Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation (pronounced buck-n-keg)
is a
Mi'kmaq
The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Miꞌkmaw'' or ''Miꞌgmaw''; ; ) are a First Nations people of the Northeastern Woodlands, indigenous to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the northe ...
Band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
in northeastern
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
. Its populated reserve is
Paqtnkek-Niktuek 23. As of December 2019 the total
registered population was 598. It is a member of the
Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq
The Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq is a Tribal Council in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was incorporated in 1986 and has its main office at Millbrook First Nation. It delivers community programs and advisory services to its members. It has eight membe ...
. The name Paqtnkek means “by the bay”
or "Above the water (but at a distance from the ocean)". The area has long been important to Mi'kmaq for the fishing of
eel
Eels are ray-finned fish belonging to the order Anguilliformes (), which consists of eight suborders, 19 families, 111 genera, and about 800 species. Eels undergo considerable development from the early larval stage to the eventual adult stage ...
and other species.
Bayside Travel Centre
The lands of the First Nation were divided in 1960 with the building of the
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway ( French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the Atlantic Ocean o ...
, making access to some parts difficult. In 2017 an agreement was reached with federal and provincial governments to build a new interchange,
which opened in 2019. The band's business arm, Bayside Development Corporation Limited was incorporated in 2018 and its shares are held in trust for the benefit of Paqtnkek.
It operates Bayside Travel Centre at exit 36-B on
Nova Scotia Highway 104
Highway 104 in Nova Scotia, Canada, runs from Fort Lawrence at the New Brunswick border near Amherst to River Tillard near St. Peter's. Except for the portion on Cape Breton Island between Port Hawkesbury and St. Peter's, it forms the main ...
which includes fuel service, convenience store, restaurants, a Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation agency store, entertainment centre and a visitor information centre with cultural displays. It opened in October 2019.
Reserves
Paq'tnkek First Nation has three
reserves:
See also
*
List of Indian Reserves in Nova Scotia
*
List of Indian Reserves in Canada
Canada has numerous Indian reserves for First Nations people, which were mostly established by the ''Indian Act'' of 1876 and have been variously expanded and reduced by royal commissions since. They are sometimes incorrectly called by the Ameri ...
References
External links
Paq'tnkek First Nation websiteBayside Development Corporation the business arm of Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation
Further reading
The Epic Fight Over the Enigmatic EelEthnogenesis or Cultural Interference? Catholic Missionaries and the Micmac- Christian Kauder's work for the band in the 1850s and 60s.
Customary Food, Feasting and Legal Identities at Paq’tnkek First Nation- A Bachelor's thesis
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First Nations governments in Atlantic Canada
First Nations in Nova Scotia
Mi'kmaq governments
Communities in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia