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NUNC COCNOSCO EX PARTE THOMAS J. BATA LI BRARY TRENT UNIVERSITY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2020 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/micmacindiansofrOOOObock THE MICMAC INDIANS OF RESTIGOUCHE: History and Contemporary Description CANADA National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 213 Anthropological Series No. 77 Issued under the authority of The Honourable Judy LaMarsh, p.c., Q.c., m.p. Secretary of State THE MICMAC INDIANS OF RESTIGOUCHE: History and Contemporary Description by Philip K. Bock Thomas j. Bata Library TRENT UNIVERSITY Ottawa, 1966 PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO QH I .c/3 /to. 4/-o / v*/< © Crown Copyrights reserved Available by mail from the Queen’s Printer, Ottawa, and at the following Canadian Government bookshops: OTTAWA , * Daly Building, Corner Mackenzie and Rideau TORONTO Mackenzie Building, 36 Adelaide St. East MONTREAL /Eterna-Vie Building, 1182 St. Catherine St. West WINNIPEG Mall Center Bldg., 499 Portage Avenue VANCOUVER 657 Granville Street or through your bookseller A deposit copy of this publication is also available for reference in public libraries across Canada Price $1.50 Catalogue No. NM93-213 Price subject to change without notice Roger Duhamel, f.r.s.c. Queen’s Printer and Controller of Stationery Ottawa, Canada 1966 Contents PREFACE RESUME PHONETIC KEY Part I: historical background Chapter 1 The Aboriginal Culture, 3 Chapter 2 The Early Contact Period, 7 Chapter 3 The Later Contact Period, 14 Chapter 4 The Recent Period, 22 Part II: the contemporary reserve Chapter 5 Environment and Demography, 29 Chapter 6 The School and the Community, 36 Chapter 7 Ecology and Economy, 42 Chapter 8 Religion, 55 Chapter 9 Leadership and Organization, 65 Chapter 10 Kinship, Marriage, and Family, 72 Chapter 11 Eating, Drinking, and Playing, 79 Chapter 12 Language, Folklore, and Music, 84 Chapter 13 Conclusions: What it means to be a Micmac, 87 BIBLIOGRAPHY, 89 appendix: Local Folklore, 92 v &?9S1 Map Map of the Restigouche Indian Reserve, facing page 3. List of Figures 1 Political, administrative, and ethnic boundaries of the Reserve, 32 2 Members of potato-picking crew, September 1961, 50 3 Location of and relationships among members’ of the Bible group, 1961 (Schematic), 62 4 Composition of the baseball team on one occasion, 83 List of Tables 1 Some differences between Northwestern and Atlantic Slope Culture Areas, 5 2 Chiefs of the Restigouche Reserve, 1898-1962, 24 3 Population estimates, 1678-1961, 34 4 Births (1920-1959), all enrolled Band Members, 35 5 Estimated ages of enrolled Band Members (1961), 35 6 Indian students enrolled (by age and sex) at Restigouche Regional School, September 1961, 37 7 Welfare payments at Restigouche Reserve, April 1960-March 1961, 45 8 Interaction during a Restigouche Band Council Meeting, June 13, 1961, 68 9 Ethnic origins of married couples, 75 10 Number of children per household, 76 VI