Atlantic Canada's only Indigenous theatre company, Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors, share the history of the Mi'kmaq people through stories, songs, teachings and beautiful traditional dance.

Each year on the last Sunday of July, the Lennox Island Band Council hosts St. Anne’s Sunday with mass, a lobster feast, a parade and other evens to celebrate St. Anne as the patriate saint of the Mi’kmaq. This annual celebration dates to 1600s when French missionaries introduced the Mi’kmaq to Catholicism. At that time, Grand Chief Membertou was intrigued by similarities in the symbols and rituals of the Christian religion and traditional Indigenous spirituality. He was later baptized at Port-Royale (today Nova Scotia), thus beginning a blending of Indigenous spirituality and Christianity among many Mi’kmaq.

Together, our First Nations and Parks Canada work together on conservation projects and other programs to bring Mi’kmaq heritage and culture to life.

 

Join our Indigenous friends for "A’Tuken”, an unforgettable campfire program of stories, songs, and drum beats at the Cavendish Campground, PEI National Park in July and August (please inquire).

Be sure to check out the traditional Mi’kmaw wigwam and interpretive exhibits at Skmaqn-Port-la-Joye-Fort Amherst National Historic Site (with interpretive programming in July) and Greenwich - PEI National Park anytime. Wela'lin.