Mi'kmaq Artists & Makers

A limited edition collection designed by artist, Jordan Bennett. See the exhibition Jordan Bennett: Ketu' elmita'jik at the Art Gallery of Nova Sco...

Nancy Oakley is a First Nations artist of Mi’kmaq and Wampanoag descent. She was raised in Massachusetts where her father was the grand chief of Wa...

The traditional Mi’kmaq skincare remedy known as Maskwiomin is based on the natural power of birch bark. But this knowledge was almost lost to time...

Sheila Porter is based in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and is a Mi’kmaq quill worker, beader, artisan, and educator, who creates handmade jewelry using n...

Alan Syliboy, author of The Thundermaker, showcases his vibrant artwork in this new baby board book. Colourful images depicting Canadian animals li...

This whimsical journal is ideal for writers to reflect on the day’s events. Featuring the artwork of praised Mi'kmaq artist Alan Syliboy, this line...

Celebrated Mi’kmaw artist behind The Thundermaker returns with a new story about friendship and the importance of traditional knowledge — now in pa...

Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy's The Thundermaker is based on Alan's spectacular mixed-media exhibit of the same name. In the book, Big Thunder teache...

I’m finding my talkAnd it may take some time,But I’m learning to speakIn a language that’s mine. A response to Rita Joe’s iconic poem “I Lost My Ta...

A baby board book from the bestselling artist behind Mi’kmaw Animals that teaches young readers Mi’kmaw concepts and a Mi’kmaw word for each day of...

I lost my talk The talk you took away When I was a little girl At Shubenacadie school. One of Rita Joe's most influential poems, "I Lost My Talk" t...

One is Ne’wt, for one bear. Two is Ta’pu, for two women making offerings. Counting from one to ten in English and Mi’kmaw, baby is introduced to bo...

Indigenous artist and writer, Michelle Sylliboy blends her modern poetry, photography, and Mi’kmaq (L’nuk) ​hieroglyphic poetry in this unprecedent...

This is more than just a colouring book. It is designed to help teach kids the Mi’kmaw language. Each page has the English and Mi’kmaw words for th...

A Gaspereau Field Guide to Canadian Artists: No. 7Mi’kmaw painter and multidisciplinary artist Alan Syliboy’s art career began in the early 1970s w...

The Mi’kmaq of Atlantic Canada were here for thousands of years before the arrival of European peoples. Niniskamijinaqik/Ancestral Images: The Mi’k...

A vibrant story of traditional indigenous knowledge and the many uses of sweetgrass. It’s early July, and for Matthew and his Auntie that means one...

Our Grandmothers’ Words Traditional Stories For Nurturing    Author:   Prune Harris, Murdena Marshall, Diana Denny,     Publisher:  Cape Breton Uni...

These 12-month 2025 calendars are printed on FSC certified premium quality art paper, metal coil bound, and individually packaged in a clear protec...

  The Art of Mi’kmaw Basketry photographs by Holly Brown Bear edited by shalan joudry The work of nine preeminent contemporary Mi’kmaw artists ...

Song of Rita Joe Autobiography of a Mi'kmaw Poet ISBN: 9781926908045 Author:   Rita Joe    Publisher:  Breton Books Song of Rita Joe is a book of e...

Alan Syliboy, author of The Thundermaker, showcases his vibrant artwork in this new baby board book. Colourful images depicting Canadian animals li...

Author: Rita Joe    Woodcuts by: Burland Murphy Born in 1932, in Whycocomagh, Rita Joe lived a hardscrabble existence, from foster home to foster ...

La petite robe rouge / Apje’ji’jk Mekwe’k Mtoqan / The Little Red Dress (trilingual edition)    Author:   Julie Pellissier-Lush, Julie Gagnon,   Ar...