Pictou

Pictou Landing First Nation

Chief Albert Denny
Director of Education Barry Evans
Mi'kmaw Language teacher/s Fran Nicholas

Pictou Landing is located in the northwest of Nova Scotia near Pictou. The number of residents is four hundred and eighty five housed in one hundred units. The number of speakers in the community is thirty three from twenty five households.

Pictou Landing has had local control of education for the past four years. The sixty-four students, eight in daycare and fifty-six in P-6 attend a small school in their community while another forty-one attend public schools at Stellerton and Trenton. Mi'kmaw is not available in the provincial schools nor in East Pictou High.

Mi'kmaw is used in daycare and taught in grades P-6. At the elementary level, Mi'kmaw is taught as a first language thirty minutes daily. It is complimented with culture and music. There are two fluent Mi'kmaw teachers in Pictou Landing but they are already teaching in regular classes. This presents a problem for this school which needs a fluent Mi'kmaw language teacher.

Pictou Landing Elementary

Much effort was expended in the past year towards employing a Mi'kmaw Language teacher but to no avail.

How many and what ages in household? Language spoken most often at home? Why is Mi'kmaw not spoken in home? How many speak Mi'kmaw in household?

How many understand but do not speak Mi'kmaw in household? Can anyone at home read Mi'kmaw? Can anyone in home write Mi'kmaw? Has any member taken a Mi'kmaw course?

What type of course was taken? How long was the course? What course would you take if offered? Have you attended a St. Ann's Mission?

Was the Mi'kmaw language used? What percentage of Mi'kmaw was used? What other cultural activities were you involved in? Are you aware of books/materials in Mi'kmaw?

a. Never heard Mi'kmaq spoken at home

b. Grand/parents or yourself attended Residential School

c. Children attended non-native schools in your area

d. Only way to succeed in school was to speak English

e. Brought in by a family member from the U.S.

f. Neighbours speak English

g. Too much English on TV

h. Knows the language but afraid to make mistakes

i. One of the parents was non-native

j. Babysitter was English speaking

k. Other

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How many and what ages in household?	Language spoken most often at home?	Why is Mi'kmaw not spoken in home?	How many speak Mi'kmaw in household?
How many understand but do not speak Mi'kmaw in household?	Can anyone at home read Mi'kmaw?	Can anyone in home write Mi'kmaw?	Has any member taken a Mi'kmaw course?
What type of course was taken?	How long was the course?	What course would you take if offered?	Have you attended a St. Ann's Mission?
Was the Mi'kmaw language used?	What percentage of Mi'kmaw was used?	What other cultural activities were you involved in?	Are you aware of books/materials in Mi'kmaw?