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George Paul says the spirits of his ancestors and profound sadness were his inspiration Mi’kmaw Elder George Paul of Metepenagiag is well known as the composer of the Mi’kmaq Honour Song. The origin of the song, and of Paul’s spirit name, Sky Blue Eagle, can be traced back to the first fast he ever did, back…

The spiritual song by George Paul is now taught in elementary schools across Nova Scotia Songwriter George Paul pinpoints the origin of his most well-known spiritual song to a gathering of Indigenous communities back in 1980. He was in Regina watching representatives from different First Nations singing and dancing when it struck him that the Mi’kmaq didn’t have a song.…