Sin

ce th

e or

igin

al p

rintin

g of

this

col

ourin

g bo

ok, M

CG

was

sad

dene

d to

hea

r ab

out t

he p

assi

ng o

f Lib

by M

euse

and

Ann

ie P

aul;

both

of

Indi

an B

rook

(Sip

ekne

’kat

ik B

and)

. The

se la

dies

ope

ned

thei

r hom

es a

nd s

hare

d w

ith u

s th

eir k

now

ledg

e of

Bla

ck A

sh a

nd it

s tra

ditio

nal u

ses.

M

any

of th

e th

ings

that

they

told

us,

hel

ped

shap

e ou

r “W

isqo

q in

Mi’k

ma’

ki” e

duca

tiona

l mat

eria

ls w

hich

we

have

sha

red

with

you

th a

cros

s M

i’km

a’ki

and

bey

ond.

The

MC

G S

taff

wer

e ho

nour

ed to

hav

e be

en a

ble

to s

pend

tim

e w

ith e

ach

of th

em.

Ack

now

ledg

emen

ts:

In th

e su

mm

er o

f 201

3, th

e M

i’km

aw C

onse

rvat

ion

Gro

up (M

CG

) und

erto

ok a

n am

bitio

us tr

ee p

lant

ing

proj

ect i

n ou

r MC

G m

embe

r Com

mun

ities

. Tog

ethe

r w

ith th

e he

lp o

f fun

ding

par

tner

s an

d de

dica

ted

sum

mer

stu

dent

s, M

CG

pla

nted

up

to n

ine

Bla

ck A

sh a

nd s

ever

al h

undr

ed w

hite

spr

uce

trees

per

Mi’k

maw

C

omm

unity

. In

this

pro

ject

ther

e w

as a

n ed

ucat

ion

com

pone

nt th

at b

roug

ht y

outh

toge

ther

with

Eld

ers

or C

omm

unity

Kno

wle

dge

Hol

ders

. We

wer

e ab

le

to w

itnes

s se

vera

l dem

onst

ratio

ns o

f tra

ditio

nal b

aske

t mak

ing

and

othe

r use

s of

Bla

ck A

sh. I

n th

e w

inte

r of 2

014

we

re-v

isite

d th

e E

lder

s an

d C

omm

unity

K

now

ledg

e H

olde

rs. W

e re

cord

ed th

eir

thou

ghts

on

tradi

tiona

l use

s of

Bla

ck A

sh. T

he k

now

ledg

e th

at w

as s

hare

d w

ith u

s du

ring

the

wor

ksho

ps a

nd

inte

rvie

ws

has

been

inst

rum

enta

l in

the

com

plet

ion

of th

is c

olou

ring

book

. M

CG

wou

ld li

ke to

than

k al

l the

par

ticip

ants

in o

ur B

lack

Ash

Edu

catio

n an

d R

esto

ratio

n pr

ojec

ts. S

peci

al T

hank

s an

d gr

atitu

de to

Eld

ers:

Ger

ald

Tone

y - A

nnap

olis

Val

ley

Firs

t Nat

ion;

Ann

ie P

aul -

Indi

an B

rook

Firs

t Nat

ion;

Lib

by

Meu

se -

Indi

an B

rook

Firs

t Nat

ion;

Del

la M

agui

re -

Glo

osca

p Fi

rst N

atio

n; N

oel N

icho

las

- Pic

tou

Land

ing

Firs

t Nat

ion;

Leo

nard

Cre

mo

- Pic

tou

Land

ing

Firs

t Nat

ion;

Ros

e M

orris

- G

old

Riv

er/In

dian

Bro

ok F

irst N

atio

n; G

ilber

t Sew

ell -

Pab

inea

u Fi

rst N

atio

n an

d to

Com

mun

ity K

now

ledg

e H

olde

r and

Mi’k

maw

S

cien

tist D

onna

Hur

lbur

t - A

cadi

a Fi

rst N

atio

n / A

cadi

a U

nive

rsity

; for

taki

ng th

e tim

e to

sha

re y

our i

nspi

ring

stor

ies

and

vast

kno

wle

dge

with

us.

It w

as a

priv

ilege

to s

pend

tim

e w

ith e

ach

of y

ou.

MC

G w

ould

als

o lik

e to

than

k C

omm

unity

Mem

bers

from

Ann

apol

is V

alle

y, G

loos

cap,

Indi

an B

rook

(Sip

ekne

’kat

ik B

and)

, Mill

broo

k, P

icto

u La

ndin

g, a

nd

Fort

Folly

Firs

t Nat

ion.

