The hearts of our founding cultures are still beating, proud and strong, in Nova Scotia. The centuries of vibrant Mi’kmaq, African, Acadian, and Celtic cultures give Nova Scotia its distinctive voice and character.
Mi'kmaq Culture in Nova Scotia
For ten thousand years, this rugged, sea-swept peninsula has been home to the Aboriginal people. Mi’kmaq and First Nations people have enriched this province with their legends, art, music, spirituality, history, and language.
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African Nova Scotian Culture
The story of Black Nova Scotians is a rich tapestry. It’s a story of many diverse groups – Loyalists, Maroons, Caribbeans, Refugees and others – sewn together through a common African ancestry and the search for a better life in Nova Scotia. That tapestry is strengthened by proud communities with centuries of history, highlighted by men and women such as Boston King, Viola Desmond, William Hall and Portia White.
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Black Loyalists began an exodus from the United States at the close of the War of Independence. Nova Scotia has been both a safe haven for slaves, refugees, and immigrants of African and Caribbean descent, and a hard place to make a home. That history is honoured here and the influence of Black Nova Scotians spreads far and wide.
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Aboriginal people. One of four founding cultures of Nova Scotia genealogy, the gifts of the Mi’kmaq people – their legends, art, music, spirituality, history, and language - enrich the very essence of this maritime province.
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