| Ruth Holmes Whitehead |
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1947, Ruth Holmes Whitehead
immigrated to Canada in 1968.
Ruth is a world-renowned authority on Micmac culture. She is staff
ethnologist and assistant curator in history at the Nova Scotia Museum,
where she has worked since 1972.
She is the recipient of several awards: one, in 1980, from the American
Association of State and Local Museums for Elitekey, her exhibit and book
on the Micmac; and one for outstanding service to the Museum Community
of Canada.
immigrated to Canada in 1968.
Ruth is a world-renowned authority on Micmac culture. She is staff
ethnologist and assistant curator in history at the Nova Scotia Museum,
where she has worked since 1972.
She is the recipient of several awards: one, in 1980, from the American
Association of State and Local Museums for Elitekey, her exhibit and book
on the Micmac; and one for outstanding service to the Museum Community
of Canada.
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Her book, Micmac Quillwork, won the Canadian Historical Society's Regional Award of Merit in 1988.
As guest curator, she produced the Atlantic Canada component of the Glenbow Museum's "The Spirit
Sings" exhibit, which opened in 1988.
She is the author of many books about the Micmac including Elitekey: Micmac Material Culture
(1980), Micmac Quillwork (1982), The Mikmaq: How Their Ancestors Lived Five Hundred Years Ago
(1983, 2005), Stories From the Six Worlds, Micmac Legends (1988, 2006), Six Micmac Stories (1994)
and The Old Man Told Us (1991).
As guest curator, she produced the Atlantic Canada component of the Glenbow Museum's "The Spirit
Sings" exhibit, which opened in 1988.
She is the author of many books about the Micmac including Elitekey: Micmac Material Culture
(1980), Micmac Quillwork (1982), The Mikmaq: How Their Ancestors Lived Five Hundred Years Ago
(1983, 2005), Stories From the Six Worlds, Micmac Legends (1988, 2006), Six Micmac Stories (1994)
and The Old Man Told Us (1991).
