The Old Man Told Us: Excerpts from Micmac History, 1500-1950

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Nimbus Pub., 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 385 pages
Ruth Holmes Whitehead is a renowned Mi'kmaq specialist and staff ethnologist and assistant curator in history at the Nova Scotia Museum in Halifax. Her publications include Six Micmac Stories, The Mi'kmaq, How Their Ancestors Lived Five Hundred Years Ago, Micmac Quillwork, and Elitekey.

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BEFORE 1500
7
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
77
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
183
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About the author (1991)

Ruth Holmes Whitehead is a renowned Mi'kmaw historian and ethnologist. She has worked with the Nova Scotia Museum for over forty years, first as assistant curator in history and now as research associate. She is the author of several books, including Six Mi'kmaq Stories and The Old Man Told Us. She lives in Halifax.

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