Indigenous Resources

The members of the Atlantic Provinces Association for Behaviour Analysis (APABA) honor the traditions introduced by the Indigenous populations in Canada. We appreciate, acknowledge, and reflect on the land that we occupy and the meaning it holds for each of us. We recognize our region as the traditional and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq, the Wolastoqiyik, and Passomoquoddy, the Innu (Nitassinan), and Inuit (Nunatsiavut) peoples. In Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and part of New Brunswick, we are in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and traditional territory of the Mi'kmaw people for at least 12,000 years. In Southern New Brunswick, the Wolastoq territory has been occupied by the Wolastoqiyik/Maliseet and Peskotomuhkatiyik people for an estimated 8000 years. In Newfoundland, there is evidence that the Beothuk culture had endured since 1,500 CE, coming to a tragic end in 1829, when the last surviving living member died. In Labrador, the Innu people have the oldest proven historical presence in the geographical area of current Quebec, dating to when they were still a nomadic tribe, long before they were pushed further North by other tribes to the Davis Inlet, where they now remain. For more information on these groups, the territories, their people, and history, please see the links below.