unlocked title# metatags# lock#stylesheet# lock#custom# background#&&White&&&&&&&&&& links#Blue&&Purple&&Red&&&&&&&& graphic#userurlskull2a.gif&&&&0&&&&&&&&&& break# graphic#userurl8pointstarcorinnegood.jpg&&&&0&&Micmaq 8 point star&&&&&&&& Paragraph# text#I have been drawing this for years and about a month ago added it to a dress the spirits asked me to make. ££ http://www.invitationproject.ca/region.php ££ here is the link to the quilt block ££ ££http://www.invitationproject.ca/listing.php?Listing=1210 ££ ££i was looking at quilts on the internet and came across a block done in porcupine quills by an ancestor Carol Caplin . This is what she said ££Using various techniques such as embroidery, appliqué and porcupine quillwork, Carol Caplin of Listuguj (Restigouche), Quebec, created the central eight-pointed star. This star is a centuries-old Mi’gmaq symbol of unity. The colours of the star represent the four races of people: red, yellow, black, and white. the number four has significance throughout Mi'gmaq culture. The points show the four compass directions and speaks to the importance of maintaining balance in the external environment and within oneself. Doubled to eight points, the design implies that there is always something more than meets the eye, a recurring theme known as “The Great Mystery” in Mi’gmaq cosmology. Elders explain the eight-point star as representing the original seven Mi’gmaq districts plus the 1752 agreement with the Crown that made all inseparable from one another. ££In the corners, stitched double curves, or two-dimensional spirals, represent the positive and negative forces of nature’s spiral-like movements in the currents of the wind and ocean. The blue background of the sky surrounds all. Here is her design. ££&& graphic#userurl8pointstaronrock.jpg&&&&0&&&&&&&&&& graphic#userurlbeadbar.gif&&&&0&&&&&&&&&& break# text#Here is another way my ancestors put down on rock the 8 point ££starn.d., pre-1500 A.D. ££Petroglyph: sun and star motifs, anthropomorphic figure, fertility symbols ££Rock carving: anonymous Mi'kmaq ££In situ: Bedford, N.S. ££Mylar tracing: R. H. Whitehead, 1983. ££Published in R. H. Whitehead, "A New Micmac Petroglyph," The Occasional, 1992, Vol. 13, No. 1:7. ££Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax ££P179/ N-17,124 ££This petroglyph, or rock carving, was cut with stone tools, probably pre-dating the introduction of European-made metal tools, beginning about 1500. Hence it includes the earliest surviving human or humanoid figure of or by a Mi'kmaq. The eight-pointed star occurs in Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing as a symbol for the sun. The knobbed crosses occur elsewhere as part of the hieroglyph for 'star'. ££ ££ ££&& graphic# graphic#imgurl/home1.gif&&&&0&&&&userurlindex.html&&&&&& graphic#userurloppflashlg.gif&&&&0&&&&userurlMISSINGPERSONS.html&&&&&& graphic#userurl1geronimo.gif&&&&0&&&&userurlacadienouvelle.html&&&&&&