Wantaqo'ti (wan·tahk·oo·di)

Wantaqo'ti means peace.

Today’s word of the day in #Mikmaq

Gispnapewit (gis·pê·na·be·wit)

Gispnapewit means to have a tired look.

Today's word of the day in #Mikmaq

Gimtemit

Gimtemit means they cry secretly.

Today’s word of the day in #mikmaq

Pipugwaqan (bi·bu·gwa·hgan)

Pipugwaqan is a wind instrument

Today’s word of the day in #Mikmaq

guntew (gun·dew)

guntew means rock or stone.