Indigenous culture

Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

Fortress Halifax – A City Shaped by Conflict

View artwork by renowned local Mi'kmaw artist, Leonard Paul, depicting Kjipuktuk and Mi’kma’ki as it was before the British arrived.

Connect with Mi'kmaw culture

Visit Parks Canada-administered places in Mainland Nova Scotia and discover Mi'kmaw culture, traditions, and language, 4,000 years in the making.

Map of some Mi'kmaw place names in Mi'kma'ki

This map shows some Mi'kmaw place names in an area of Sipekne'katik on the Atlantic Coast in Mi'kma'ki.

Map of the Districts of Mi'kma'ki (Kjipuktuk aq Mi'kma'ki)

This map shows the Districts of Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq.

The Toqi'maliaptmu'k Arrangement

A formal partnership between the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia and Parks Canada for co-managing protected areas.

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