Stewart Bernard
Aboriginal Group at Gagetown, 1875-1878
Throughout the recorded history of human activity in the Wolastoq (St. John River) watershed, descriptions of the customs, manners and deeds of Wolastoqiyik have emerged. These descriptions have sometimes taken the form of written accounts; other times they have been works of art that incorporate Wolastoqiyik as a subject. Most often they are not the product of Wolastoqiyik themselves but rather views from outside the community.
This gathering of information necessarily means the existence of a wide variety of differing opinions and concepts over a period of more than five hundred years. The texts and images included in this section are meant to provide a level of access to aspects of Wolastoqew history that would otherwise have no written or visual reference.
