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The Micmac V.S. The Iroquois


Although the Micmac and the Iroquois Confederacy are both Aboriginal
groups, they have many differences as well as similarities. One area of such, is
their traditional justice systems. Their governments and laws are in some ways
similar, but in many ways different.
The Micmac reside in what is now Nova Scotia, eastern New Brunswick,
Prince Edward Island, and southern Gaspe. The territory was subdivided in to
seven districts. Each of these districts contained family groupings in small
settlements based on hunting and fishing. Those from P.E.I. held more territory
in common than any other Micmac district. Their land was allotted by family.
The Iroquois were a agricultural people. They lived in permanent
villages in a domain now called southern Ontario, southern Quebec, and
northeastern United States. Indian Nations living here formed a formal and
lasting confederacy by 1450. Their members were called ‘Ho-De-No-Sau-Nee'. The
league was called......

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