NOUN
- the Algonquian language of the Micmac
- a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada
How To Use Micmac In A Sentence
- American forms of the story, -- French-Canadian, Micmac, and Maliseet Filipino Popular Tales
- Ancient Micmac folklore suggested that the extraordinarily high tides in the Bay of Fundy were caused by a mighty whale that splashed its tail into the water with such a force that the water continues to slosh back and forth from the impact, even to this day. Atlantic Ocean
- My experiences with the Lakota, Ojibwa, Cree, Crow, Cheyenne, and Micmac medicine traditions taught that you must sincerely pray and often fast before knowing whether you should seek a vision. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
- The Micmac scoffed at the notion of French superiority. 1491 « Gerry Canavan
- [Footnote: This word (Acadia) has sometimes been traced to the Micmac akade, which, appended to place-names, signifies an abundance of something. The Founder of New France : A chronicle of Champlain
- He is but a colonial Micmac, or Scotch-Mac; a mere sub-thoughted, irresponsible exotic, in a governmental cold grapery. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses
- “There is no Indian,” said a Micmac chief, “who does not consider himself infinitely more happy and more powerful than the French.” The Chosen Peoples
- Others have traced it to the Micmac akade, meaning a place where something abounds. The Acadian Exiles : a Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline
- The Delaware, Iroquois, Micmac, and Nootka Indians used bittersweet as a poultice to treat arthritis, skin ailments, digestive complaints, and tumors.
- Frightening robbers under tree (F5): Micmac, Maliseet, Wyandot, Ojibwa Filipino Popular Tales