Category Archives: Micmac

Germain Doucet and Haplogroup C3b

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Roberta Estes

I love a good mystery, don’t you? Well, the Doucet family has one and it’s a doosey. Marie Rundquist, the founder and administrator of the Amerindian Ancestry Out of Acadia project at Family Tree DNA has recently written a new paper about … Continue reading →

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Mi’kmaq Portraits Collection from the Nova Scotia Museum

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers, the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia called themselves L’nu’k, which simply means ‘the people,’ ‘human beings.’ Their present name, Mi’kmaq, derives from nikmaq, meaning ‘my kin-friends.’ Their descendants are still living in the area … Continue reading →

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Ne-Do-Ba – Gwilodwogan (Wabanaki People)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Did you get that? Not a word huh. Well, that’s because it’s not English. Nancy LeCompte, the Research and Education Director for the Ne-Do-Ba contacted me and shared her wonderful blog. the Ne-Do-Ba are Wabanaki people. Wabanaki translates loosely as “Dawnland,” meaning … Continue reading →

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Maine Indians and the Revolutionary War

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Roberta Estes

I’m working my way through the DAR’s wonderful resource, Forgotten Patriots: African American and American Indian Patriot in the Revolutionary War. These names of course are all going on the Native Names document. The DAR has separated their research into … Continue reading →