Mi'kmaq Resistance and Their Fight for Fishing

Maddi B.

This factsheet outlines a brief overview of the complex history and present of Mi'kmaq peoples. The factsheet highlights Indigenous ongoing resistance in the face of colonization by focusing on the historical present of Mi'kmaq peoples who are continuing to fight for their fishing rights today.

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References

APTN National News. "The Facts Behind Mi'kmaw Fishing Rights." APTN National News. September 22, 2020. https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/the-facts-behind-mikmaw-fishing-rights/
Obamasawin, A. [Director]. Is the Crown at war with us? National Film Board, 2002. https://www.nfb.ca/film/is_the_crown_at_war_with_us/
Scott, T. "Mi'kmaw Armed Resistance to British Expansion in Northern New England (1676-1761)." Journal of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society 19, (2016): 1-18. https://www.rnshs.ca/?p=1768

Source Authors

Alanis Obomsawin, Tod Scott

Events

Keywords

Accountability & Responsibility, Broken Promises, Canada's Colonial History, Children and Power, Colonial Exploitation, Colonial Violence, Environmental Racism, European Settlers, History of Racism, History of Resistance, Indigenous Resistance, Indigenous Sovereignty, Land Defence, Land, Water and Air Protection, Legal History, Ongoing Colonialism, Peace and Friendship Treaty, Plurality of Experiences, Police, racism, Self-Determination, Settler-Indigenous Relations, State Sanctioned Violence, Treaty History

Key Figures

Abenakis, Donald Marshall, Esgenoopetitj, Major Jean Baptiste Cope, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Peregrine Thomas Hopson, Raymond Dedam, Sipekne'katik Nation, Wolastoquiyik

Locations

British North America, Mi'kmaki, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Turtle Island

Themes

Activism, History