Canoe's return ignores its Maliseet roots

Maliseet people read in the May 23 Daily Gleaner and newspapers across this country of a majestic birch-bark canoe, "that glided its way back to Canada after nearly 200 years." The coming home of this grandfather "akwiten," taken almost two centuries ago from our river "Wolu...

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Published inDaily gleaner (Fredericton)
Main Authors G. WAYNE BROOKS, KIM BROOKS, Brooks, Cody
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fredericton, N.B Postmedia Network Inc 12.06.2007
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Summary:Maliseet people read in the May 23 Daily Gleaner and newspapers across this country of a majestic birch-bark canoe, "that glided its way back to Canada after nearly 200 years." The coming home of this grandfather "akwiten," taken almost two centuries ago from our river "Wolustoq," filled us with disbelief and anticipation. In the days that followed, we spoke to others about this event. Canadian Museum of Civilization's curator of eastern maritime ethnology Stephen Augustine said, "The canoe tells another tale -- that of aboriginal technical prowess,-the survival of indigenous knowledge," and that "this technology and indigenous science attest to how well the indigenous thinking has survived."
ISSN:0821-6983