Tha

nk y

ou to

the

MC

G A

dvis

ory

Boa

rd fo

r the

ir su

ppor

t for

and

gui

danc

e of

MC

G’s

wor

k w

ith B

lack

Ash

. W

e w

ould

als

o lik

e to

ac

know

ledg

e th

e N

ova

Sco

tia Y

outh

Con

serv

atio

n C

orps

whi

ch p

rovi

ded

fund

ing

for t

wo

sum

mer

stu

dent

s. T

he s

tude

nts,

Fai

th J

ulie

n an

d A

ntho

ny P

ryor

, co

ntrib

uted

ent

husi

asm

and

rese

arch

to th

e B

lack

Ash

and

nat

ive

fore

st w

orks

hops

and

to th

is c

olou

ring

book

. We

wou

ld a

lso

like

to th

ank

Eva

ngel

ine

Ded

am a

nd S

teph

en L

ogan

from

Eas

tern

Woo

dlan

d P

rint C

omm

unic

atio

ns fo

r the

boo

k de

sign

and

layo

ut a

nd fo

r cre

atin

g th

e co

lour

ing

book

illu

stra

tions

. Th

ank

you

all f

or m

akin

g ou

r Bla

ck A

sh a

nd n

ativ

e fo

rest

wor

k po

ssib

le.

Ger

ald

Tone

y Sr

.A

nnap

olis

Val

ley

Ann

ie P

aul

Indi

an B

rook

(S

ipek

ne’k

atik

Ban

d)

Libb

y M

euse

Indi

an B

rook

(S

ipek

ne’k

atik

Ban

d)

Del

la M

agui

reG

loos

cap

Noe

l Nic

hola

sP

icto

u La

ndin

gLe

onar

d C

rem

o P

icto

u La

ndin

gR

ose

Mor

ris

Gol

d R

iver

/ Ind

ian

Broo

k(S

ipek

ne’k

atik

Ban

d)

Gilb

ert S

ewel

l Pa

bine

au F

irst

Nat

ion

Don

na H

urlb

urt

Aca

dia

Firs

t Nat

ion

/ Aca

dia

Uni

vers

ity19

27 -

2014

1928

- 20

14

Wis

qoq

in M

i’km

a’ki

: Let

’s P

rote

ct W

isqo

q fo

r the

Nex

t Gen

erat

ion

In N

ova

Sco

tia, t

here

are

onl

y 12

kno

wn

mat

ure

Bla

ck A

sh o

r Wis

qoq,

tree

s. T

his

mea

ns th

at o

nly

12 B

lack

Ash

tree

s pr

oduc

e se

eds.

Don

na H

urlb

urt,

a M

i’km

aw s

cien

tist,

says

that

ther

e is

upw

ards

of 1

000

Bla

ck A

sh tr

ees

in th

e pr

ovin

ce, b

ut th

ey a

re n

ot a

ll he

alth

y tre

es. T

his

conc

erns

Mi’k

maw

C

omm

uniti

es b

ecau

se B

lack

Ash

is a

ver

y im

porta

nt c

ultu

ral s

peci

es. I

t is

used

in b

aske

t mak

ing,

to c

reat

e ax

e an

d to

ol h

andl

es, s

now

shoe

s, a

nd

lobs

ter

hoop

s. A

s B

lack

Ash

dis

appe

ars

from

the

pro

vinc

e, it

bec

omes

eve

n m

ore

impo

rtant

to

crea

te o

ppor

tuni

ties

for

Eld

ers

and

Com

mun

ity

Kno

wle

dge

Hol

ders

to s

hare

thei

r exp

erie

nces

with

you

th.

This

Bla

ck A

sh a

nd n

ativ

e fo

rest

col

ourin

g bo

ok s

how

s re

al a

ctiv

ities

, tra

ditio

ns,

scie

nce,

and

ste

war

dshi

p of

Bla

ck A

sh u

nder

take

n in

Mi’k

maw

C

omm

uniti

es. C

arin

g fo

r Wis

qoq

rem

inds

us

of th

e co

ncep

t of N

etuk

ulim

k –

the

Mi’k

maw

pra

ctic

e of

sus

tain

ing

ones

elf w

hile

sus

tain

ing

the

envi

ronm

ent

for f

utur

e ge

nera

tions

. Ple

ase

shar

e w

hat y

ou h

ave

lear

ned

abou

t Wis

qoq

with

oth

ers.

Wel

a’lin

,M

i’km

awey

For

estry

ww

w.m

ikm

awey

fore

stry

.ca

www.m

ikmaw

eyforestry.ca

Bla

ck A

sh life

cyc

le.

Bree

ding

Sys

tem

Blac

k As

h flo

wer

s ca

n be

bot

h m

ale

and

fe-

mal

e, o

r her

map

hrod

itic. B

lack

Ash

flow

er in

Si

wkw

(Sp

ring

– M

ay to

June

).

Polli

natio

n / Se

ed P

rodu

ctio

nW

ind

pollina

tes

Blac

k As

h. Se

eds

ripen

and

sta

rt d

ispe

rsin

g in

Nip

k (S

umm

er).

Ger

min

atio

nSe

eds

go d

orm

ant af

ter

disp

ersing

. It ca

n ta

ke 1- 8

yea

rs to

spro

ut a

nd g

row.

