"The Mi'kmaq Nation is a member of the Wabanaki Confederacy that controlled northern New England and the Canadian Maritimes. The Micmacs are original natives of the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick region. They also settled in locations in Quebec, Newfoundland, and Maine." - http://www.bigorrin.org/mikmaq_kids.htm#:~:text=The%20Mi'kmaq%20Nation%…;
"When I think about the things that shaped my work as a poet, I remember going to Catholic school and being required to memorize poetry that had turn-of-the-century rhymed and metered form...Because I was studying and reciting my poetry, my grandfather dug out his copy of Pauline Johnson's poems. He wanted me to know that a Hau de no sau nee person was an important poet laureate, and so I memorized a couple of her poems too...She gave me my first inkling that I could write things about which I cared, things that were not acceptable to the teachers at school." - Gail Tremblay
Poem - Indian Singing in 20th Century America