The Wolastoqiyik

Question 1

Who were the first people to harvest Fiddleheads?

Answer 1

the Wolastoqiyik

Question 2

How many Wolastoqiyik First Nations communities are there to this day? And where are they located?

Answer 2

There are 7. 6 are in Canada and 3 of which are located in the Fredericton region

Question 3

What are the 3 Wolasoqiyik located in the Fredericton region?

Answer 3

• Kingsclear First Nation (Pilick [Bil-idge-k])
• Oromocto First Nation (Welamukotuk [Well-a-mook-o-took])
• Saint Mary’s First Nation (Sitansisk [See-dan-sisk])

Question 4

Where and when does the annual Saint Mary’s Powwow take place?

Answer 4

mid-June across the river east of the Carleton Street Bridge piers

Question 5

What were the Peace and Friendship Treaties intended for?

Answer 5

to end hostilities and no land was to be ceded to the British. They were allowed to come and hunt, fish and harvest agriculture

Question 6

When was it that the Peace and Friendship treaties were not honoured

Answer 6

when the Loyalists arrived

Question 7

How long have the Wolastoquiyik been here?

Answer 7

Longer than recalled in memory. One of the oldest archeological sites dates back at least 12,000 years

Question 8

When did the French start to settle in Canada?

Answer 8

the 1600s

Question 9

it is often said that Acadians formed peaceful relations with First Nations communities, but that is only a half-truth. Why?

Answer 9

Because they avoided out right war with them, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t displaced or that the First Nations communities benefited from them being there