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106 mi’kmaq Dan, who had dodged the porcupine expedition, dug a hole in the woods the next day. We carried Pete to the makeshift grave, dumped him in, and covered him up. I said a little thank you to Pete, then went to sweep the maggots off the garage floor. Notes 1. Section 35 of the Canada Act of 1982 recognizes and affirms the existing Aboriginal and treaty rights of Aboriginal people; and section 52 states that the “constitution is the supreme law of Canada, and any laws inconsistent are of no force and effect.” 2. Other excellent videos about the Mi’kmaq are Alanis Obomsawin’s (Abenaki) Our Nationhood and Is the Crown at War with Us? 3. Kluskap is also spelled as Gluscabe or Glooscap. 4. Nisgam gejidoq!, “God knows!” 5. Amudj!, “Yes!” 6. “Gluskeb” refers to Gluscabe, the culture hero also referenced in some of the Abenaki stories in this volume. 7. Gisulk, Mali!, “God, Mary!” 8. Jinym, “man” (a term of respect). 9. Eq!, “Yes!” (emphatic). 10. Bana, “simply.” 11. Messkig is the fictional reserve on which Stones and Switches is set. The word means “large” in Mi’kmaq; in his own glossary, Simon remarks that it is “an ironic name for a reserve that has had most of its lands illegally taken.” 12. A mawi’omi is a formal gathering. 13. Hunter Bear, also known as John R. Salter Jr. was Azure’s graduate school advisor . He is the author of many articles and essays as well as Jackson, Mississippi: An American Chronicle of Struggle and Schism. 14. naes, Native American Educational Services, was an accredited four-year college that had campuses in Chicago and Minneapolis and on the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin and the Ft. Peck Reservation in Montana. Azure worked at the Chicago campus from 2000 to 2003. 15. Kejimkujik National Park in Nova Scotia is renowned for its petroglyphs. Further Reading mi’kmaq authors Augustine, Stephen Joseph. Mi’kmaq & Maliseet Cultural Ancestral Material: National ...

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