Peyakôskân, pronounced Paya-gos-gon, is a Cree word meaning ”One Family, One Bond, One Nation.” The Peyakôskân Podcast is a multicultural youth-led production team. The team conducts research, interviews, and youth-led discussions while building awareness of issues affecting society and the economy related to culture and ethnicity. By working together and interviewing community experts, Elders, and Knowledge-Keepers, the Peyakôskân Podcast provides learning opportunities for all participants, listeners and viewers to build awareness around language, truth & reconciliation, systemic racism, discrimination, and allyship. Through oral tradition, we can build awareness, shift perspectives and create a better world for the next generation.
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Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
Tuesday Oct 07, 2025
Peyakoskan Podcast interviews Brigitta Francis about their language teachings in New Brunswick. We learn different Language Systems, dialects and curriculums. Brigitta shared with the Peyakoskan Podcast links to help listeners to learn the Mi'kmaq language.
Links:
Friendship Centres:
About | Grande Prairie Friendship Centre | Grande Prairie
Maoi Ginaamasoltinej Mi'kmaq — Under One Sky Friendship Centre
Learning language:
https://www.firstnationhelp.com/ali/lexicon.pdf
https://www.learn.migmaq.org/index.html
https://quizlet.com/user/learnmigmaq/sets
https://www.efnea.ca/learn-mi-kmaq1
https://www.afnts.ca/mikmaw/dashboard
*** https://qalipu.ca/qalipu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/History-of-Written-Mi-kmaw.pdf
History of Mi’kmaq language through colonialism
https://www.kinu.ca/mobile-apps
https://www.kinu.ca/resources?search-filters-subjects=mikmaw-language
YouTube videos with language and cultural teachings:
- Mi’kmaq version of Drums by Johnny Cash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j8kCvty3n0&list=PLjhoyc8fKItVd_NN2AJpBRfJEfTWfs7sY&index=5
- Mi’kmaq version of religious prayers by Elder Susan Ann Sock, who passed in 2011. Written version in the comments - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr275f92E8A
- Stories from elders in Mi’kmaq - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlBI7uETrT4
- Ko’jua history and ji’kmaqn in Mi’kmaq & Miklish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knbX2dC4-vE
- Morgan Toney Ko’jua song and dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnpvxx0xyMU
- Ko’jua history by Jermaine Doucette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhV7PqTpul8
- Mi’kmaq words for wi’koum parts (wigwam) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WshJ-7yF0A
- Mi’kmaq rendition of Glooscap meeting his grandmother (with subs) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X5qKanUuPM
- Storytelling in Mi’kmaq with animations and subs https://www.youtube.com/@nigwegcollective3207
- Mi’kmaq 13 moons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USqMvF_wnOA
- Mi’kmaq medicines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gpl2ilrHhQ
- Drum Making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9G_XNw3cVw
- Fine arts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KuCdLn6Odw
- Ji’kmaqn teachings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFo26JloLVc
Book Resources:
For Children:
Shyla Augustine, “Mi’kmaq Alphabet Book”, 2020, New Brunswick, Monster House Publishing
Loretta Gould, “Counting in Mi’kmaw”, 2019, Nimbus Publishing
Alan Syliboy, “Mi’kmaw Animals”, 2018, Nimbus Publishing
Alan Syliboy, “Mi’kmaw Daily Drum”, 2020, Nimbus Publishing Limited
Cathy LeBlanc and David Chapman, “Mi’kmaw Moons”, 2022, Formac
Braelyn Cyr, “Apli’kmuj’s Journey”, 2023, Monster House Publishing, New Brunswick
‘Sogii Steph’ Stephanie Augustine, “Bird in a Cage”, 2024, New Brunswick
Mi’kmaq translations of Robert Munsch books
Thomas’ Snowsuit, Andrew’s Loose Tooth, Love You Forever, I Have to Go, Mud Puddle, A Promise is a Promise, and I’m So Embarrassed.
For Adults:
Ruth Holmes Whitehead, “Niniskamijinaqik / Ancestral Images: The Mi'kmaq in Art and Photography”, 2015, Nimbus Publishing,
Ruth Holmes Whitehead, “The Old Man Told Us”, 1991, Nimbus Publishing
Ruth Holmes Whitehead, “Tracking Doctor Lonecloud: Showman to Legend Keeper”, 2002, Goose Lane Editors
Miscellaneous:
Margaret Augustine and Dr . Lauren Beck, “Mitji-Let's Eat!: Mi'kmaq Recipes from Sikniktuk”, 2024, Nimbus Publishing
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, “Ekpahak: Where Tide Ends/ Ou le Maree About it”
Dictionaries and teaching materials:
Eddie Francis, “Miigemag Language in 13 Instructional Phases”, 2020,
Laurie Lacey, “Mi’kmaq Medicines”, 2012, Nimbus publishing
Rev. Silas Tertius Rand, “Dictionary of the Language of the Micmac Indians”, 1888, Halifax N.S, Nova Scotia Printing Company.
Jeremiah S. Clark, “Rands Micmac Dictionary”, 1902, The Patriot Publishing Company, Prince Edward Island
*** While these books are a bit controversial due to their authours, there are many linguists around my area that use them, especially the original Rand book, and it is important to include the past as well as the present**** - Brigitta
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/archives/52327/3216685
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/archives/52327/3216686
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/archives/52327/3216687
https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/archives/52327/3216688
- Scan of the original father pacific system
Compilation sources:
https://dsic.mystrikingly.com/
Potential outlines for the territories:*
http://www.danielnpaul.com/Map-Mi%27kmaqTerritory.html
https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/fortanne/culture/autochtone-indigenous/carte-mikmaki-map
https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/mikmaq
Disclaimer: The views expressed by guests are their own and do not reflect the official stance of GPFC's Peyakoskan Podcast. We aim to provide a platform for diverse perspectives.
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