Seed

ling

Esta

blis

hmen

t &

Gro

wth

Seed

ling

grow

th d

epen

ds o

n th

eir

envi

ronm

ent.

Sunl

ight

is v

ery

impo

rtan

t. In

the

rig

ht e

nviro

nmen

t W

isqo

q ca

n liv

e up

to

150

year

s an

d gr

ow u

p to

90f

t ta

ll.

saql

iaq

- se

edlin

gw

asue

kl - fl

ower

s

mim

ajua

qa’toq

- po

llina

tion

skin

amin

ika

’taqu

tmn

- ge

rmin

atio

n

How

do

tree

s m

ake

thei

r fo

od?

na’k

u’se

t - s

un

sam

’qw

an - w

ater

kam

lam

uti - ox

ygen

The

Mi’k

maw

wor

d fo

r Bl

ack

Ash

is W

isqo

q.

miju

a’ji’

jk -

child

ren

atu

- sq

uirrel

How

to

iden

tify

a Bla

ck A

shtree

.

-ipse

tkun

-

bran

ches

skin

amin

n - se

eds

pqa’

w -

bark

nipi

’jk -

leav

es

The

Mi’k

maw

wor

d fo

r Whi

te A

sh is

Aqa

moq

ey.

l’mu’

j - do

gjip

ji’j - bi

rd

How

to

iden

tify

a W

hite

Ash

tree

.

-ipse

tkun

-

bran

ches

skin

amin

n - se

edsni

pi’jk

- lea

ves

pqa’

w - b

ark

How

do

you

sele

ct a

n as

h tree

to

mak

e a

bask

et?

pu’ta

liew

ey - b

aske

t

tmi’k

n - ax

e

Poun

ding

and

soa

king

the

ash

.

wet

qapa

tum

k - so

akin

g as

h

elip

kete

’kem

k - po

undi

ng a

sh

St

ripp

ing

the

ash.

lipk-

ite’k

napi

’l - w

ood

splin

ts

elip

keta

mim

k - st

ripp

ing

the

ash

Wea

ving

the

ash

.

kutp

uti - ch

air

elta

qte’

kem

k - w

eavi

ng

Thes

e ar

e to

ols

used

to

mak

e fa

ncy

bask

ets

and

smal

l woo

den

strip

s.

lukw

aqne

’l - to

ols

Bas

kets

mad

e ou

t of

Whi

te a

nd B

lack

Ash

.

pu’ta

liew

ey - b

aske

tkloq

oe’ji

’j - fa

ncy

Bas

ket

“Maw

i-am

skw

es n

kij ki

sank

uaje

k pu

’talie

wey

kis

ituap

na

ewe’

wki

p su

liew

ey pk

wat

elm

uin

wen

’ju’k

snan

k. T

etuj

i w

lkui

pnik

nm

uksn

k je

l m

e’ k

etu’

-l’tu

apnl

me’

pu

’talie

we’

l”.

“Whe

n m

y m

othe

r so

ld m

y fir

st

bask

et s

he u

sed

the

mon

ey

to b

uy m

e sh

oes

– I w

as s

o pr

oud

of m

y sh

oes

that

I w

ante

d to

mak

e m

ore

bask

ets”

.

“Eltu

koq

oey

teli-

pkita

wsi

”.

“

I m

ade

thin

gs a

ll m

y lif

e”.

kmu’

ji’ja

pie’

l w

asue

kl.

Woo

den

flow

ers

mad

e by

Lib

by M

euse

.

Ther

e ar

e m

any

thin

gs tha

t ar

e m

ade

from

nat

ive

tree

spe

cies

.

kwitn

- c

anoe

niko

ql - e

el s

pear

aqam

- s

now

Sho

e

api

- lon

g bo

w

amal

je’m

aqna

tkw

- la

cros

s

Mi’k

maw

peo

ple

have

bee

n m

akin

g ba

sket

s fo

r ge

nera

tions

.

wej

kwa’

taqn

ik

- ge

nera

tion

s

Tree

pla

ntin

g is

an

activ

ity for

all

ages

.

ika’ta

qulu

jik k

mu’

jk

- tree

pla

ntin

g

Blac

k As

h lik

e to

be

plan

ted

in m

oist

are

as n

ear st

ream

s.

sipu

’ji’j

- st

ream

or Bro

ok

l’pa’tu

j - bo

y

Life

cyc

le o

f th

e Em

eral

d As

h Bor

er

jujij

ue’l

wa’

wl

- in

sect

egg

s

kum

e’s

- ad

ult be

etle

pqa’

w- ba

rk

pukn

a’kw

ejit

- la

rva

Emer

ald

Ash

Bore

r ca

n ha

rm a

sh tre

es b

y fe

edin

g on

the

ir in

ner ba

rk.

ajkn

a’lu

ejik

juj

i’jk

- inv

asiv

e sp

ecie

s or

har

mfu

l in

sect

s

Wis

qoq

in M

i’km

a’ki

How

can

you

hel

p W

isqo

q in

Mi’k

ma’

ki?

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