By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cape Breton Post In the beginning from time immemorial, Mi\u2019kmaq lived on land in Unama\u2019ki (Mi\u2019kmaq word for Cape Breton) that they did not consider as owned in the colonial way of thinking. The land could neither be sold to strangers nor given away. But the peaceful L\u2019nu were willing to share it with new peoples who showed up. For 500 years \u2013 ever since visiting ships sailed into Cape Breton waters \u2013 the goodwill of the Mi\u2019kmaq has been essential to the well-being of travellers to the shores of Unama\u2019ki. Stories abound on this island of peaceful and helpful relationships that lasted for centuries, such as the Mi\u2019kmaq and the French and the Scots. Mi\u2019kmaq historians accept that one of the first… <\/p>\n
By Rosemary Godin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Cape Breton Post In the beginning from time immemorial, Mi\u2019kmaq lived on land in Unama\u2019ki (Mi\u2019kmaq word for Cape Breton) that they did not consider as owned in the colonial way of thinking. The land could neither be sold to strangers nor given away. But the peaceful L\u2019nu were willing to share it with new peoples who showed up. For 500 years \u2013 ever since visiting ships sailed into Cape Breton waters \u2013 the goodwill of the Mi\u2019kmaq has been essential to the well-being of travellers to the shores of Unama\u2019ki. Stories abound on this island of peaceful and helpful relationships that lasted for centuries, such as the Mi\u2019kmaq and the French and the Scots. Mi\u2019kmaq historians accept that one of the first... <\/p>\n