Q. Why do you have such a fascination with the
Mi'kmaq?
A. "I'm part Mi'kmaq, on my mothers side
of the family. I want to know more about my heritage."
Q. How long have you known about
be Mi'kmaq?
A. "Since 5th grade."
Q. Have you been interested since
then?
A. "Yes"
Q. Have you learned a lot from this
project?
A. "Much, I've learned about early Mi'kmaq
life, and pre-European contact, and legends,
and myth's, and story telling."
Q. What do you think of the stories?
A. "I think there really cool. There in
a story telling world; unrealistic things can happen but
they take it as real."
Q. Have you done other research before
this?
A. "Yes! Have been researching this for
a while, so I knew a lot already. Although this is the
biggest project I've ever done about Mi'kmaq's."
Q. What are you doing with the info
you have?
A. I'm writing a story, before European
contact, in a village."
Q. Tell me more about it.
A. "It's like a circle story, so it ends
in the same place it starts. The main character is a girl
named Noskami, who is the daughter of the local chief. It follows her life
and includes a lot of Native American stories.
Some one tells a stori and it happens in the
village."
Q. Are you going to publish this?
A. "I plan to, if it's good enough."
Q. Has it been fun?
A. "Yes!!!"
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