Playing Eastern Tide: Mildred Milliea - Part 1 of 3

Brief Description: A mother, a grandmother, a great-grandmother, this Mi'kmaq woman has devoted her life to the preservation of the Mi'kmaq language, starting from virtually nothing she has developed the first curriculum to be used in schools. She has been inducted in the Order of Canada, and nominated for the Canadian Aboriginal Achievement awards. (Excerpt 1 of 3)

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Dr. Mildred Milliea, CM: I was 7 years old when I started to learn English in school. There were no books, but when I first heard English, I liked what I heard. I really liked the sound of the language. The first time I saw a book I was nine years old. It was on a shelf at my house. So I took the book and asked my mother what it was. When I opened it up, I didn’t understand it. She told me that this book was in Micmac writing. So I asked her how to read it. She said, “This is the Pacifique style of writing.”