Finding Kluskap: A Journey Into Mi'kmaw Myth

by Jennifer Reid

Book Overview

The Mi'kmaq of eastern Canada were among the first indigenous North Americans to encounter colonial Europeans. As early as the mid-sixteenth century, they were trading with French fishers, and by the mid-seventeenth century, large numbers of Mi'kmaq had converted to Catholicism. Mi'kmaw Catholicism is perhaps best exemplified by the community's regard for the figure of Saint Anne, the grandmother of Jesus. Every year for a week, coinciding with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271060697
• ISBN13: 9780271060699
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"