Micmac

[ mik-mak ]

adjective

, plural Mic·macs, (especially collectively) Mic·mac.

1. older spelling of Mi'kmaq.

Micmac

/ ˈmɪkmæk /

noun

1. -macs-mac a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in the Maritime Provinces of Canada
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family

Example Sentences

The emerging horrors have been particularly felt within hockey, which traces its origins to Indigenous Micmac peoples playing 1600s-era “ricket” with wooden pucks in Nova Scotia.

From Seattle Times

Athletes of Indigenous descent have been playing hockey, or versions of it, for more than 300 years — starting with Micmac Indians in Nova Scotia, Canada playing “ricket” with a frozen road apple in the late 1600s.

From Seattle Times

Four federally recognized tribes — the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Passamaquoddy and the Penobscot Nation — reside in Maine.

From Washington Times

Gone is the specific reference to the Micmac tribe King wrote into his novel as Jud’s explanation of the place’s origins, a more culturally sensitive choice Widmyer and Kölsch made.

From Los Angeles Times

Members of the Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Micmac, and Maliseet nation will demonstrate traditional Penobscot songs, brown ash pounding, basket making, drumming, singing and dancing.

From Washington Times