The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada

<div> <p><i>The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada</i> was first published in 1955. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.</p> <p>The culture of an Indian tribe over a period of 300 years is described in this comprehensive ethnographic study by a husband and wife anthropologist team. The earliest accounts of the Micmac Indians were written by seventeenth-century French explorers and missionaries. These give historical perspective to the work done by the Wallises whose research is based on field trips that bridged a 40-years span. Dr. Wallis first observed the Micmac tribes in 1911-12. He and Mrs. Wallis revisited them in 1950 and 1953 assessing the changes in material cultural and in orientation drives and motivations. In addition they have preserved a rich collection of Micmac folktales and traditions published as a separate section of the book.</p> </div>